For crying out loud-why wont my damn stirplate work right

[Brandt]

So after spending nearly $70 going through the same thing you are I realized my folly and bought one of these for about the same price.

Cheers,
Push E.

I'm with you, Push. While the idea of DIY appeals to me, I realized that I just don't have enough time to learn electronics when I could be learning about how to make better beer. I toyed around with making a stir plate for several weeks before eventually buying a used
Bellco for less $$ than buying the parts to make one from scratch. I can't do everything myself, and I admire those who are building their own.

[BeerMan]

I use the KISS method my potentiometer worked ok but like most postings I had to F&%k with it to find the sweet spot, I added a small automotive toggle switch that lites when in the on position this little bit of an extra load (ghetto Resistor) fixed the sensitivity of the pot. works well I will only toss the stir bar if I turn it all the way up with a single flask (duel flask stir plate)

[Crut]

Thanks to TMB, and his amazing electrical ingenuity, I now have a fully functional and working stirplate. He made me the control box, wiring and all, all i had to do was hook up two wires and i can control my fan from barely moving, all the way up until i boost it with the "turbo" switch. I have a wlp 530 starter on it right now and couldnt be more happy!

Also my buddy gae me a 1/6 hp motor for my newly aquired barley crusher, just gotta figure out what pullys I need to get her rigged. For now though its the drills job. Im like a kid in a candy store right now

[Mylo]

Also my buddy gae me a 1/6 hp motor for my newly aquired barley crusher, just gotta figure out what pullys I need to get her rigged. For now though its the drills job. Im like a kid in a candy store right now

Don't do pulleys/belts. Do a quick search for 'spider coupling'. Henning told us about them on a different thread. They will couple that BC of yours to your motor very easily - and much more safely. I hate to see a fellow turtle lover with one or more less digits.


Mylo

[Bugeater]

Don't do pulleys/belts. Do a quick search for 'spider coupling'. Henning told us about them on a different thread. They will couple that BC of yours to your motor very easily - and much more safely. I hate to see a fellow turtle lover with one or more less digits.


Mylo

Especially important advice if you brew without pants.

Wayne
Bugeater Brewing Company

[pus rocket]

Now I'm pissed off. This seemed like a simple project, but now I see there are 5 pages of crap about it (and counting).

I put this together with my 4 year old daughter, she thinks I'm bitchin' sometimes. But she's in for another let down when I show her how the stir bar just wiggles (not spinning) around the bottom of the flask and won't do shit else no matter how many cd cases I put between the box and the flask, or whether I stir to get it spinning, or I turn the rheo-effing-stat up or down, or turn the switch on and off, whatever. I might just have to belch at her and say, "fuck it, sweetheart" like I did to my wife that day at the altar.

Has anyone else had this problem?

[Crut]

are you setting the flask on it while the fan is on?

[pus rocket]

I've tried setting the flask on the box when the fan is on and when the fan is off...