COLObrewer
Well-Known Member
I have a problem maybe some of you genius' can help me with. I will be trying to malt appx. 50lbs of barley next week since I have 8 days off. I have most every process figured out but the problem I haven't figured out yet is how to create the heated airflow through my smoke house without burning up the fan motor.
Smokehouse/Oast/Kiln = Large old upright freezer with 3" pipe with butterfly valve coming from firebox into bottom of freezer, 3" exit duct with butterfly valve out of the top. Oast/Kiln additions = framed screens fitted snugly into the smokehouse nested one on top of the other.
There is some "natural" vacuum that is created to pull the air through the smokehouse due to the exit being 8' above the inlet, however my investigations tell me I will need quite a bit more air flow forced through the barley screens in order to draw the moisture out without creating too much heat in the barley bed(s).
I can install an in-line fan easy enough but this will have to run for days and I fear the motor will burn up, any suggestions will be pondered thoroughly. . .
Thanx, Vern.
Smokehouse/Oast/Kiln = Large old upright freezer with 3" pipe with butterfly valve coming from firebox into bottom of freezer, 3" exit duct with butterfly valve out of the top. Oast/Kiln additions = framed screens fitted snugly into the smokehouse nested one on top of the other.
There is some "natural" vacuum that is created to pull the air through the smokehouse due to the exit being 8' above the inlet, however my investigations tell me I will need quite a bit more air flow forced through the barley screens in order to draw the moisture out without creating too much heat in the barley bed(s).
I can install an in-line fan easy enough but this will have to run for days and I fear the motor will burn up, any suggestions will be pondered thoroughly. . .
Thanx, Vern.