Rims tube, no HLT needed?

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Ramdough

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So, I was just thinking.

If I have a pid controller with pwm control of my ULWD 5500watt rims tube feeding my MLT, would I even need an HLT? I could just flow my sparge water directly through my rims tube and have my pid controller warm the water to my set point. I would think that 5500watt would be enough to hit sparge temperature at a slow flow rate.

At first, I was thinking of using 110v on the rims tube to lower the wattage, but maybe I should not care with a pid controller.

What do you think?
 
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