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Sent a PM to Kladue. He knows off the top of his head. He helped me pick the right orifice.

You could use a PID to control the % of power to control your boil. I am not sure it's worth it.

You can get them premade from Honeywell.

You need a Honeywell S8610U controller for the intermittent pilot and you need the high voltage lead between the S8610U and the Pilot Burner.

Joel, I assume that you are going to use the Freescale sensor to measure the air pressure compressed by a column of water. When you incorporate this I think you may need to incorporate a bubbler system to increase accuracy. As the water heats up the air pressure dip tube will rise and...

I would put an emi filter on the lines that go to the S8610U and keep the brewtroller as far away from the S8610U as possible. Also observe good grounding techniques.

A word of warning for you. If you are going to use a Brewtroller or BCS-460 for that matter you will have to be very careful with EMI. The intermittent pilot valves have spark generation capability to relight the pilot if it goes out. That spark generation capability can generate lots of EMI. I...

I figured that what you proposed since this is a thread about controlling gas with a solenoid valve. I see you are a Newbie but you should have posted in the Group Buy section.

Maybe I am overly cautious but you still are going to need a hell of a lot of ventilation to brew indoors even with natural gas. These burners give off a lot of carbon monoxide and use a ton of oxygen. I would still go with a standing pilot valve with safety shutoff. If you are going to brew in...

These valves are not a great choice for propane. You really want a standing pilot furnace valve with safety shutoff especially if you anticipate brewing outdoors. You see, propane is heavier than air and does not dissipate in the air like natural gas. Propane also has a 270 to 1 expansion rate...

I think in this case maybe the impeller material dictates the maximum temperature.

I recirculate until I sparge. I automated my HLT and BK.

Nice sight glass Ed. Is that the one I spotted on Ebay. When I was looking I bought mine for $64.00 from Vintners Vault. Thats my luck, I always find bargins when I have already spent the money. :cross::D

No, as a matter of fact they are probably the best you can buy but they are very expensive. My problem is that I am a safety nut and in my own opinion when brewing, if you are in an enclosed space even with good ventilation having the pilot or main flame go out is dangerous if you do not have a...

If you want to be as safe as possible and a little less expensive I may add, I would go with a Honeywell VR8200A2124. It is a standing pilot valve with a safety thermocouple that shuts down the valve if pilot or flame is lost. You can find them on ebay for $59.95...

Yes you can.

If you are simply switching the 24 VAC to the Honeywell Gas Valve the PID with the relay will be fine.

I don't think that is true. I think ULWD elements can stand dry firing.

Maybe it's me but for $500 for three of those hydraulic stands I would build something lower and buy a pump. I am not sure I would like a propane burner and keggle full of boiling wort or 170* water sitting on something like that. If you do it, don't depend on the wheel locks, chock those bad...

Thats how we did the natural gas plumbing on my first rig. Thank God for Ridgid ratcheting threaders. If had to do over again I would have rented a power threader. It would have saved my son alot of work (it was the least he could do for his dear old dad). :)