For not filling my keggle with water first to check where to place the temp gauge. Hindsight truly is 20/20.
Story behind my keg I was converting for a boil kettle: Last night I decided to sit down, drill my keg and start installing the spigot, sight tube and thermometer. I get the thermo and spigot installed and they looked all nice and purty lined up vertically. Went to install the sight glass but realized i needed a cap. Quick trip to Lowe's with a buddy and returned to work. We got to thinking and decided to fill the keg with some water to see where about the temp gauge was situated.
Turns out I installed the f-ing thing to high I wanted to use the keg for both 5 and 10 gal boils, but with 6.5gals of water in the keg, the thermo was barely under the water level. Question about this though.. i know that when water heats up to boiling, it will expand. How much will it expand? Also, how much would adding DME/LME increase the water level?
I'm just curious because I think it may still work out, but I wanted to make sure the temp gauge was in a good position incase I decided to steep grains in the keggle.
Think this will still work out for a boil kettle once the water is warmed up and extract is added?
I also have 2 other kegs, but this one was the best looking one. I was thinking of just turning this one into a HLT or MLT, but I'm not sure where the grain level would be for a MLT, and with a HLT I would need to add atleast 6.5gal to even start getting a good temp reading.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
On a positive note, nothing leaked once filled up and got to finish my night off with a wonderful 08 Stone RIS.
Story behind my keg I was converting for a boil kettle: Last night I decided to sit down, drill my keg and start installing the spigot, sight tube and thermometer. I get the thermo and spigot installed and they looked all nice and purty lined up vertically. Went to install the sight glass but realized i needed a cap. Quick trip to Lowe's with a buddy and returned to work. We got to thinking and decided to fill the keg with some water to see where about the temp gauge was situated.
Turns out I installed the f-ing thing to high I wanted to use the keg for both 5 and 10 gal boils, but with 6.5gals of water in the keg, the thermo was barely under the water level. Question about this though.. i know that when water heats up to boiling, it will expand. How much will it expand? Also, how much would adding DME/LME increase the water level?
I'm just curious because I think it may still work out, but I wanted to make sure the temp gauge was in a good position incase I decided to steep grains in the keggle.
Think this will still work out for a boil kettle once the water is warmed up and extract is added?
I also have 2 other kegs, but this one was the best looking one. I was thinking of just turning this one into a HLT or MLT, but I'm not sure where the grain level would be for a MLT, and with a HLT I would need to add atleast 6.5gal to even start getting a good temp reading.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
On a positive note, nothing leaked once filled up and got to finish my night off with a wonderful 08 Stone RIS.