Recent content by dludwig

I forgot something again, Why not add one more valve to the system so you could drain to fermenter directly from the heat exchanger?

Kladue, The drawing you have is fine although it would be nice to see one with a sequence. If you dont have it done dont worry about it though. Would you be concerned with potentially clogging the Plate Frame Heat Exchanger when circulating mash? Plate Frame Exchangers have very small...

One more thing, As I will not be using the second pump for post boil fluids I shouldnt need a march pump for that process. I can easily get my hands on a radiant floor pump or something similiar to pump Heated or Chilled water through heat axchanger and use the march pump for any wort transfer...

kladue, Thanks a bunch man. I like your diagram as I have not seen one of this design. The only issue is now I am going to have to buy two pumps. On the brite side the HLT should be much easier to build being I will not Have to mount a heat exchanger inside of it. Also seems I will have...

I am using the mixing valve to control the mash temp. Evrything I have looked at uses one NO solenoid and one NC solenoid valve to control the temp. The mixing valve should give me more control as it is a modulating valve. If I only need 20% of my circulated wort passing thru the heat exchanger...

I will get some plumbing diagrams drawn up and posted, if I explain the control sequence in detail would anyone mind taking a look and giving me there opinion?

Wiring a simple johnson controlller or any other similar device is not a big deal. There should be three terminals one labeled NO One labeled NC and One labeled C. Just run the hot wire from the freezer to the NO Terminal and the hot wire to the outlet to the C terminal. Stick the remote sensor...

So I am building my herms system and instead of going with 2 soleinoid valves I am going with 0-10VDC 3-way mixing valve. Should I be controlling the leaving wort temp or the mash temp? I have the ability to monitor both But what would be the best one to control the valve with?

Hey guys just wanted to say whats up and thanks for all the info. I have been extract brewing for a few years now and am in the process of building a herms system out of kegs. Found alot of useful info on here!