atmfuge
Well-Known Member
I have been brewing for over 2 years. I have a two year old and my wife will be having another baby in the next few weeks. I currently brew all grain with a 10 gallon igloo mash tun. On average my brewdays are about 6 hours at least. My wife and I have been trying to find ways to shorten brew days and I am looking at building an EBIAB setup using a Brewhardware RIMS tube to maintain mash temp and my current propane burner for strike and boil duties. The current plan is to create a 120V controller controlling a 1500W Rims tube. I hope to document the build here in this thread as it progresses but first I have a couple questions.
1) Does anyone use a similar setup? If so how has it been working? What kind of ramp up speeds do you see with a 1500W RIMS setup?
2) Is a chugger or march pump worth buying or would I be fine with a smaller 24v pump that I know some users here use?
3) I am planning on installing a side pickup tube on my kettle from bargain fittings. Will this be enough of a precaution to prevent the bag from being sucked into the pickup and will I need some sort of filter on the pickup to prevent hotbreak and hop particles from clogging the pickup? (I plan to incorporate a whirlpool as well during cooling.
Thanks in advance for any help.
PS. I am limited to 120V power because i am in the Army and move about a bit and cannot guarantee 240V access everywhere (including my current apartment.)
1) Does anyone use a similar setup? If so how has it been working? What kind of ramp up speeds do you see with a 1500W RIMS setup?
2) Is a chugger or march pump worth buying or would I be fine with a smaller 24v pump that I know some users here use?
3) I am planning on installing a side pickup tube on my kettle from bargain fittings. Will this be enough of a precaution to prevent the bag from being sucked into the pickup and will I need some sort of filter on the pickup to prevent hotbreak and hop particles from clogging the pickup? (I plan to incorporate a whirlpool as well during cooling.
Thanks in advance for any help.
PS. I am limited to 120V power because i am in the Army and move about a bit and cannot guarantee 240V access everywhere (including my current apartment.)