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It's a 2400watt 48L Urn. All the 240V cables get melting hot when it's on. I can't run anything else when the Urn is on. I have to use an extension cord right now so bought a 15 Amp job and dremeled down the earth pin so it would fit in a 10A socket. My nephew the electrician recons the...

It was always the plan to use the coil as a herms but not at this stage of the game. It was 350mm diameter when I got it. God knows what the guy was using it in. I rewound it around a corny keg and was going to shorten and solder it to suit the Urn. It certainly needs a good clean probably...

Seems promising but there are issues to overcome. I'll need to almost fill the Urn to cover the coil. Have to make more RO water. Drop over 10L into the cooler and some of the coils are exposed but not critical. There are lots of coils. You have to combine Urn temp and pump flow to get correct...

I'll move straight into plan B. Got that coil zip tied up and suspended in the urn. I'll try that but it'll need more work I'm sure. I have beersmith.

No joy here. Got the foam board yesterday arvo and cut a plug to go half way down. Still saw a 2+ degree drop over an hour. Cut the plug so it sits on the water. Wrapped the ball valve with a towel. The manifold connects to it and it was hot and leaching heat. It's still loosing between 0.2...

The whole outside of the esky is cool to the touch. I don't don't see any significant heat loss there. Bunnings has 1200x600x30 pressure extruded polystyrene insulation panels for $12. One of them will do this and another job for me. I'd need a second pump to use a plate chiller.

It's not a matter of just sticking it in the Urn. What you can't see is that the coil is so big it sits on the element and weighs close to 8 Kgs. Also water in the Urn can vary in temp by around 4 degrees so it would need a stirrer. That's a completely separate project which I'll get around to...

I got a coil that need some love and that's an option but small steps.

I couldn't get a real boil going. Added that flooring as a test and it's away. Water in the sight tube bounces up and down and you hear it boiling. Getting there. I know a place that sells 2" thick sheets of Polystyrene but only in 2.4x1.2 meter slabs. I'll look around. Cheers

.PolyStyrene. That'd be a lot cheaper. What's this cloth tape you mention? Gaffa tape? I just tried the green stuff on the boiler today. Got a solid rolling boil going with the lid half on.

I'm building up a 3V system but have some issues with the mash tun. Now this is an old coleman cooler, I mean about 30 years old. The lids a bit bent but I'm working on fixing that and a strap fixes it in the short term. I'm getting a 3degree+ drop over an hour even with pre heating it a lot...

Just a light sand with 400 grit so the new paint had something to stick to. Pulled the doors off and masked all the plastic. There was rust, mostly surface, so that needed more time under sandpaper to clean it up. It's killrust epoxy paint. Supercheap lived up to their name and had the stuff for...

You sure about that? If the evaporator fan won't start it's probably it's bushes/bearings have dried out and are sticky Get the fan out, pull it apart and spray the Bearings/Bushes with white lithium grease. It's good to -30C. Did mine today. Beats $60 for a new motor, .

Ohh...... Got a 4 stage RO filter from ebay in Brisbane for under $140 Makes 15 litres in about 2 hours,

I found that in Brisbane and prolly in most big cities they use chlorimine in the water not chlorine. Campdon tablets will kill it but that's adding chemicals to chemicals. You can not boil it out easily. It's a chlorine/ammonia compound. Nasty stuff. I've yet to get one grain brew under my...

No I didn't realise that. I was using the Brewzor phone app which shows a correction factor but I've just sent some time typing in random values and at one point it told me my SG was in the millions. So I deleted that one. I got BeerSmith last week and just noticed it has a refractometer tool...

Cheers guys. The red is just over 2 weeks old. I did an IPA fresh wort with 04 and it's just fine. Both started at 1.050 and both clapped out at 1.022 which is why I was thinking a starter. I use a reflectometer and look for consistent readings over 3 days before kegging. Plenty of other styles...

Hi all, Been away from brewing for many years and hasn't it all changed. I did an Irish red fresh wort which was weak and watery using Salfale 04 yeast I now have the tools to do an 04 starter. DME, Flask and stirrer. Will this make a big difference?

Job done and the fridge comes down to temp just fine. Fixed... thanks again .....

Cheers guys, I'll try raising the board on rails and banging holes in it first, that's the cheapest option. Any BBQ grill will need to be stainless and they all cost a lot for what they are. Not sure if there'll be any room in there for a fan, we shall see. Thanks for the clues.