Recent content by kdomrose

What the heck. Count me in for a chance.

Just to update. I have now brewed 5 batches on this rig. The heating element was kicking my butt. I ended up trying a 110V element in the RIMS tube. That didn't do any better. I put a 220V element back in and re-wired the relays to supply 220V to the element. Had to change a few other aspects...

I tried just plan water and it heated just fine. I tested it before I brewed. I also checked it after I brewed while I was washing hot water and then StarSan thru the rig. It will heat plain water. I am thinking that the mass of the grains is too big for the element I am using. I am going to go...

First batch is done! I popped the cherry on the new brewrig today. Made a Pale Bock. I had a few issues, but nothing I can't tweak. For some reason the RIMS heater would hold a temp in the mash tun. It was unable to raise the temp. I missed my strike temp by a couple a degrees and was...

I rolled my own on the rims tube. I looked at a friends and read the RIMS for dummies thread https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/rims-dummies-114997/ It is 1.25 inch copper pipe, some tee fittings and a couple of reducers. If you can find an old water heater element screw it into the fitting...

Here is a pic that shows the RIMS tube better. If that is not close enough I can take another one and post it later today. There may be a drawback or two with it hard plumbed. I have the valves setup so I can route things pretty much any direction. I also have a couple of valves that are...

My plan it to run PBW thru and thru the system followed by StarSan

Actually it is one of those rubber coated kegs. I got it for free so I went with it. I am hoping that it will act as insulation to help hold the temp in the MT. I like the copper tubing also! Best part was I was able to scrounge the copper from work for FREE.

WOOT!! I finally finished the major construction on my RIMS system tonight.:ban: Tomorrow I will hunt down and fix any leaks. Left to build is the Sparge manifold and some dip tubes in the keggles. Sunday I will clean everything and Monday I will be popping the cherry on this...

Ok..OK.. I know I haven't updated anything here in a while. I have been working on the rig. Here are some pictures of where things are at. I have the electrical controls all completed and tested. The gas lines and valves are all run and tested. All that is left is the liquid lines. I am...

Here I was testing with both burners on full bore. I have no problem with the gas volume and flame size.

The propane feeds from the back rear. The n it tee's off to the 2 valves. The valve on the left controls the HLT burner. The valve on the right controls the Boil Kettle burner.

Here are a pictures of the propane burner. This is the HLT burner.

Here is the control box. All tests passed! There are only 3 control buttons. They light up when active so I will always know which ones are on. The RIMS heat will not turn on unless the March pump is running.

Here are the guts of the relay box. All tested and working.