zapata wrote:Have a tiny tiny fan in it, like a 5v processer fan.
Thanks for the response. I dedided to add fans after reading you post.
I realized I have been sitting on an old 95 windows PC so I took two out of it and used those.
Contoller is built now and it works. Hooray.
I picked up a plastic junction box from Home Depo and used the 4A SSR, 470K ohm Resister. I did not put any fuses in the circuit. I have seen some do... Because the box is plastic I used a ground junction to connect the power in put/output/SSR/potentiometer.
The PC fans are ran in series off of a 12v phone charger cord and run across the heat sink. I used the diagram ( from google) below with the exception of the fans.
Im not big on working with electricity but after reading enough and working slowly it was very straight forward. Ill be testing it out on a mash either tomorrow or thursday. I also picked up the differety types of proofing hydrometers that vision stills offers. The price was right on and their 4pc set and I like how the high one goes form 70-100% ABV.
Side note... After reading the Flute talk thread from beginning to end I am a bit disappointed in how little development/discussion there has been since 2013. Don't get me wrong... the thread was straight jam packed with valuable info and it was a lot to digest. I am extremely grateful to have read it and learned what I did.
Like I was hoping to see someone have tested varying either quantity or diameter of holes in perf plates in the same tree. I did not see anyone combine bubble caps and perf plates in the same tree either. Although I have read OD say the he couldn't taste a difference either way.
Im curious who has built larger or more intricate dephlegmators.... I found that mine could not handle all the vapor when I threw 75000 watts at it. The output water was warm but the vapor path was too short and direct to knock all of it down.
Has the flute design peaked? What is next? What would be future improvements?