Brew Stand

[boybrewer]

Hi fellow AGers;
I had my recent posts deleted by the moderater. Fortunately these guys are forever vigilant which is great for I wouldn't like the breweries knocking at my door.So now I have reposted the pics with obvious deletions. I hope this is ok by the moderaters.

Thanks once again
Mike (BB)

 

[boybrewer]

Hi fellow AGers;
I had my recent posts deleted by the moderater. Fortunately these guys are forever vigilant which is great for I wouldn't like the breweries knocking at my door.So now I have reposted the pics with obvious deletions. I hope this is ok by the moderaters.

Thanks once again
Mike (BB)

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Here is the other pic that I didn't have to modify.
Thanks once again Screwy for your info.We will be up the Sunshine Coast and Yandina way towards the end of next month would like to catch up and say hi if we are anywhere near you. Let me know.

Cheers to all on this great site
Mike (BB) :beerbang:

 

[A3k]

Hi BB,

Looks good. Have you tried it yet? If so, does it work well?

I was/am considering doing something similar soon.
I was testing out the element on an old fermenter. The silicone seal wasnt designed for the wall width of the fermenter. I could get a seal eventually, but I wasnt convinced it would be a long term seal and havent used it.

How did you find the wall width of the keg? Did it seal easily? Did you have to bang the wall flat at all?

Cheers,
Al

 

[yardy]

Here is the other pic that I didn't have to modify.


View attachment 29109

Gday BB,

any chance of an internal pic of this shot :icon_cheers:

cheers

 

[egolds77]

Hi A3K

I've used the same element by the looks of it. It was from a $19 Target Kettle from memory. This is in my heat exchanger which is a very thin SS 9L pot. To deal with a thin wall during install, I cut out a section around the hole from which the element came out of in the kettle and used that to bulk out the thinkness so that there was enough material for the silicon seal to form a seal once it was screw together.
You could measure the thickness of the kettle plastic from where the element came out of and subtract the wall thickness of your kettle and find some material to make a gasket to bulk out the thickness to match the kettle's original so to get a good seal.

:icon_cheers:

 

[egolds77]

an inside pic

 

[boybrewer]

Hi BB,

Looks good. Have you tried it yet? If so, does it work well?

I was/am considering doing something similar soon.
I was testing out the element on an old fermenter. The silicone seal wasn't designed for the wall width of the fermenter. I could get a seal eventually, but I wasn't convinced it would be a long term seal and haven't used it.

How did you find the wall width of the keg? Did it seal easily? Did you have to bang the wall flat at all?

Cheers,
Al

Hi Al;
No I did not flatten out the wall at all and it was a little thinner than the jug wall. All I did was run a bead of silicone around the ring and once fitted the element I just gently tapped the backing plate of the element to fit the keg, got a good seal on the first one and having a little problem fitting the second one. I fitted it tonight and still leaks, so I just pulled the element out and ran an extra bead of silicone around the element backing plate. So I will know by tomorrow if this has worked. The silicone is rated to 170 C so it should be fine for the heat.

Thanks
Mike (BB)

 

[boybrewer]

Gday BB,

any chance of an internal pic of this shot :icon_cheers:

cheers

Hi Yardy can try and send one ASAP

 

[boybrewer]

Hi A3K

I've used the same element by the looks of it. It was from a $19 Target Kettle from memory. This is in my heat exchanger which is a very thin SS 9L pot. To deal with a thin wall during install, I cut out a section around the hole from which the element came out of in the kettle and used that to bulk out the thinkness so that there was enough material for the silicon seal to form a seal once it was screw together.
You could measure the thickness of the kettle plastic from where the element came out of and subtract the wall thickness of your kettle and find some material to make a gasket to bulk out the thickness to match the kettle's original so to get a good seal.

:icon_cheers:

You are spot on Elton got it from Target the other day. I tried to pack it out with the plastic from a milk container but to no avail. So I went to Bunnings and purchased a tube of silicone which did the trick. The SWMBO went to Go Lo and picked up another kettle for $10 they are on special at the mo. Having a little difficulty with this one to seal properly but should have it sorted by tomorrow after work.

Cheers
BB

 

[boybrewer]

Hi Yardy can try and send one ASAP

Yeah I did it here is the pic. I hope you can see it ok ?

 

[yardy]

Yeah I did it here is the pic. I hope you can see it ok ?
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Cheers BB :icon_cheers:

i just brought 50lt from 20*C up to 70*C in 25 min with gas, any idea how long your elements would take ?

Yard

 

[QldKev]

Cheers BB :icon_cheers:

i just brought 50lt from 20*C up to 70*C in 25 min with gas, any idea how long your elements would take ?

Yard

Hey Yardy,

Here's a s/s I knocked together last week.

View attachment water_heating.xls

50lt
50c temp
using 2 x 2400w elements = 36min (often kettles are 1850w)

QldKev

 

[boybrewer]

Cheers BB :icon_cheers:

i just brought 50lt from 20*C up to 70*C in 25 min with gas, any idea how long your elements would take ?

Yard

Hi Yardy;
Well here is the story so far.
I plugged it in both elements and they got up to 65.5C and then the safety switch went off. This took 25min to go from !2C to 65C .So I think it would be very comparable as far as time goes cost I don't know but I will work it out.


Cheers
(BB)

 

[Mitternacht Brauer]

Hi QldKev
That xls sheet looks great .I guessed that it would take about 60 mins to get my 50L's with twin elements to
78 C .Your sheet say 50 Mins. Close enough for me .





I installed a separate circuit in the brew shed as I wanted to run both elements at the same time .I use them to run both in my 30L Bucket of death . One element runs full time and the other one runs through a ssr to control temp.




I have been procrastanating over changing to the 50L pot ant the same Mash tun . That sheet has made up my mind to get into it .




Thanks QldKev