nick sekerak
Well-Known Member
I just got a new 2" RTD PT100 prob for my Ebiab setup and i am wondering where the best location is to mount it. I have seen guys doing either of the two options:
#1 - Mount the probe to a Tee at the kettle outlet/ball valve feeding into your pump.
PRO's This may be good to control your re-circ temps when sparging. It would auto compensate for any slight temp loss.
CON's Not sure how well it would control the boil temp with this config, and you would have to re-circ during the boil. Also wort at you heating element might be a higher temp, but your wort going into mash re-circ would be the correct temp for mashing.
#2 - Do a weldless mount to the wall of the kettle adjacent to your heating element. This would keep the wort around your element at the set point temp as on your PID controller.
I am leaning more towards option #1, but would like to see what is the best option between the two before i go drilling holes in the kettle that i may regret in the future.
#1 - Mount the probe to a Tee at the kettle outlet/ball valve feeding into your pump.
PRO's This may be good to control your re-circ temps when sparging. It would auto compensate for any slight temp loss.
CON's Not sure how well it would control the boil temp with this config, and you would have to re-circ during the boil. Also wort at you heating element might be a higher temp, but your wort going into mash re-circ would be the correct temp for mashing.
#2 - Do a weldless mount to the wall of the kettle adjacent to your heating element. This would keep the wort around your element at the set point temp as on your PID controller.
I am leaning more towards option #1, but would like to see what is the best option between the two before i go drilling holes in the kettle that i may regret in the future.