McCuckerson
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What do you think of this method?
element cover
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Lucky_Chicken
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is it water tight?... hard to tell from the picture but it looks like a ceramic bulb socket?
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McCuckerson
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This is just a 1" PVC cap (sch 40) with a 3/4" hole drilled into it. Next force thread the conduit grip into the hole. Reuse the black ring that comes with the elmt and Viola.
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McCuckerson
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skinny said:
This exactly why I did it. Dry fired Monday and brew day was over. All that potting for nothing
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McCuckerson
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Simple = Cheaperbowhuntah said:
This exactly why I did it. Dry fired Monday and brew day was over. All that potting for nothing
I assume that you had a problem with "report this post" vs. reply (possibly on a smart phone), and all is ok in this thread?
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McCuckerson
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Yooper said:
Yes yooper, sorry! smartphone and sausage fingers are a bad combination LOL
runningweird
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is this for a through the wall kettle installation?
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McCuckerson
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runningweird said:
Yes, thru wall and ground to a lug with a SS nut/bolt and si o-ring.
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McCuckerson
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Here it is installed on hlt. Ground/TC is in the background. 10 gal of amber planned for 2night; wish me luck.
BigJim_inFLA
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Very nice! Now I know how I will be capping my elements. Thanks.
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McCuckerson
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BigJim_inFLA said:
No problem, wrapping up my brew session right now. Everything went great.
A smear of silicone caulk would make it waterproof enough.
What holds the pvc cap onto the element? Unless I am missing something, your approach does not seem to provide much strain relief.
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McCuckerson
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stevehaun said:
The conduit grip is threaded into the cap. The cap bottoms out on the element hex and the grip is clamped to the cord. Its not rigid like when potting the adapter method, but its not flimsy either. I just think the electrical box method is overkill, and potting is a pain. Cheers
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McCuckerson
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Bobby_M said:
Yep, I might do that next. I really was concerned with providing insulation from the contacts rather than waterproofing. I actually bumped into my 120v element during a test run once. It "tickled" and scared the hell out of me.
I don't understand it either. Does the PVC cap friction fit to the back of the element. Your previous explanation doesn't address it.
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McCuckerson
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pickles said:
The cap is held to the hex on the element by the clamp on the cord. The cap cannot go closer to the hex and it cannot move up the cord. It is jammed between the hex and the clamp. It worked really well. It can be easily disassembled when I dry fire the element again.
samc
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I used one of these
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but yours looks to be a simpler, cheaper solution.
https://www.cornells.com/products/1-1-2-x1-1-4--flex-coupling|221440.html
but yours looks to be a simpler, cheaper solution.
https://www.cornells.com/products/1-1-2-x1-1-4--flex-coupling|221440.html
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McCuckerson
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Sweet, that's how I felt when I thought of it. I said jeesh I could just do this.... The Guy at Lowes asked what I was doing with that stuff anyway. Being in the Bible Belt I said: uh.. nothin....pickles said:
Henrythe9th
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How are you grounding the element and kettle??
Same question here.
I love the simplicity of this but would be worried about grounding.
samc
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In my case I silver soldered a copper ground lug onto the kettle. Simple.
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McCuckerson
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ShakerD said:
Yepper, that's all I did...
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McCuckerson
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kklowell said:
No worries, glad to help. I live for the K.I.S.S. approach. Good idea to add a screw.
This looks pretty clever. So that's a 3/4" conduit nipple on one side and a wire clamp on the other, right? Can it be found at lowes/HD?
From the sound of it the nut that threads onto the conduit nipple is not needed since the nipple itself bottoms out the element base, right?
It looks like a very elegant solution and I believe I will be using this when I install my next element. Thanks.
From the sound of it the nut that threads onto the conduit nipple is not needed since the nipple itself bottoms out the element base, right?
It looks like a very elegant solution and I believe I will be using this when I install my next element. Thanks.
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McCuckerson
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forcabrew said:
Third brew in and all is well. Just put another one on my 80qt pot that Santa brought.
KitB
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I have to believe that the approach you're referring to is to:
A) Rock & roll, all night.
&
B) Party every day.
Double-R
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How did i miss this.
Will do
seems simple, Thanks
Will do
seems simple, Thanks
