Anvil Foundry Lid seal - falls off

[Brian66]

I have an Anvil Foundry electric system. I've brewed 4 batches so far. On the last batch the lid seal fell out when the the kettle was heating up to a boil. I leave the lid half on during the boil since at 110 I don't get a rolling boil. The steam and/or heat must have expanded the silicone lid seal and it fell out. It won't stay in with that much heat/steam. When it cooled down the lid seal stayed in. What can/should I use to adhere the seal to the lid so it stays on during that much heat/steam?

 

[Grizwold1]

I have an Anvil Foundry electric system. I've brewed 4 batches so far. On the last batch the lid seal fell out when the the kettle was heating up to a boil. I leave the lid half on during the boil since at 110 I don't get a rolling boil. The steam and/or heat must have expanded the silicone lid seal and it fell out. It won't stay in with that much heat/steam. When it cooled down the lid seal stayed in. What can/should I use to adhere the seal to the lid so it stays on during that much heat/steam?

Mine has never come out, but I have heard that others just don't worry about it--it's not needed for most

 

[Bobby_M]

The seal is really just used if you turn it into a still. For beer, the seal isn't really important. Leave it out.

 

[Brian66]

Thanks!

 

[bwible]

Old thread - I had this problem with mine. It fell out every single time. I glued it in with good old Elmer’s school glue. We know its food safe, how many kids ate Elmer’s? That was a couple years ago. Hasn’t fallen out since.

 

[VikeMan]

Old thread - I had this problem with mine. It fell out every single time. I glued it in with good old Elmer’s school glue. We know its food safe, how many kids ate Elmer’s? That was a couple years ago. Hasn’t fallen out since.

How do you clean it with it being glued in?

 

[bwible]

How do you clean it with it being glued in?

With soap and water. I don’t get the question

 

[refect]

Mine always falls out too. It usually happens half way through the mash. It's really not needed as others have mentioned. I always build my water the night before and then set the timer so my strike water is heated and ready to go when I wake up. I only put the seal in to close it up over night, but once it falls out during that mash, I just toss it in the sink and leave it out for the remainder of my brew day.

 

[Brian66]

I ended up using food grade silicone lubricant. It has stayed on.

 

[Sauls]

I ended up using food grade silicone lubricant. It has stayed on.

Bringing an oldie back up. I’ve had it I use my gasket for Bobbie’s steam slayer and then cip and I spent about 20 minutes fighting the damn gasket. Has anvil come up with a good replacement yet? I can’t image folks with the 10 gallon model still fight this thing. I grabbed an extra ss brewtech lid and it works but latches are a bit stressed. Only bad thing is my cip ball is too short now with the domed lid.
Thanks