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Can Plaato be disinfected?
Yes, Plaato is 100% compatible to Star San, bleach and other products available.
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Does Plaato work in a refrigerator?
Yes. Plaato works until your beer freezes.
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How does the WiFi-connection work?
Plaato is connected to your local WiFi-network, and sends data through internet to the cloud. In the Plaato-app your fermentation can then be accessed from wherever in the world you are.
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Can Plaato be used to make wine?
Yes. Wine, cider, mead moonshine - Plaato works on every fermentation you would like to try.
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What happens if some krausen goes in?
Plaato airlock is designed to withstand overflow. Some overflows might be more violent than others so depending on each and every situations, the data might be affected: if you see a significant ch...
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API / open server
All the data that Plaato measures will be accessible through an API.
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Head space / aerobic fermentation
Yes, the first bubbles will be mostly air. In a 5 gallons fermenter, many hundreds of thousands bubbles will go through the airlock and the ‘headspace-bubbles’ will have little significance to the ...
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Cold crash
Cold crashing should not be done until fermentation has finished. When the specific gravity is steady for three days in a row, fermentation can be considered complete (if gravity is decreasing from...
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Change of temperature
When the temperature is suddenly changing to a lower temperature, your fermenter might aspirate the liquid in your airlock or blow-off container. In this case refill it as soon as you notice.
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How the different levels of headspace affects the measurements?
Headspace doesn´t affect the PLAATO. The headspace - or the «empty space» above the wort is not empty - but filled with air, PLAATO will read air just as it was CO2, and that way be just as accurat...