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I just ordered the 30 psi reg/hose and the brass needle valve. Running 2 high pressure burners and the 6" ring from Agri. Hopefully this does the trick.
Do you control the flame with those red-handled valves at all? or do you never run more than one burner at once? Trying to figure out how to plumb my stand. I think I'll want to do at least 2 burners at once, if I want to do some decoctions or turbid mashing.
Sorry to bump an old thread, but I was looking at the harbor freight power maintained foot switch and it's rated at 110VAC, and both the chugger and march pumps are 115. Is that a problem at all? I wouldn't think so, but I'm not electrician.
Science really really disagrees with you. The O2 permeability of any plastic is easily researched. Science uses a lot less anecdotal evidence and a lot more... science and numbers.
From Tejas' website: "Distance from brass burner tip to bottom of pot is the optimum 14" , which is the ideal spacing distance for jet nozzles to be placed from the heated surface."
I really have a hard time believing that though...
Concentrated wort gravities over 1.050 do have some effect on hop utilization and IBU calculations. See chapter 9 of Designing Great Beers for the full story.
That will give you a rough idea, but I suspect it will drain slower due to the resistance in the cfc. You should notice any dramatic decrease though, I'd think.
Soda bottles can withstand much more pressure than a beer bottle, so you might be ok. I'm not sure how many volumes of CO2 3tbsp of honey translates into, however. I think someone with beersmith might be able to answer this.
Zing, I'm guessing it's Jay's #2 scenario. How did you release pressure from the gas in post? Did you just snap on the quick disconnect without gas hooked up?