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I think my credit card was charged, but I never got an order confirmation. What is going on ?
This happens on occasion with all internet merchants. And of all the cases we've seen, in each and every single one, we can find the person's name and attempted order in our "abandoned checked out...
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Notes on temp overshooting / lag and calibration
A great way to prevent overshoot would be to lower the temperature of your heat source water, or if cooling raise the temperature of your chill source water. The temperature delta between the hea...
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How are the gallon markings done? What kind of etching?
Gallon markings (and our logo) are done via an electrolytic acid etching process. There seems to be some misconception on a few forums/posts that these are somehow "painted" inside the fermenters a...
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What is the flow rate of the submersible pump?
The pump flows at 10L per minute. Pretty aggressive for this application, but we wanted to err on the side of more flow versus less. This is a very high-quality pump that will last a long long tim...
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What's the benefit of having a trub dam in the brew kettle?
The trub dam on our pick up tube is really quite effective! Of course, after your boil, you'll want to set up a whirlpool to get a nice "cone" shape to your trub in the bottom of the kettle. Our ...
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What is the displacement of the immersion chiller coil?
Roughly a pint. In other words: not very significant. Some of you had asked if immersion coil will displace a lot of volume in the fermenter, and the answer really is no.
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Do I sanitize a ball valve after taking samples?
As with all ball valves, you should sanitize the output side before running off or attaching your racking tube. If you are taking samples from the ball valve (as you should) after each sample you ...
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Proper cleaning of ball valves before first use
PRIOR TO FIRST USE THAT YOU THOROUGHLY CLEAN YOUR BALL VALVES Use TSP and hot water. You'll need to disassemble the ball valve itself (loosen 3 of the retaining bolts) to get inside the valve. Th...
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Does the FTSs come with a 110-240V switchable power supply?
Yes! US style plug, but the power supply uses a pretty universal connector (common on laptop power supplies) that are super easy to source locally if you need to. Or of course, you could just use...
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What is the difference between FTSs for Bucket and 7 Gal Chronical since both are 7 gal and same lid?
Yes indeed the FTSs system for the Brew Bucket and the Chronical 7 Gal fermenters are IDENTICAL with the ONE AND ONLY EXCEPTION being the NEOPRENE INSULATING JACKETS ARE DIFFERENT. We went to great...