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Here's my retro kegerater just about finished Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I would say yes at least in the winter if you want to brew with everything closed up, with 2 5500w elements in my BK it would fill the garage (3 car)with steam really fast to the point you couldn't see and when we would open the garage doors it looked like the place was on fire:) Is a fan...

I'm not a big fan of having the gfi in the brew panel, If there's an issue I would rather the power be shut off away from the system. Most of the time the reason the gfi tripped is because something got wet that shouldn't have.

I can't get a full 2 barrel batch my Bk is only 58 gallons but we have boiled 50 gallons with no issues. I start heating the Bk as soon as the elements are covered once the sparge is complete it only took another 10 - 15 minutes to reach a nice rolling boil.

Cool project but wouldn't putting the water in a soda keg and putting co2 pressure on it do the same thing or is there something else in "soda water" besides your water of choice and co2?

Normally I move mine to the area before moving to a secondary or to the keg and set it on a tilt and let it settle while I'm getting everything cleaned out and ready to go by the time I'm done it's settled again

Haha nice, so you have been brewing all grain using propane explains the reason behind thinking you need more than one element in the BK once you use electric you will not want to use LP gas again. Been brewing sense the mid 90's and used gas once I went electric I was impressed with the power...

Beersmith if you haven't found it all ready is excellent once you figure out how to set it up to match your brew set up. it can be configured with multiple systems I have 3 in mine depending on how many and what we are brewing. Just make sure you mount your elements so that they are below the...

I hard plumed all mine in i have a silicone hose that i can deploy in emergency situations & it definitely cuts down on the chance of getting 15 gallons of boiling water shooting out at you threw an open ball valve or a hose that wasn't shut off on the other end on those brew days that seem to...

Do yourself a favor and put one element in and try it, my water is in the low 50's and i have no issues bringing 15 gallons to a boil in about 45 min. If you have the ability 2 run 2 elements at the same time heat the mash water in the bk and the sparge water in the HLT. Once you mash out...

I missread the post I thought he said that the pid wouldn't let him select higher than 207 after looking at the vid. i see he has it set at 215

My seem like a dumb question but if the pid won't let you go above 207 is it on the Celsius scale rather than Fahrenheit?

One 5500w element will bring that pot up to a boil without any problems no need for 2 of them in an 18-20 gal pot. 1 5500w element in your hlt & You can put a couple of probes on a selector switch so you have multiple probes on 1 pid select the one you are wanting to monitor but you would need...

Looks to be about where I cut mine they are great tanks. For silver soldering make sure you also have the flux for silver soldering or it won't flow. I was reading threw the post again if you use Abner pids with auto/manual modes you can use the temp probe that would be for the boil...

I'm not sure but i think that's similar to a couple of the tanks that i use in my small system, is it a medical oxygen tank? If so you are going to find a smaller tank inside that is welded to both the neck and the smaller line to the left of the picture it is also packed with insulation...

Very cool:)

Yes, they are both controlled via Pids P-J's diagram for my system:) As soon as the elements are covered in the BK (10 gallon mark)I fire up the elements.

What is this screen that you mention? I searched around and don't see any posts by Klaudue mentioning a screen. I have some hammering as well but it seems to only be when there is some liquid still in the pipe at the bottom of the MT once it is cleared out the hammering goes away. I'm...

I haven't been in to their operation in Garden City but I have had several of their brews that were served via keg this year at different party's I have been to and they have all been very good, the most recent was their porter at a company Christmas party. :ban: