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now look what you did, Kevink, you killed the thread.

nice, thanks for showing

This is by no means meant to be 100% sanitary, but I thought the 1/2" triclover stuff would make a nice addition. Easy to disassemble and clean and allows for other options later if desired.

Show us the stirrer, please sir

The HERMS is the mash, an extension of it Should be doing something else

Set up cascade control with two PID loops? Should be doing something else

Well what would be the point of measuring the wort coming out of the outlet of the mash tun, what would I do with this information? Should be doing something else

How could you possibly say that the wort coming out of the coil in the HLT is not related to mash temp? Should be doing something else

I will add that my temp did drift a little high just a few times though during the mash (I was going for 150 degrees and it got as high as 152 a couple of times). I wasn't too terribly concerned with it though. I am pretty sure this would have to do with the fact the the HLT water is not...

I really didn't monitor the actual mash temp, because from a lot that I've read that seems to be irrelevant. Feel free to tell me if I'm wrong. I feel like if the output of the HERMS is good, that's ok with me. Should be doing something else

I really didn't have any heat loss at dough in. I was kinda doing other stuff as I was waiting for my water to heat up, so I don't have an exact time frame. I don't think it took over 45 mins though to get from around 65 degrees to 150, though. Should be doing something else

well.....

Im sorry, yeah, I kinda have a double post going on here, I explained some of this over in the other forum. The boil kettle sits just to the left, out of sight in the pic. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/show-us-your-sculpture-brew-rig-46578/index341.html

Very Nice!

Thanks, yeah I am cheap and I try to be thrifty, I had a lot of the fittings and parts already on hand, I just had to do a few modifications and such. I really didnt want to buy another pump if I didnt have to. I feel like I have adequate flow with the solar pump, plus it is kind of clean...

Also, it may be hard to tell but the hose coming out of the output of the HERMS coil is run behind the the HLT and into the top of the MLT. I did this simply to keep the hose out of the way.

Yes, sorry, I do indeed boil in a seperate pot, it sits to the left, out of sight in this pic. I will quote what I just wrote about the setup in the other forum I posted it in. Hopefully this isnt bad etiquette to have multiple posts of the same thing going on. "Sure, I guess I should...

Also, I forgot to mention that the valve coming out of the tee just before the input to the HERMS coil is mostly for purging the pump. This works wonders, before I added this, it was hard to get the pump working the way it should.

Sure, I guess I should have thought of that. I fill the HLT with cold water and I also go ahead and fill the mash tun with the amount of strike water I will need. I have the valve on the output of the HLT closed and I open the valve on the output of the MLT. I set the PID at whatever I want the...