Evan!
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So, despite the issues we had with the pelletized hops yesterday, I was thoroughly impressed with Dude's plate chiller/march pump setup. Thing is, I don't want to have to buy/build a keggle. I have a 15 gallon aluminum kettle, but no spigot. I also have a 50L stainless mash tun that someone gave me awhile back. It's got a false bottom, and has a spigot welded into it:
It's hard to see, but the ball valve is made of hard plastic. I have no idea what kind of heat it's rated for, though. But if I were to try to set this up for a march pump/shirron assembly, I'd want to use the stainless kettle as the boil vessel. What do you think? Will the heat from the boil melt the valve?
It's hard to see, but the ball valve is made of hard plastic. I have no idea what kind of heat it's rated for, though. But if I were to try to set this up for a march pump/shirron assembly, I'd want to use the stainless kettle as the boil vessel. What do you think? Will the heat from the boil melt the valve?