N5629
Well-Known Member
I've been formulating a plan for a portable RIMS for a couple weeks now and have a pretty clear idea of what I want - and now, before I start fabricating this contraption I could use a review of this plan before I start throwing cash at it.
The idea is to build a portable frame for the RIMS - pump, heater and PID control panel - probably out of 2x4s, and rig it up with QD and braided high-temp plastic hose to connect to two 5-gal. Igloo coolers for HLT and MLT. The HLT would have a heater element built into it and would connect to the control panel through a GFCI plug for power, and I'd rig up a 1/8 inch mono jack to connect the thermocouple to a PID. For the MLT I'll either build a manifold or put in a false bottom for lautering. I'd boil full-volume over a king kooker outside during warmer months and spilt the boil into two pots on a stove during winter.
The main point of this being that, since I am in school for the next couple years and will probably be moving through apartments every 12 months, I can break this into three parts and fit it easily into my piece-of-s#$& Honda Civic and drag it with me at will.
I guess my question is, since nearly everybody on these forums has more experience than me, am I asking to get electrocuted? Or, for that matter, is there something seriously important that I am totally ignorant of?
I love brewing beer but I am not really in the market for a messy death, or should I only burn my building down, a messy lawsuit. So, any opinions on the topic would be great.
The idea is to build a portable frame for the RIMS - pump, heater and PID control panel - probably out of 2x4s, and rig it up with QD and braided high-temp plastic hose to connect to two 5-gal. Igloo coolers for HLT and MLT. The HLT would have a heater element built into it and would connect to the control panel through a GFCI plug for power, and I'd rig up a 1/8 inch mono jack to connect the thermocouple to a PID. For the MLT I'll either build a manifold or put in a false bottom for lautering. I'd boil full-volume over a king kooker outside during warmer months and spilt the boil into two pots on a stove during winter.
The main point of this being that, since I am in school for the next couple years and will probably be moving through apartments every 12 months, I can break this into three parts and fit it easily into my piece-of-s#$& Honda Civic and drag it with me at will.
I guess my question is, since nearly everybody on these forums has more experience than me, am I asking to get electrocuted? Or, for that matter, is there something seriously important that I am totally ignorant of?
I love brewing beer but I am not really in the market for a messy death, or should I only burn my building down, a messy lawsuit. So, any opinions on the topic would be great.