this photo<\/a>.<\/p>\nI guess they’ll go out in a few days. I don’t want to risk this with them, though. Mine will be easy (enough) to fix with a Dremel, as will the others if there are problems. I doubt there will be any found, but I’d rather that I find them now than have other people be stuck with potential weirdness.<\/p>\n
Also, I’ve learned to put self-resetting fuses in all my power supply designs from now until forever. Not that this would have helped here (if I’m thinking right the short really took place between ground on the bridge rectifier and half the AC signal), but it still should be done.<\/p>\n
Ah well.<\/p>\n
At least Danielle and I swung by the cider mill today and grabbed six gallons of Yates finest. Five of these are sitting in a sanitized carboy in the basement having recently received a room-temp yeast inoculation. With any luck there will be wee bits of foam on the surface in the morning, and tomorrow I’ll have a fully active fermentation. Now to decide what to do with the cider. Thus far it only has yeast, yeast nutrients, and two pounds of honey in it. I’m thinking maybe a few (five?) pounds of berries would do well. Blackberries would be nice, but maybe strawberries…<\/p>\n
Now, bed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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