Mine blew it's element so I fitted another type, is yours still working?
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Old style Buffalo 40 litre, how may still working? Poll
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Old style Buffalo 40 litre, how may still working? Poll
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Re: Old style Buffalo 40 litre, how may still working? Pole
Mines still going strong after 6 years of use
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Re: Old style Buffalo 40 litre, how may still working? Pole
woops.. Mines an ally burco and after 60 odd years the copper bar elements bolted to the underside of the boiler base still hit a rolling boil.. well i assume they do ive not used it myself for about a decade
ist update for months n months..
Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
Coming Soon Lots planned for the near future nowt for the immediate
Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
Coming Soon Lots planned for the near future nowt for the immediate
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Re: Old style Buffalo 40 litre, how may still working? Pole
Is it the old square boiler around 10 gallons?Fil wrote:woops.. Mines an ally burco and after 60 odd years the copper bar elements bolted to the underside of the boiler base still hit a rolling boil.. well i assume they do ive not used it myself for about a decade
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Re: Old style Buffalo 40 litre, how may still working? Pole
No a round 5 gallon to the rim ally jobby with 6 x circa 1" x 4" copper bars/plates bolted to the base with a simple selector controller with Off Low Med and Hi options powering on 0, 2, 4, and 6 x 'elements'Dave S wrote:Is it the old square boiler around 10 gallons?Fil wrote:woops.. Mines an ally burco and after 60 odd years the copper bar elements bolted to the underside of the boiler base still hit a rolling boil.. well i assume they do ive not used it myself for about a decade
ist update for months n months..
Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
Coming Soon Lots planned for the near future nowt for the immediate
Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
Coming Soon Lots planned for the near future nowt for the immediate