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Old 04-22-2010, 03:25 AM   #1
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I am looking to make a electric brew pot, because I live in an apartment. Will this work? Would the glue be bad for the beer? Whats your thoughts.


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Old 04-22-2010, 03:28 AM   #2
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I am looking to make a electric brew pot, because I live in an apartment. Will this work? Would the glue be bad for the beer? Whats your thoughts.
Looks sketchy. I'm no electrician though.


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Probably should research whether boiling water in plastic will leach components of the bucket into your brew.
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http://www.hopandgrape.co.uk/catalog/detailV2_8.asp?itemid=TEN20027293&catid=HA20225648

I also found this commercial plastic brew bucket.
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http://www.jimsbeerkit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17188

Found it here.
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HDPE has a working temperature of 212 degrees F - 220 degrees F under low load conditions and it may be autoclaved at sterilizable temperatures. From what I understand low load means it can maintain that tempter for up to 120 minuets constantly with out any brake down of the bucket. In this case a person should be able to maintain a 60 min boil without any off flavors as long as the tempter was kept at 212.

http://www.polymerplastics.com/corrosion_polyeth.shtml
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It also says they can be sterilized which would be temps of 121–132 °C (250–270 °F) for 60 minutes or 134 °C (273 °F) for at least 18 minutes with out plastic brake down. So bringing water to a boil for 60 min should not harm the liquid inside the bucket. I don't know about the PVC and Glue that guy is using that cant be good in the boil.
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Problem is, the max service temp for PVC is 140 deg.
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http://hbd.org/pcalinsk/HeatStk3.htm

I might make some of these or just figure out another way to mount the water heating element without using P.V.C. Any ideas?
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Found this also.


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