CollinsBrew
Well-Known Member
I'm slowly piecing together my single-tier brutus type system and have been scouring this forum for all of the information I can get on burners, regulators, solenoids and pilot lights.
I live in Florida where natural gas in your home is a rare commodity so I'll be using standard 20lb propane tanks to fire my stand. I love this hobby because I get to build things on my own. I also love it because it allows me to fuel my second favorite hobby of being a cheapskate and scouring the internet for sweat deals.
Anyway, I want to get the best bang for my buck overall when it comes to burners and propane. Since I'll be operating three different burners on brewday, I want to go with burners that aren't going to use up a whole tank of propane for a ten gallon batch. It's looking like low pressure uses less and all I would need is the appropriate regulator on my tank. However, will low pressure burners give me enough heat to efficiently boil 10-12 gallons of wort?
The jet burners look cool but seem to come with their own set of problems so I have been looking at these two from agrisupply.com:
BG-14 High Pressure Cast Iron Burner
http://www.agrisupply.com/product.asp?pn=64494&cn=5400001&bhcd2=1290186759
Burner Cast Low Pressure Multi-Hole 6"
http://www.agrisupply.com/burner-cast-low-presure-multi-hole-/p/40282/cn/5400001/
Can I mix and match on the same regulator with these?
Then next step will be to automate two of them with solenoids and a pilot system. I've been looking at ASCO and Honeywell stuff but am not sure which types of valves to go with.
I live in Florida where natural gas in your home is a rare commodity so I'll be using standard 20lb propane tanks to fire my stand. I love this hobby because I get to build things on my own. I also love it because it allows me to fuel my second favorite hobby of being a cheapskate and scouring the internet for sweat deals.
Anyway, I want to get the best bang for my buck overall when it comes to burners and propane. Since I'll be operating three different burners on brewday, I want to go with burners that aren't going to use up a whole tank of propane for a ten gallon batch. It's looking like low pressure uses less and all I would need is the appropriate regulator on my tank. However, will low pressure burners give me enough heat to efficiently boil 10-12 gallons of wort?
The jet burners look cool but seem to come with their own set of problems so I have been looking at these two from agrisupply.com:
BG-14 High Pressure Cast Iron Burner
http://www.agrisupply.com/product.asp?pn=64494&cn=5400001&bhcd2=1290186759
Burner Cast Low Pressure Multi-Hole 6"
http://www.agrisupply.com/burner-cast-low-presure-multi-hole-/p/40282/cn/5400001/
Can I mix and match on the same regulator with these?
Then next step will be to automate two of them with solenoids and a pilot system. I've been looking at ASCO and Honeywell stuff but am not sure which types of valves to go with.