Rims tube heat percentage

[erikn68]

I keep having an issue where my heating element keeps scorching a bit. Tube is from brewhardware and also element at 1550w. I open my pump fully. And I set my heat percentage to 40% on my brew commander. Others that do rims on electric. Any ideas to avoid the scorching. No scorching in tube. Maybe lower percent to 25%. I am fairly new to electric brewing.

Thanks

Erik

 

[mabrungard]

Is there no temperature probe??? If there isn’t, there’s very little chance of success.

The valve setting and pump capability don’t matter. It’s the flow capacity of the mash bed that matters. Assigning a power percentage isn’t likely to match what the resulting element temperature will be. A temperature probe is necessary.

The controller needs to be set to the desired mash temperature and no higher.

 

[erikn68]

There is a temp probe and it went to the set temp in the program.

 

[Bobby_M]

Set the cycle time to 1 second (or whatever the lowest number possible is) in the advanced menu. I know the default is 6 and that's too long for RIMS.

Probe location should be in the RIMS tube near the wort exit. Be sure you don't have an air bubble in the tube where the probe is.

 

[erikn68]

Thanks Bobby, I will change the setting. Probe is in the rims tube.

 

[WesBrew]

So, how did this work out? Kicking around a rims tube with my 240Brewcommander

 

[cfrazier77]

It also helps to recirculate for a couple of minutes before turning on the element. It gets the flour in the mash and not on the element. I figured this out the hard way.