Question for HERMS users - Page 2

aarondrich · 02-10-2010, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by The Pol

I never had the grain pile up on one side of the MLT, does your recirc come out with a lot of force? Is it not gently flowing into the pool of water above the mash?

As for the rust, that is typical. This is why water heaters have annodes.

Are you saying that the rust is unavoidable? I've got a 5500W Ultra low heating element in my kettle and that doesn't seem to rust. My element in my little head exchanger does rust. I thought that this was because I did something wrong? How do you prevent yours from rusting?

The Pol · 02-10-2010, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by aarondrich

Are you saying that the rust is unavoidable? I've got a 5500W Ultra low heating element in my kettle and that doesn't seem to rust. My element in my little head exchanger does rust. I thought that this was because I did something wrong? How do you prevent yours from rusting?

Some people accept the rust, some people coat the base with high temp. food grade paint/epoxy or something like that.

aarondrich · 02-10-2010, 11:40 PM

Will Rust in any way hurt your beer?

So I'm hearing that only the base of the element is what rusts?

Thanks for the help Pol

**McCuckerson** · 02-11-2010, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Bobby_M

You don't need to run the pump balls out during recirculation and it's actually not a good idea. You can really compact the grainbed into a solid block of "concrete" doing that.

Good point! I know that now, like I said: first time with the new HERMS. It was really awesome though. It felt like a real brewery: pump running, heater cycling..... it was cool!