Here's photos of my HERMS build I've mostly completed. Still have to stitch up a few things here and there, but all in all its mostly done. I have to paint the stand still, clean up the electronics a bit, etc, but I ran it w/ water today to make sure it can do what its supposed to, and its doing it nicely. I have one design flaw in my HLT where I put the heating element too high and the hot water rises but doesn't go down well, so unless I stir, the water at the bottom doesn't get heated, and the temp sensor down there thinks the temps stay the same... But the point of MY HLT is to just keep temps up... so I think its okay... only time will tell. The HEX is working like a charm. I have a huge storm about to hit here in UT, so I don't know if I can do a real brew on it today or not... :(
Here's the photos:
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~Phil
Fermenting: 10 gals Phil's Phlavorful Brown Ale, 5 gals pLambic in secondary
Kegged: Best Bitters, Peach Mead
Bottled: Pear Mead
Drinking: All of the above :)
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~Phil
Fermenting: 10 gals Phil's Phlavorful Brown Ale, 5 gals pLambic in secondary
Kegged: Best Bitters, Peach Mead
Bottled: Pear Mead
Drinking: All of the above :)
Sweet. Do you have any pics of the inside of your Brewtroller?
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Originally Posted by the_bird
"I've got a fever... and the only prescription is, MORE CARBOYS!"
primary- Tangerine Dream, SWMBO slayer,
serving- amber ale hop experiment #6, Roggenbier, apfelwine
planning- Cru?
conditioning- 9/9/09 barleywine
Drink water?... Never, fish fornicate in it.--- W.C. Fields
Most problems can be solved with the proper application of force.
Oh didn't think to do that, I can get some its inside right now. I'll snap a shot and upload in a few...
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~Phil
Fermenting: 10 gals Phil's Phlavorful Brown Ale, 5 gals pLambic in secondary
Kegged: Best Bitters, Peach Mead
Bottled: Pear Mead
Drinking: All of the above :)
Looks great! You could add a stir motor to your HLT and use it to keep the temps even. I've had my eye on my wife's old ice cream maker for just that purpose
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Current Rig
4.5KW E-HLT
5.5KW E-Kettle
MasterFlex Peristaltic Primary Pump
March Secondary Pump
Therminator for Chilling
Planned
Automated Grain Drop
Automated Hop Dropper
Jcdillin oh good idea... addon number 3322344 Here's a couple photos of jcdillin's shield board w/ the sanguino on top... in my project box from radio shack
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~Phil
Fermenting: 10 gals Phil's Phlavorful Brown Ale, 5 gals pLambic in secondary
Kegged: Best Bitters, Peach Mead
Bottled: Pear Mead
Drinking: All of the above :)
I likey, this will be look so good on my gas fired brewtrailer.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by the_bird
"I've got a fever... and the only prescription is, MORE CARBOYS!"
primary- Tangerine Dream, SWMBO slayer,
serving- amber ale hop experiment #6, Roggenbier, apfelwine
planning- Cru?
conditioning- 9/9/09 barleywine
Drink water?... Never, fish fornicate in it.--- W.C. Fields
Most problems can be solved with the proper application of force.
Well, The extremely cold temps here in Utah may make my batch a failure...I've got it running and it can't keep the temps up above 144 and I want it at 154... I can't get my eff to work worth a darn if my HLT is at 160 lol... I'm boiling some more water now to try and get it back within range... we'll see how it goes.
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~Phil
Fermenting: 10 gals Phil's Phlavorful Brown Ale, 5 gals pLambic in secondary
Kegged: Best Bitters, Peach Mead
Bottled: Pear Mead
Drinking: All of the above :)
Bugger, fingers crossed you can get it up to temps!
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Current Rig
4.5KW E-HLT
5.5KW E-Kettle
MasterFlex Peristaltic Primary Pump
March Secondary Pump
Therminator for Chilling
Planned
Automated Grain Drop
Automated Hop Dropper
My Electric HERMS build w/ Brewtroller in charge
Here's a couple photos of jcdillin's shield board w/ the sanguino on top... in my project box from radio shack 
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