09/02/08: TEA

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Post by bandit » Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:18 am

Its amazing what you pick up on this site. I have pinched your peg idea. I am fed up with thermometer probes falling in mi brew. Nice one Andy

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Post by Andy » Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:35 am

bandit wrote:Its amazing what you pick up on this site. I have pinched your peg idea. I am fed up with thermometer probes falling in mi brew. Nice one Andy
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Post by Mashman » Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:47 am

Nice pics, I love a drop of TEA but don't get it down this way very often :(
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Post by Martin the fish » Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:39 am

Wicked set-up Andy. Great pic's too.
Really interesting thread to me as a noobie. It's good to see a RIMS set up like yours. It looks like a lot simpler than some of the ones i've seen on forums.

I'm going to nick your wrapped up in a camping mat idea for my boiler-great idea and i think it will solve my mega boil/slow simmer issue. :wink:

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Post by Aleman » Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:24 pm

Andy wrote:Recirculating via Steve Flack style RIMS element
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Andy, Am I right in thinking that you got this from BnQ? I never could get my heater to work above 60C -ish effectively. I do wonder if that was a problem with the heater or the circuit. Unfortunately when I tried to dissassemble the element I discovered that its not an easy job and broke it :( still if yours is a BnQ element I'll go back and get another, and try again.

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Post by TC2642 » Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:31 pm

Nice setup, wish I had one!
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Post by Andy » Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:43 pm

Hi Aleman, I got the towel element from ebay but it is B&Q branded.

I was worried after reading about your experiences with the trip-out but mine is fine and doesn't seem to have a cutout in it. As I mentioned I could raise the mash to 72 degC at mashout however it was struggling to raise the last 1 degree but I think this is down to heat losses in the process pushing the 800W available heat.

Edit: when I was testing with just water the system could only get to 70 degC, since then I insulated the 22mm copper pipe with foam pipe insulation.
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Post by Aleman » Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:04 pm

Andy wrote:Hi Aleman, I got the towel element from ebay but it is B&Q branded.
Cool, Of to BnQ then :)

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Post by mixbrewery » Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:21 pm

Great dual purpose thread Andy!
Showing off our new 10Gall setup and the brewing 8)

Nice PID box, looks similar to Vossy's
And another shiney conical i see in the background - very jealous.
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Post by steve_flack » Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:24 pm

Aleman wrote: Andy, Am I right in thinking that you got this from BnQ? I never could get my heater to work above 60C -ish effectively.
I forgot to turn the element off when I turned the pump off during the last brew. It doesn't have a cut-out... :roll:

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Post by Martin the fish » Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:25 pm

I can't believe your getting more kit Aleman :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Post by Aleman » Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:37 pm

Martin the fish wrote:I can't believe your getting more kit Aleman :lol: :lol: :lol:
:wink: I am actually thinking of bringing the bruheat boiler down from the loft to do this beer kit, but I would have to make a single coil IC, as I only have a double, and then there is a cooling probe (ala Rob Maxwell/Daab) to chill the small FV.

I already have the RIMS Chamber but my heater wasn't performing, so I am only replacing some kit not getting new. . . . Although the underback now has a 2.2KW kettle element in it, in case this heater is as crap as the first :evil: I just don't think the 10A SSR I have in the controller can cope (its borderline), so I will need a 25A one soon

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Post by Martin the fish » Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:43 pm

Aleman wrote:I already have the RIMS Chamber but my heater wasn't performing, so I am only replacing some kit not getting new. . . . Although the underback now has a 2.2KW kettle element in it, in case this heater is as crap as the first :evil: I just don't think the 10A SSR I have in the controller can cope (its borderline), so I will need a 25A one soon
Er, yeh. I understood all of that :? :lol:

Give me a year and i might 8)

bandit

Post by bandit » Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:45 pm

Ive been talking to Vossy and guys in china about SSR's and it seems we should have at least a 40A rated unit to run continuous 3KW heaters and then a heatsink strapped to it aswell. I have just bought this one off eBay

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And I managed to get a refund as I didnt want the bar bit at the back.

PS Wheres the link for me to learn how to reduce urls to clickys. Ive got a spare 10 minutes to learn this neat trick
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Post by steve_flack » Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:58 pm

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