GARYSMIFF 'S SYSTEM (RIMS)

[EccentricDyslexic]

ctrl + alt + 4 = €

I wasnt thinking about hermsing it, but its a decent surface area on a kettle element so was gonna rig up some kind of pot to sit it in.

we will see...

steve

[befuggled]

Ah, thanks, - yip-€€€€€€€€€€€€!!

Next two on order, should be shipped tomorrow, 2x €15.18 + €14.41 UPS.
The difference might be that you are getting taxes added??

I got put off the "kettle element in a pot" because of finding/fabricating the vessel.

[GARYSMIFF]

I did get a SSteel Pressure Cooker and was going to make a HERMS with it but could not bring myself to put holes in it just like this:
and use a 2 small hole Pig Tail element.

he uses a Coffee machine PID.

[befuggled]

So SWMBO has won a pressure cooker then!!

I have taken pics of the re-assembly of one of my RIMS heaters.
It is quite a bodge, so I hope that nobody thinks that this is the way Garysmiff did his own!

You get the wrapped compression reducer looking like this:


It consists of these bits:


The usual assembly on a bit of 15mm pipe is, I believe:


I mounted the seperate bits in a tank connector to hold while drilling out to 16mm:


I discarded the olive and added two o-rings (15mm OD 2.5mm section); this shows a tank connector coz I didn't have a spare T-piece:


I wound some ptfe tape round the second o-ring (about 5-6 times):


A smear of clear silicon sealant for luck (and to make it all slide together) and the finished assembly:


All else should be clear from Garysmiff's original post.

[GARYSMIFF]

befuggled

It's only a bodge if it don't work!, and looks just like what I did.

[befuggled]

We will find out today then, I am going to try to do DL's Stella for Her using the heater for constant temperature control and the raises from 45C to 55c and then 55C to 66C. I will report back!

[befuggled]

Worked like a dream!
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