Fingers
Well-Known Member
So I'd like to set up an indoor operation for my AG brews in the basement so I can dodge the harsh Manitoba winters. Yes, I will be using a Banjo Burner indoors but I'm not one of those Darwin award winners that asphysiate themselves in a bout of stupidity. I also don't want to drive the humidity levels up in my house like some sort of grow op mould thing.
I have a large stainless steel hood I can set up over my pots to contain and expel the humidity from the boiling wort. I'll put a sealed duct fan in there to force the air movement to evacuate to the outdoors. Of course my biggest concern is for CO building up in the brew room.
My current plan is to build a metal cylinder of tin and seal it to the floor. The burner and pot will go in the center and I'll use a bathroom fan attached to the bottom of the cylinder to remove accumulated CO from the cylinder and send it up the stainless hood to be evacuated along with the steam. Because CO is heavier than air, I expect that the cylinder would trap the gas and keep it out of the room. I'm just not sure how quickly the gas accumulates and in what quantities so I don't know if the bathroom fan would be able to keep up.
I may be able to borrow a meter from work to measure CO levels so I can do a test run with just water before I risk a batch of wort. If it passes, I'll buy a CO detector and keep it in the room continuously just to warn me of any failures in the system.
Any comments?
I have a large stainless steel hood I can set up over my pots to contain and expel the humidity from the boiling wort. I'll put a sealed duct fan in there to force the air movement to evacuate to the outdoors. Of course my biggest concern is for CO building up in the brew room.
My current plan is to build a metal cylinder of tin and seal it to the floor. The burner and pot will go in the center and I'll use a bathroom fan attached to the bottom of the cylinder to remove accumulated CO from the cylinder and send it up the stainless hood to be evacuated along with the steam. Because CO is heavier than air, I expect that the cylinder would trap the gas and keep it out of the room. I'm just not sure how quickly the gas accumulates and in what quantities so I don't know if the bathroom fan would be able to keep up.
I may be able to borrow a meter from work to measure CO levels so I can do a test run with just water before I risk a batch of wort. If it passes, I'll buy a CO detector and keep it in the room continuously just to warn me of any failures in the system.
Any comments?