Thermal mass of mash tun?

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Thermal mass of mash tun?

Post by Gurgeh » Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:31 am

How does one work out the thermal mass of a mash tun?
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Post by Aleman » Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:53 am

One does not bother :!:

What One does is to fill ones Mash tun with Hot water to preheat ones Mash Tun. This effectively reduces the Thermal Mass of ones Mash Tun to zero!


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Post by steve_flack » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:09 am

Pretty much you determine it empirically - which translate to when you're using software programs, you already know the strike temp you use and the target temp so you adjust the thermal mass until you get the answer you expect.
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Post by Gurgeh » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:16 am

One will try this, thankyou! :D
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Post by RabMaxwell » Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:17 pm

TJB wrote:One does not bother :!:

What One does is to fill ones Mash tun with Hot water to preheat ones Mash Tun. This effectively reduces the Thermal Mass of ones Mash Tun to zero!


:D
Or one can fit a kettle element to ones mash-tun
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Post by Aleman » Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:36 pm

RabMaxwell wrote:Or one can fit a kettle element to ones mash-tun
One thinks that is a capital idea :lol:
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