I have labelled the pics posted earlier today and detailed some of the basic components in the brew stand.
information - gas system a combination of the brutus ten system (alenuts.com) and various postings on the us forum homebrewtalk (search for brutus ten), specifically MNBugeater has posted a significant amount of information on his setup which i have copied in principle. Also, pumpy's brew stand for the location of the gas valves etc. The key drivers was to incorporate an appropriate level of safety into the system (ie gas safety valves) and improve mashing temperature control (pls read brutus ten and check out Loonie's youtube vids on the set-up parts 1 to 5).
I have used a STC gas solenoid valve after a reasonable amount of research - ASCO's were too expensive and in the literature it was a difficult read to determine the inappropriateness of the STC product. At the end of the day a significant number of people have used the STC sucessfully.
The gas safety valves and honeywell equipment was all purchased from the US via patriot-supply. Super easy to dea with and likes paypal.
Gas valve - stcvalve.com. Again easy to deal with over the internet - ships directly from china.
In the pics what you can not see is that the gas hose will connect behind the LHS front post, just above the bottom rail. Inside the post is a section of straight 1/2" copper pipe with 90 degree pipe to thread sockets soldered on. (the whole system will only be running low pressure 0.5PSI proprane). I purchased from carvanspareparts (good for propane connectors) a 1/2" to 3/8" connector for the gas hose. so in summary the gas comes in at the bottom, travels up the LHS leg and enters the 1/2" SS tee fitting.
The white knight gas safety valve has 3 settings - closed, pilot and open which is nice. The gas ball valve, brass right angle connector and braided 600mm gas line is all from bunnings. I pm'd pumpy on the braided gas lines and almost did not beleive him that he got them from bunnings. 8 shops later and 3 weeks, I managed to tracked them down in Mandurah - an hour south from perth by accident!!!!
The gas components in the centre of the stand are identical to the LHS with the exception of the gas solenoid valve. In the centre of centre vertical brace i have threaded the wiring loom, down to the right and then back up the front RHS post. Between the two march 809's is hole to allow each of them to be connected.
As you can see I have mounted the pilot burner and thermocouple, but are yet to bend the 1/4" brass tube to connect the pilot burner to the safety valve - next weeks project - hopefully.
I did do a reasonable amount of research on sourcing the gas items locally - all the pricing provided back to me was not competitive with the US inclusive of shipping $45USD - flat rate 3 to 5 days US priority!
the paint is white knight pot belly black (temp resistant) and white knight charcoal hammer tone from bunnings - I have also fabricated two heat defectors to surround each burner which also require mounting.
Products
1 SS Tee
2 White rogers dual inlet gas pilot safety valve (thermocouple operated) (cat 764-742)
3 SS threaded tube (~150mm) with 2x SS nuts and 1x1/2 SS washer either side of frame.
4 STC Brass closed gas solenoid valve 2W160 220v closed electrically opened.
5 gas ball valve bunnings
6 Mongolian burner 10 jet
7 Honeywell pilot burners Q314 and Q327A) cat Q314A6094
8 honeywell 18" universal thermocouple (cat Q340A1066)
Hope all this information makes sense and helps.
Cheers
MWS
