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You could try plumbers putty with a large washer behind the putty. I have not tried this but I am a plumber and have been amazed at times how well the putty seals. hope you can save your cooler.

nice to see others on this forum using cleco's

If the circumference of the boil kettles for a 4 or 10 gal batch is the same, the evaporation rate should be the same.

because you can plug 3 electrical items into one cord.

boiling has been used in the medical industry for sterilizing. cooks also boil their jars for canning. We as homebrewers also boil water and jars to sterilize for yeast washing. Boiling is a effective method for sterilizing.

pasteurization does not kill all micro organisms just reduces the numbers to make contamination less likely.

most people drop in the chiller 10-15 minutes before end of boil to sterilize the chiller.

I switched from a 2352 to the dspr1 because the pulsing bothered me. Not that it made a difference in the final product. either will make beer.

in, itc-310t. thank you.

Nice, good to know.

sunday I brewed 5.5 gals in a 8 gal fermentation bucket with a 4500 watt hot rod and had no issues with damage to the bucket. The cool thing is I used the same bucket to ferment in, no transfer necessary. I did a test boil with water to see if off flavors could be tasted and am happy to say...

+1 this is the table I have and can confirm everything john has stated.

I brew in my basement and just put the BK under a window with a box fan in it and I can watch the water vapor being pulled out by the fan. I think you should give it a try, if its not effective for you then I'd look for another more expensive solution.

I have been using a lift table for the past 5 years it works great. I have used it to lift a refrigerator to lift gate height so no problem lifting any size pot you want. I batch sparge and put my 25 gallon BK on the table so I can lift it high enough to gravity feed into my fermenters (no pumps...

If the kettle is low and the hood high enough you can just put a hole in the hood and run the pulley rope through it.

just wire nut and electrical tape the neutral wire since your not using 120 volts.

schedule your brew day when the wife goes out for her hair cut and pedicure. I prefer brewing when the wifes not home. most of the time she does not know when I have brewed. I also brew 15 or 20 gal batches to cut the number of brew days down, not because of the wife but for the many...

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baseball why would I want to invest hours watching a soccer game when ties occur 1/3 of the time. ties in my opinion is just a waste of my time, what was the point of even playing the game. Don't get me started on all the stupid flopping, there is more acting than playing in some soccer games.