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Great. I've seen the yoosoo pumps on Amazon so I can possibly bundle it with other stuff.

Holy schnikes! Thanks so much for this input. Do you have any sources that have those pumps, or what are the details for the 24v pumps that I should look for to identify the genuine article?

My bad, I got turned around trying to recall a bunch of set ups I had looked at on here. I know Broth of Vigor has a set up with a stir bar. Any thoughts on that anyway?

@PlexVector I noted in your set up you have a stir bar at the bottom of your kettle. How is that working out for you? Would you opt for that or for a bottom drain? Since my kettle is a rounded bottom with a 2inch flat spot in the center I originally planned to have a bottom drain. I might...

Thanks for the links! I'm only trying to move enough liquid for 3gal batches so I think I might try to source two pumps with a little more power. Topsflo type TS5 15pv is rated for 3gal per minute http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0075J6S3W/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 and get the following...

@PlexVector: do you have a link to where you got your pumps? I've been considering the US Solar pumps, topsflo and have noted people have been using "tan" pumps (which some question their food safety).

Has anyone used a coffee tank heater, like for a Bunn-o-matic like this https://www.etundra.com/restaurant-parts/beverage-equipment-parts/coffee-tea/elements/bunn-02756-1000-tank-heater-1-800-with-120v/ ?

Yeah, took that into consideration. I'll be using the tan colored solar pumps that have been talked about in the forums. I have some watchlisted on Ebay. They're 12v DC and are recommended for .7A by the seller (all according to user experience in the forums)...

That's what I'm leaning towards currently. I may just get some 12v DC wall warts for the pumps with inline switches and maybe a variable controller for the element, plug it all into a GFCI power strip (three outlets) in the cabinet. I have the items wish-listed on Amazon. If I go that route, the...

Regarding the heat-stick, I did think about that quite a bit. But I was trying to design the system to be a self-contained cabinet as much as possible and didn't like the idea of plugging into a separate outlet or having and outlet on the outside of the cabinet. Plus it might get crowded with...

Yeah, I've been following that blog and will likely run the set up as a full-volume, no-sparge. The fill arm, I plan to use for recirculation in the mash tun. It may not be immediately clear in the pics but the whole thing is pretty much just linking two circulation loops (the MT loop for...

I know right! For more context, here's an outline of what I was planning to try. A 2-vessel, 120V set-up for 2.5/3 gal batches. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HxIkoLTnHJ9X-yZwAEboJhyoR8WD5muwNdDqAGAyQvo/edit?usp=sharing

So I couldn't pass up the price on a pair of 5 gallon stainless steel Hobart mixing bowls. Nice round bottom as you'd expect for a commercial type mixer. I plan using one for a mash tun and the other as the kettle. A fitting on the very bottom should make draining damn near everything easy...

I wonder if you could use a dishwasher heating element. Many of the models use circular elements that could be fit to the dimensions of a kettle. Just a matter of connecting it properly, and I think some people on the boards have managed to do that with water tight cable glands or some such.

Yeah, I have no intention of paying for a blichmann boilcoil just trying to approximate the element geometry.

Subscribed! The set up looks pretty slick. I'm new to the party, are these all being run at the same time on the same 120 V circuit? Are you running anything else on that circuit like a pump(s) and not tripping your breaker (my electrical knowledge is nil)? Last one. Any possibility of bending...

Thanks augie, Would the smoker element still be immersible in water?

Great job man! Along the same lines as a small 2.5-3gal/120V system I'm trying to put together. I set some design requirements for myself so I'm still sourcing stuff. Check it out https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HxIkoLTnHJ9X-yZwAEboJhyoR8WD5muwNdDqAGAyQvo/edit?usp=sharing If anyone...

@kaz4121- you lucky bastard. 11 miles away, I'd be camping out like I was getting skynard tickets.

New Fairfield CT hardness 90 mg/ml Iron 0.148 ppm Manganese <0.05 ppm Sodium 18.2 ppm Chloride 9.51 ppm Nitrate 0.71 ppm Nitrite <0.05 ppm Sulfate 25.1 ppm pH 7.3 Chlorine Free Residual <0.1 mg/ml Any thoughts?