shortyjacobs

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Yeah, old car battery that stopped being able to reliably start my car. Didn't return it for the core charge when I got a new one, (so out like $20 or whatever), but it works fine for the winch. It lasts about a summer's worth of twice a month brewing, easily, on a single charge.

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Itchy Dog Brewery.

(As of 10-24-2011)
Primary - Steppe 112 PA, 2x Monday RyePA
Aging - None :-(
On tap - Big Dog, Apfelwein, Steppe 112 PA

My invisible AG sculpture, with no actual sculpture and a tiny footprint.
My Kegerator goes offroading!
My Coors Home Draft dispenser for boating/beering on the go.

cwi

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RE: brewing indoors in an enclosed space- one of the indoor dangers of using the propane or NG burners we typically use for brewing, Banjo/Bayou/Jet etc., is that at higher heat output settings they do not burn (anywhere near) all of the gas supplied to them. The CO or CO2 monitor will not catch that. You end with a bunch of raw gas build-up in the enclosed area. You would need a hydrocarbon detector to know if you are reaching dangerous levels. Hence, the fascination with E-brewing rigs by all the apartment dwellers.

shortyjacobs

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That's a good point. Wouldn't I still smell the propane long before it hit LFL levels though? Unless all the H2S is getting burned up, but the propane not....

In any case, I made it through another winter without blowing myself up or going to sleep from CO....and my flames are always a pretty blue, so I think that means decent combustion at the least, right?

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Itchy Dog Brewery.

(As of 10-24-2011)
Primary - Steppe 112 PA, 2x Monday RyePA
Aging - None :-(
On tap - Big Dog, Apfelwein, Steppe 112 PA

My invisible AG sculpture, with no actual sculpture and a tiny footprint.
My Kegerator goes offroading!
My Coors Home Draft dispenser for boating/beering on the go.

cwi

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Depends on whether you want to test Darwin's theory about human H2S sensitivity in a steamy room with hop volatiles and malt aromas. I am sure someone has already tested some version of this, and won an award. Wouldn't hurt to raise the overhead door a foot or so for a little insurance.

I suppose that while brewing in an enclosed room, if the blue starts to look so pretty it becomes beautiful, the worse the combustion is. Oxygen deprivation does makes everything seem better.

Can't recall at the moment what a yellow flame means: +CO?. In my experience I can get a blue flame even though it is hovering 8 inches above the burner, and obviously not burning all the gas.