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heres mine in action - 2 vessel no sparge.

hi all, after years of using my dull looking copper chiller i thought i'll make it sparkle again.(in hindsight i probably shouldn’t have done that) I used some barkeepers friend and a toothbrush. it came out looking gorgeous - all shinny like….for about a minute or so… weird looking patches...

i once found a ladybug in my fermentor.

its all good IslandLizard, got it sorted. dodgy connection on my end, not the heating elements fault. as measured I’m now running my boiler with roughly 2.2kw. just finished a 40ltr batch, 48ltr boil volume. admittedly it took awhile to get going but achieved a rolling boil no probs. thats...

spot on kwadric, checked the resistance directly at the lugs of the element and it was as expected - 23.8 ohms. noticed cable connectors were a bit rusty so reckon thats why i got a bad reading earlier. all clean now. problem solved. thanks everybody!

hi all, was wondering if someone could help me out with some electrical knowledge. bought a new heating element, 240v 2500w it said on the package.(i live in the uk where mains is 230v). installed it to my 50ltr boiler and yep it took extremely long time to bring water to mash temp - almost...

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any update on flaky elements? did they turn yellow after acid soak?

Awesome Keggle mate, few questions - how did the Burco element perform? is it still going after x-amount of batches. is it easy to clean, does it scorch? etc.. cheers

brilliant, thanks wilserbrewer. hard scrubbing with a sponge did the trick but the amount of effort put into removing the residue seemed excessive. i mean a product thats suppose to remove stains is itself leaving stains.. i dunno cheers

hi all, i'm building a simple biab setup from a used keg. cut the top off and gave it a really good clean with 'bar keepers friend' then soaked it overnight in 'oxi' then another round of 'bar keepers friend'. rinsed it all well.. while it was drying i swiped the inside of the keg with a paper...