I have not gotten to this project yet but I have one other question and did not want to start another thread. I was planning on putting a weldless style ball valve on similar to the one pictured below. Would this work in a boil kettle? If not could I have suggestions on one that would work.
I have access to another fan and will try that one first. If that doesn't ork I think I will look into trouble shooting it further. I am just think it might be a quick easy fix but chances are I am wrong.
I am using a 12 volt cell phone charger that worked prior to cutting the cell phone charging end off. It is a 12 volt fan from the computer so it should be the same voltage. I had tried all combinations of connections for wiring and nothing worked to get the fan moving. I'll try testing the...
I started to make a stir plate following from a search on this forum (<https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/my-stirplate-cheap-easy-build-86252/). It looks like my fan might be bad out of an old computer I had. It was in the basement for about 3 months and the fan had been working. The fan I used...
OK, this would be my first attempt at making wine and would be looking for a strawberry rhubarb recipe. My dad usually made wine using a simple recipe of 3 lbs of sugar per poundof fruit for a 5 gallon recipe but he also used bread yeast to ferment it. He is going to be helping with this but...
Just out of curiousity, how would I install a sight glass? I was looking at the Blichman kettles and thought it was an interesting concept to know how much would be in the brewpot when I'm done brewing.
When I purchased my brew kettle I did not think I would need holes in it for a valve and a thermometer. I would like to keep using this kettle but would like to drill in a couple of holes so that I could make a Jamil style WIC. If I would start with some small pilot holes, going bigger from...