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• Posted in thread: Old brass / copper wash tub for mash tun or boil pot? on 06-19-2013 at 01:29 PM
  I inherited it and must pick it up. Will post photo then. If it is leaded I might be able to
  have a neighbor take it apart and braze it. ThanksIt might be very difficult to take apart and
  reassemble. ...

• Posted in thread: Chest Freezer Temperature Controller Suggestions on 06-17-2013 at 12:21 PM
  I use an STC-1000 for my fermentation chamber and it works great. Celsius is not much of a
  hassle, but I noticed this on eBay ... Looks like a Fahrenheit version of the STC-1000. a
  single stage ther...

• Posted in thread: Is this an LP or natural gas connector? on 06-16-2013 at 11:22 AM
  Don't forget that those are left hand threads.

• Posted in thread: just found beer in co2 tank... help. on 06-15-2013 at 09:39 PM
  How can beer carbed at 30psi back flow into a tank at 800psi? Maybe I am missing something, but
  I can see the low pressure side of the regulator getting beer in it, but not the high side.

• Posted in thread: brew sculptures single tier or 3 tier? on 06-14-2013 at 01:20 PM
  I went with a single tier when I built a permanent setup. My major concern was having 6 gal. of
  very hot water that high in the air. Even with a very stable rig accidents will happen. With a
  higher ce...

• Posted in thread: sanitizing the day before on 06-09-2013 at 11:37 AM
  I sanitize my fermenter while doing the boil. I'm not comfortable with sanitizing the day
  before because of re-contamination. Most sanitizers that I am familiar with are wet contact
  only. The sanitize...

• Posted in thread: Camlock differences? on 06-08-2013 at 01:28 PM
  There are only 4 dimensions that would cause a problem, the overall OD, the radius of the cam
  surface, the cam surface minor diameter and the height from the bottom end up to the center of
  the cam rad...

• Posted in thread: single pass rims tube to heat strike water on 06-08-2013 at 12:06 PM
  At 100% efficiency a 1500 watt element can heat 1 gallon of water from 60 deg. to 160 deg. in
  about 10 minutes. At that rate it would take you about half an hour just to add 3 gal. of
  strike water. Th...

• Posted in thread: hop trub leftover final wort issues on 06-06-2013 at 12:49 PM
  Anyone know where I could adjust the wort loss due to high hop trub in Beersmith? I brew a lot
  of IPAs and have had this problem a lot lately.In BeerSmith2 you can adjust the equipment
  profile for you...

• Posted in thread: finally IDed my keggin problem - can I solve it with a check valve? on 06-05-2013 at 02:27 PM
  Does the problem change taps if you switch the location of the two kegs and keep the same tap
  on the same keg? If the problem stays with the keg/line/tap combination then I would
  investigate the o-rin...