dragonlor20
Well-Known Member
I have been trying to complete my electric brewery over the last two days and I am not having a whole lot of success. I am using all weldless fittings. My water heater element really seemed to struggle with leaks - I may have finally fixed that issue, but when I potted my element with jb weld, the jb weld didn't set properly. Now I am left with a black, sticky, goopy mess. I think where I went wrong was trying to mix the steel and hardener in the end cap rather than a separate container.
I am trying to pot the element in a PVC end cap which would be attached via a weldless fitting to my brew kettle. Ideally, I want to install two such elements. So now what I need help with is this:
Should I just dump hardener in the end cap and see what happens or should I use some other solution like squirting epoxy around the edges and in the slot where the power cable comes out the back and let that harden around the job weld? Or will the jb weld eventually harden up?
Any thoughts would be appreciated. We are well past 24 hours now and I was using the quick set version of jb weld. Thanks!
I am trying to pot the element in a PVC end cap which would be attached via a weldless fitting to my brew kettle. Ideally, I want to install two such elements. So now what I need help with is this:
Should I just dump hardener in the end cap and see what happens or should I use some other solution like squirting epoxy around the edges and in the slot where the power cable comes out the back and let that harden around the job weld? Or will the jb weld eventually harden up?
Any thoughts would be appreciated. We are well past 24 hours now and I was using the quick set version of jb weld. Thanks!