Issue is energy, not flow. 2400W of electrical heating power is going to take hours to heat up 375 litres of water and grain no matter which way you look at it. 4 options as I see it for step mashing -TheWiggman said:Extrapolating from my system, we'll need shitloads of power if step mashing.
More technically, 1500W is ok for stepping 20 litres so for an equivalent ramp rate you're roughly looking at 28kW. That's a few power points, 12 to be precise pulling full current and smashing the power bill.
4 x heat exchangers (~2kW each?) will adequate to maintain mash temps but step mashing will be a bit of a doozey. At a minimum we're looking at 4 x 10A power points for the mash. If required I can legitimately borrow some fittings from work but I'm hoping we'll be able to assemble some manifolds on the day out of spare parts in our systems. We'd need -
I reckon even with our current setup, if we dough in at 60c, we will be sweet.mayor of mildura said:I don't have 3 phase. But I'm happy to have a fire. Could direct fire or heat up some rocks steinbier style. Could be an issue in the esky's though. Might have to line them with foil.
Erk. Any idea if it blew 'cos it started to grow, or just decided it was in an opportune place to fail (in which case be thankful it wasn't in the back of the subi)?Yob said:as a side, my second runnings cube blew apart in the cellar, cracked the lid and fermented out half of itself, smells like arse in my barrel room <_<
It's both actually. I may have confused the issue by saying "flow". I'm not referring to the HEX's. The ability to transfer liquid at a reasonable rate is one of the major issues. Check out Spike Brewing's literature on the difference in flow rate between 1/2" and 5/8" tube. (Sorry, that's the only solid reference I can think of off the top of my head.)TheWiggman said:I'll quote this smart arse -
Issue is energy, not flow. 2400W of electrical heating power is going to take hours to heat up 375 litres of water and grain no matter which way you look at it.
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