Jim's Beer Kit

Cheers guys. Yep the dc plugs are secured with cable glands, as the pumps I have are a female connector so they just push on to connect.

Added pic of pid controller rear face....

So my adventure into herms is almost ready to become a reality! Spend the last couple of weeks designing and building a couple of controller boxes. 1st is a pid to control the herms lot, 2nd is a speed/voltage controller for the 2pumps I will be using (1 recirc on HLT and another for recirc of the m...

It's strange though how I cannot scrub it off. It's like a brass sort of colour. Could it just be where the polishing grease stuff has boiler out of the weld? Not sure what to do now as I've already fitted elements and ball valves to both pots!

After doing a test boil in my 2 new 70 litre Bergland pots I have noticed a discoloured ring about an inch up from the base. It coming from a small line which seems to be scored into the pot around the inside bottom edge. At first I thought it was rust but on closer inspection it is a yellow golden ...

Both are direct from Bergland in Germany. It's shocking how difficult it is to get a decent thermo pot from them!

So I am on my second 50 litre Thermos pot which is also going back for replacement. The 1st one had one of the lid clips half falling off and the outer metal was bent where it meets the top rim. The replacement has some dodgy looking pitted areas on the inside skin near the bottom edge, along with a...

What size hole punch do you use for these 2.4kw angelhomebrew elements? I've seen it says 33mm in some places and 34 in others.

I would be interested to know peoples experience of these elements as well as considering ordering 4 ( 2 for hlt and 2 for boiler)

Have you browsed on here? I used their stainles steel tap and fittings for my plastic boiler, and am going to do the same when I sort out my coolbox mashtun. https://www.bes.co.uk/index.asp thanks yeah I have been looking on bes but can't figure out what parts I need to make a weldless fitting...

Hi guys, Im trying to source parts for a neat weldless tap fitting for my new shiny build! I have seen the 3 piece weldless tap kits for sale on various sites but was wondering if there is an alternative way of doing this by sourcing the parts myself. I am wondering if a recessed hex nut with a red ...

The postage is only £6.25 for me on the bottom drain fitting kit. Which parts are you looking at?

that pic of your conversion looks brill Andy! very neat indeed! I'm torn between ordering the mrLard bottom drain kit or doing a side drain similar to yours. I was wondering if I went for the centre bottom drain would it be possible to drill say 2 60mm holes (1 centre and 1 at the edge) and thread t...

Thanks for the info guys. James, that makes sense about the tap not clamping right up against the body of the tun. However I don't recall ever seeing pics of peoples conversions with gaps between the tap and the pot.... If anyone who has used the mrlard bottom drain kit in their thermopot could uplo...

cheers fil! thats very useful. Im considering purchasing the bottom drain kit that mrLard sells. However Im not sure if this will come "ready to fit" or if i would need to mess around cutting threads off the deck drain! Another think i cant figure out is hoe the ball valve attaches to the side of th...