DIY Stirplate

I must have brewed for 2 years before I decided I needed a stir plate. I'm not going to pretend I'm some sort of geek lab rat. Far from it! although this is a geeky hobby I'm in it for the saving. I will say that my geeky side loves building electronic gadgets like this.

I decided to build one because they are so damn expensive. This one costed me 27 dollars to build because the only part I had on hand was a hard drive magnet. I did not reinvent the wheel I pretty much copied what was out there and it works so well. I'm using a 1 inch stir bar that works great and got a few of them because I'm likely to lose them.  This project was so fun I made 2! A look inside with the Fan Closer look at the wiring Stir plate in action! Below is the wiring diagram I used