Big pot question

[maida7]

Bargain Fittings sells the valves, Weldless bulkheads and drain tubes. LINK

 

[starrfish]

Brewfat will likely have his own answer of course, but after futzing about with some other solutions I just ended up getting one of these and threading it on the inside of my ball valve coupler. Drains my kettle virtually dry.

WOW! That is a simple as it gets answer to a dip tube! I'll be using one of these as a dip tube.

How high from the bottom of your kettle is your valve mounted? About 1.5" to center of valve mount hole to bottom of the brewpot?

Thanks again for that simple solution!!!

 

[Brewfat]

Just out of curiosity did you make your own diptube or did you purchase one. I haven't found one in any of my catalogs... I think it would need to be pretty short correct?

I got it from Bargain Fittings since I ordered other things at the same time.

I should have just made one and saved a few bucks. If you can solder, a copper male adapter and a street 90 would be an easy and cheap solution for a side pickup.

 

[MalFet]

WOW! That is a simple as it gets answer to a dip tube! I'll be using one of these as a dip tube.

How high from the bottom of your kettle is your valve mounted? About 1.5" to center of valve mount hole to bottom of the brewpot?

Thanks again for that simple solution!!!

Eyeballing it, I'd say somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.5" to 2". Like brewfat mentions, you can always just sweat some copper pipe to it if it doesn't quite reach as far down as you'd like.

 

[maida7]

I'd put it as low as possible