Advertise Here
Main · BrewSpace · Recipes · Wiki · Groups · Clubs · Gallery · Reviews · Video · Blogs · Store

Free Homebrew Store Shirt!Memorial Day False Bottom Free ShippingNew Product! Cool Brewing Fermentation Cooler
Go Back   Home Brew Forums > Home Brewing Beer > Electric Brewing



Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 11-19-2011, 05:55 PM   #1
Simpleton
 
McCuckerson's Avatar
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Zebulon, North Carolina
Posts: 586
Default element cover

What do you think of this method?

forumrunner_20111119_135445.jpg


__________________
"Real men drink their freakin' yeast starters...."
McCuckerson is offline Reply With Quote
Old 11-19-2011, 07:46 PM   #2
Master Rooster
 
Lucky_Chicken's Avatar
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Bloomfield, IA
Posts: 791
Default

is it water tight?... hard to tell from the picture but it looks like a ceramic bulb socket?
Lucky_Chicken is offline Reply With Quote
Old 11-19-2011, 07:49 PM   #3
Member
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Texas
Posts: 40
Default

Looks almost identical to mine. Not water tight, but it covers the screw terminals,is splash resistant, and makes it easy to change the element out after it dry fires.
skinny is offline Reply With Quote
Old 11-19-2011, 07:54 PM   #4
Registered User
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Windham, Maine
Posts: 111
Default

What is it? I'm looking for a simple solution to cover mine.
bowhuntah is offline Reply With Quote
Old 11-19-2011, 07:59 PM   #5
Jem
Junior Member
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: St Paul, mn
Posts: 20
Default

nice and clean .subscribed
Jem is offline Reply With Quote
Old 11-19-2011, 08:55 PM   #6
Simpleton
 
McCuckerson's Avatar
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Zebulon, North Carolina
Posts: 586
Default

This is just a 1" PVC cap (sch 40) with a 3/4" hole drilled into it. Next force thread the conduit grip into the hole. Reuse the black ring that comes with the elmt and Viola.


forumrunner_20111119_165252.jpg
__________________
"Real men drink their freakin' yeast starters...."
McCuckerson is offline Reply With Quote
Old 11-19-2011, 08:57 PM   #7
Simpleton
 
McCuckerson's Avatar
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Zebulon, North Carolina
Posts: 586
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by skinny
Looks almost identical to mine. Not water tight, but it covers the screw terminals,is splash resistant, and makes it easy to change the element out after it dry fires.
This exactly why I did it. Dry fired Monday and brew day was over. All that potting for nothing :-)
__________________
"Real men drink their freakin' yeast starters...."
McCuckerson is offline Reply With Quote
Old 11-19-2011, 09:00 PM   #8
Registered User
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Windham, Maine
Posts: 111
Default

Excellent! Once again I was way over thinking things!
bowhuntah is offline Reply With Quote
Old 11-19-2011, 09:07 PM   #9
Simpleton
 
McCuckerson's Avatar
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Zebulon, North Carolina
Posts: 586
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by bowhuntah
Excellent! Once again I was way over thinking things!
Simple = Cheaper
__________________
"Real men drink their freakin' yeast starters...."
McCuckerson is offline Reply With Quote
Old 11-19-2011, 09:08 PM   #10
Drink your beer!
 
Yooper's Avatar
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Upper Michigan
Posts: 41,492
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by McCuckerson View Post
This exactly why I did it. Dry fired Monday and brew day was over. All that potting for nothing :-)
I assume that you had a problem with "report this post" vs. reply (possibly on a smart phone), and all is ok in this thread?


__________________
Broken Leg Brewery
Giving beer a leg to stand on since 2006
Yooper is offline Reply With Quote


Contact Us - Top - Privacy - All times are GMT. The time now is 08:45 AM.
Copyright © Group Builder, Inc - All Rights Reserved
Craft Beer & Brewery Forum