Thirsty Boy
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splatter gaurds etc are far far to fine to be ideal. Lauter tun bottoms should be more surface than hole - buggered if i can remember the exact ratio, but a fine mesh is way more hole than "non" hole. it messes with the flow rates, differential pressures, flow patterns and a bunch of other stuff that I have made an effort to forget since my exams... its all in the books though if you really want to punish yourself with theory.
Suffice it to say - that a bog standard perforated FB is probably on the "too much hole" side of the equation if you are being really pedantic, but they're not far off ... those Yardy style home made FBs look pretty damn good to me....
If you were just doing a bog standard sparge - i suspect it wouldn't matter that much. But if you are going to run a recirculating system, I think getting it closer to "ideal" is going to matter a lot more. Dont skimp on your FB.
Suffice it to say - that a bog standard perforated FB is probably on the "too much hole" side of the equation if you are being really pedantic, but they're not far off ... those Yardy style home made FBs look pretty damn good to me....
If you were just doing a bog standard sparge - i suspect it wouldn't matter that much. But if you are going to run a recirculating system, I think getting it closer to "ideal" is going to matter a lot more. Dont skimp on your FB.