Recent content by mendozer

nope like many projects it was conceived but still in the womb.

i snagged a Bayou 10 gallon pot that has a false bottom with it. So that will become my new MT. My existing 10 gallon HLT will become my new BK (save the 15 gallon keggle for the rare big batch). This makes the stand plans even more compact now that I don't have to store a 24 inch tall keggle.

where did you get the covers? I emailed Kal and he said his kits never come with them. And my buddy bought it from Kal so i guess he never had them in the boxes. Kal said as long as wires are tied nicely nothing should bow down and touch them

hmm that's good input. I was even looking on craigslist to find a 10 gallon kettle so i wouldn't have to use my heavy keggle, making it even more lopsided for the HLT. I suppose I can put a black iron pipe flange on the bottom of the shelf piece and screw in a pipe for added rigidity just in...

There shouldn't be too much steam coming from the MT or even the HLT as they're sub 170 degrees. The boil of course and I intend to keep the panel away from that. I recently saw the TV mount idea and I like it, so I may do that. I tried finding some form of calculation to figure out leverage and...

Interesting putting the MT lower. I figured the idea here was to keep things level for brew day vs the tiered approach. IDK what you mean by dump valve. There's already a ball valve that can gravity sparge/pitch water into MLT if it was above. I wasn't planning on recirculating the BK for...

I don't have the covers, or at least I haven't found them in the box of parts from my buddy. Lamp cord is 18/2 stranded wire. The telephone stuff was too thin to use well and this is rated to 300V so it's appropriate. I like the tape idea, but there are so many connections it'd be hard to...

ok the gears were turning last night and I thought of another design. For now, I'm going to use my old one since it is OK at best. But the HLT is wider than the 16x16 frame currently. I suppose I could weld up extension brackets but that's weird. sticking out an inch on all 4 sides up there. I...

Right now in my rectangular cooler I use a custom made grain bag and there's an elbow coming off the inner wall from the ball valve. Very effective, never have stuck sparges and easy to clean. I'd have to outfit the pot with a domed false bottom. I was thinking of this one because it has a wide...

I would have a valve on the outflow regardless on the pump. I didn't think much about the vibration. I figured on a welded or even solid weldless fitting it wouldn't matter and it could hold the pump. I'd a March 815. I've never used them before so I don't even know how much they vibrate. Good...

I can't find an old thread on this although I'm sure it's been asked before. All I see are pumps mounted on stands below pots. What can't you put the pump directly onto the ball valve that's attached to your kettle? (im not talking about the BK, just HLT and MT). It would be motor down, it would...

this is going to be inside a utility room, right in front of a five foot window that slides. This will allow me to put a box fan in the window to suck out the boiling steam

I went outside and measured my old stand because I forgot how big it was. Turns out not that long. I somehow remember it being quite long. 54.5 long because I had HLT above and MT next to BK before. It's only 16" deep which was fine bc my kettle and keg fit inside that. The HERMs pot is a bit...

I currently have a three vessel setup, HLT, cooler MT, Keggle BK. I inheirted a HERMs pot that I intend to use. I thought these were my options 1) new HLT/HERMS + convert my stainless HLT into MT since it's 10 gallons (would have to cover the tri-clamp fitting, maybe the sight glass IDK) +...

I finished an electric control panel and now it's time to build a frame. I have a previously build two tier frame made of ankle iron I could use I guess, but I wanted to make it more compact now. (its like 5-6 feet long) I'm not set on 2, 2.5, 3 tier designs just yet but I know i want the boil...