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  1. peebee

    water additions

    @dad_of_jon: Although it's not "Alkalinity" you're testing for, I've just finished a tortuous session measuring my water this evening. Like I said, the Public Report gives very much like yours ... 20.83 mg/l as CaCO3 (25.42 mg/l as Bicarbonate). But I also said it won't be that at your tap (the...
  2. peebee

    Befuddled by the Defuddler

    Still working on it! I hope to post the new version of "Defuddler" within a week which I hope will meet your (@ARNWD ) needs. Meanwhile: Here's something it won't easily handle (sourced from US of America) ... The topic matter is well off-subject! The thing to note is six wells, from which...
  3. peebee

    water additions

    If my babblings have succeeded in getting a single person off using bottled water instead of using their very low alkalinity Welsh water, I should be proud of myself😁 ... bit worrying about the "farty smell" though. If the Campden tablet causes it, I'd be surprised as it's so little. You could...
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    Simple Water Treatment for an Idiot!

    After months of inactivity on my "Defuddler" spreadsheet I renewed some effort to make it fit a different scenario. But I remembered the "Battle" water profile and thought I'd give it a go ... Despite the unusual water the new "Defuddler" has no problems extracting valid data from that water...
  5. peebee

    Chest Freezer Fermentation vessel problems/questions

    Of course you are! That's why the problem goes on, and on, and on ... "Everyone" loves an Inkbird. :groupdancing:What could they possibly do wrong? :rolleyes:
  6. peebee

    Chest Freezer Fermentation vessel problems/questions

    You know. I'm off to dentist now, so I'm not starting another rant. There's loads of ranting about Inkbird on this forum (not just me!) going back to ... 2018 wasn't it? I think the conclusion was ... well, they're cheap.
  7. peebee

    Chest Freezer Fermentation vessel problems/questions

    Ah, I'm trying not to be too negative about them. But you're right ... They are just liars. (With reference to the ITC-308).
  8. peebee

    Chest Freezer Fermentation vessel problems/questions

    It does say that doesn't it. And it's not an outright lie. It only suggests it is "calculating from the last off" <sic> ... which can be misinterpreted. It doesn't say "calculating from the last elapsed delay", which it doesn't (that would be a lie), instead they are happy for people to assume...
  9. peebee

    Chest Freezer Fermentation vessel problems/questions

    As @Davegase shows, Inkbird do not suggest in the manual that the "PT" setting does anything other than I said. I stopped ranting about the "inherent defect" because it seems the "compressor delay" was an un-necessary extension anyway: The "defect" (which was doing the opposite of a "compressor...
  10. peebee

    Chest Freezer Fermentation vessel problems/questions

    Garbage. You've only said it to wind me up! Well, I'm wound up ... The "delay" only operates when you switch the Inkbird on. When the time elapses, if the Inkbird detects it should be turned on, it turns on. From then on you are allowed to do what you like. Until you switch it off and back on...
  11. peebee

    Befuddled by the Defuddler

    Updated "Defuddler" partially. Read about it <here> (Jim's Forum). I'll update it properly later with the "advanced", or "Bogsnorkler" mode. At the moment it's only downgraded to disallow unsupported "tricks" (it wasn't intended to do clever stuff, and it can't, so needs another tool because it...
  12. peebee

    Befuddled by the Defuddler

    The issue that cropped up is due to the unlikely (imaginary?) connection between "Alkalinity" and "Total Dissolved Solids". I was adding up the major ions (as anions and cations in mEq/L units, but not any "as" bicarbonate), subtracting the anions from the cations, and declaring the difference...
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    Befuddled by the Defuddler

    @ARNWD: I'm gathering some "errors". I'm probably stretching the original idea outside of its boundaries - adjusting "Alkalinity" while assuming other settings stay still. Can't happen. I'll try to recover the situation, but meanwhile be careful of (perhaps that should be "ignore") this "new"...
  14. peebee

    Water prepping before all grain brew advice needed please

    Gawd, this was ages ago. I'm trying to correct where I've mixed up Alkalinity kit with the (changed) Calcium kit.
  15. peebee

    Salifert Alkalinity Test Kit

    Sorry. You've probably figured it by now (I have, only just now!) ... It was the Calcium kit that was messed up!
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