rwmingis
Well-Known Member
Just a quick update. Progress is going along well, I have almost completed the heating chamber which is the hardest part of the fabrication portion of the project... I think. I just have to add a drain plug/temp probe fitting on the bottom side of the heating chamber and give whole thing a thorough scrub up.
Was hoping someone could give me a bit of input with regards to the type of fitting that I can use for this plug. I need to have a drain (say half inch ID) so that I can drain the heating chamber of water and any husks when done. Am thinking of putting it at one end of the heating chamber and obviously on the bottom. Since I already have a fitting here, I thought it would also nicely double up as a temperature probe connection as well, see below for what I am thinking of doing.
I could use a standard coupling fitting, like the one show below (which is how i connect the output of the heating chamber to the rest of the system) but it's a bit bulky. It is however, the exact configuration I am looking for as I can just braise the temperature probe where the tube would normally go, and voila.
Does anyone know of a suitable brass fitting and where I could get one?
Was hoping someone could give me a bit of input with regards to the type of fitting that I can use for this plug. I need to have a drain (say half inch ID) so that I can drain the heating chamber of water and any husks when done. Am thinking of putting it at one end of the heating chamber and obviously on the bottom. Since I already have a fitting here, I thought it would also nicely double up as a temperature probe connection as well, see below for what I am thinking of doing.

I could use a standard coupling fitting, like the one show below (which is how i connect the output of the heating chamber to the rest of the system) but it's a bit bulky. It is however, the exact configuration I am looking for as I can just braise the temperature probe where the tube would normally go, and voila.

Does anyone know of a suitable brass fitting and where I could get one?