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Well got it all finished and moved over to my friends place. I do have to add a heat shield for the sight glass on the Boil kettle, and maybe a few small things, but we fired it up and things worked as great. Managed to have a boil over and some volume problems since the sight glasses are not...

Yes, grinding inside the keg sure was a hassle. The rig is basically finished, and we've brewed on it twice so far. Welded up an Aluminum control box and got the frame painted. Just need to clean and reassemble and some final wiring and a little bit of polishing and a small amount of...

So we finally got around to doing a test run on the Brewatron and everything seemed to work out great accept a high amount of heat loss in the RIMS cycle. What type of flow-rate are you guys using for your when in RIMS recirculation? For our initial test we had it restricted out pretty low...

Thanks, some of the welds are much nicer then others. I used hard-line throughout the system. If I were to do it again, I would have the same setup, but use 3/4" silicon from the fluid manifolds to the kettles and just weld on a barbed fittings to the end end-caps etc. It would still be TC...

Well things are taking longer then anticipated, mainly because I've been busy. Almost finished, hope to have it done, save the electronics, this week or next. Poor quality video of the pumps and manifold working. Note, the YouTube site gives a better quality then the embedded video below.

Just got my Auto Sparge in the other day and noticed that the float valve seemed a little lose and there was quite a bit of slop between the piston and bore. I took it apart and saw that the piston does not have an o-ring (there does appear to be a machined groove for just this purpose). Can...

Was at B3 yesterday and they said they get their conicals from China...

Thank you!

OK thanks, do you know the thread size of the male part? 3/4 NPT?

Anyone have any experience using the Blichmann Auto Sparge in a keggle? Curious if there could be clearance issues with a large grain bill.

I figure I will just ask the B3 guys next time I'm buying something, we'll see what they say.. I would imagine that the company manufacturing these things offers a variety of services and products and is open to take orders from anyone who is willing to pay. Just need to find the manufacture...

Anyone have an idea who manufactures the conical hoppers and lids for either of these companies? I just saw that B3 is now selling the new 2.0 lids to upgrade older 1.0 conicals to pressurization etc. I don't think Tolodeo does it (unless they are custom dimensions). If I could locate the...

I ended up breaking the bushing in the impeller when I got it, fortunately the replacement is only about $10. Almost had a stroke when they said a new impeller was $650.00. I'm going to run this pump on Mash and Boil kettle. Just going going to use a 809HS for the HLT since that pump will...

$85 for the pump and $50 for the motor. All told about $150.00, basically like hitting the lotto.

I picked up a large (5.5 series) stainless March pump off eBay but it is in need of a thorough cleaning. I'm thinking of letting it soak in some PBW for a while, but if that doesn't get all the grime off does anyone have a suggestion for something a bit more aggressive?

Got the Manifolds all welded up and they came out just as I had hoped. Brew partner also came over and we got our immersion chiller (5/8" copper) put together. Getting closer now. Full Gallery: http://picasaweb.google.com/haggismaximus/Brewatron9001#

Yeah, I make takes me about 5-6 turns to get it all the way around. Thanks again.

@GreenMonti Thank you for the advise, much appreciated. I got the welder on eBay some years ago for a steal (well it was still expensive, but much cheaper then retail, or most used ones) I almost feel like this machine must be cheating, I think it makes up for my total lack of skill. Another...

@GreenMonti do you have any suggestions for pulse settings when welding on kegs. I already did my welds and I'm kinda sorta happy with them. I think I used too thin of filler, .45 vs 1/16th Welder is a Dynasty 300dx with 9 series torch. Also, I've noticed lately that I am having some trouble...

Nothing fancy, but here are some pics of the bracket for the fluid routing manifold I made tonight. Really happy with how the welds came out, much better then the kegs, sadly. The holes will have 1/2" ferrules welded on and then the valves will connect right up to them. Will have a...