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• Posted in thread: Kill-A-Watt Brewery Build Compilation on 09-13-2010 at 04:39 PM
  Got the email, sorry, not interested.

• Posted in thread: BLING BLING Electric HERMS Conversion on 02-26-2010 at 09:30 AM
  I have bent the Camco 02583 LWD elements, I know those will bend to a degree. How far? Dunno.
  Id look for an actual design solution before I relegated myself to manipulating the elements to
  a large de...

• Posted in thread: New 10 Gallon Herms! Pics! on 02-26-2010 at 09:22 AM
  What size square tube are you using? $35 sounds like a deal1.25" square tube.125" wallFree Tig
  Weld and chemical cleanup of the steelI have a friend in the business.$35 per 20' is the cost
  of mild ste...

• Posted in thread: New 10 Gallon Herms! Pics! on 02-25-2010 at 11:39 PM
  could you maybe post a pic of thermowell deal of putting the thermocouple in the hlt?I cant
  seem to locate a photo, and no longer own this rig... sorry. Ever seen the thermowells that
  they sell for fe...

• Posted in thread: New 10 Gallon Herms! Pics! on 02-25-2010 at 11:32 PM
  Pol - I'll fess up - I lost the part #'s that I laboriously wrote down as I read all 37 pages
  the first time. Got the stirrer, propeller and shaft coupler numbers OK - but I'm having a hard
  time with ...

• Posted in thread: BLING BLING Electric HERMS Conversion on 02-25-2010 at 01:57 PM
  Thanks Lorena. People come here to read about the build, not sift through 4 pages of OT
  discussion. This is not the place.

• Posted in thread: BLING BLING Electric HERMS Conversion on 02-24-2010 at 07:48 PM
  How would I go about doing that? Are the elements flexible?Some are, some are not, depends on
  the type and how crazy you get with bending. Dont forget, you cant get too creative because you
  also have ...

• Posted in thread: BLING BLING Electric HERMS Conversion on 02-24-2010 at 05:41 PM
  Um, having to refill the HLT whenever you pump water from it to keep the element submerged.
  Remembering to turn off the element when you transfer from the HLT so that you dont start the
  cooler on fire...

• Posted in thread: BLING BLING Electric HERMS Conversion on 02-24-2010 at 04:56 PM
  What kind of issues are there with having extra water in the tank?Um, having to refill the HLT
  whenever you pump water from it to keep the element submerged. Remembering to turn off the
  element when y...

• Posted in thread: Help me understand something - RIMS/eHERMS Sparge on 02-24-2010 at 04:53 PM
  This is funny... because PRO and CON lists are different for everyone, it depends on what you
  value. What do you want? When you get malt for $.49 per pound, you may value a 10% increase in
  eff. with a...