Braid -vs- False Bottom?

[Denny]

Ya know, everybody has their own thoughts on things and I applaud some of you guys on your creativity. But for the life of me, if I had to go through some of the gyrations some of you do, I think I'd give it up. Why is it that I can use the same braid for 15 years and 400+ batches? Why don't I need to reinforce the braid? Spend a bit of time getting the right braid and the right configuration.

 

[bctdi]

Ya know, everybody has their own thoughts on things and I applaud some of you guys on your creativity. But for the life of me, if I had to go through some of the gyrations some of you do, I think I'd give it up. Why is it that I can use the same braid for 15 years and 400+ batches? Why don't I need to reinforce the braid? Spend a bit of time getting the right braid and the right configuration.

I'll give you my reason why.... I was having some trouble with some stuck sparges, and at the same time , i never liked the fact that my cooler mt drain valve was about 2 inches above the floor of my mash tun. I felt like I was leaving some good wort behind, so I decided to get one of those "ice cube" coolers because those coolers have a nice little recess just below the floor level of the cooler where my drain valve would go. Since I was building a new mash tun anyway , I wanted to make sure I wasn't going to have to mess with it again, so I put a support inside my new larger and longer ss braid and made the braid so it would cover most of the area of the mt floor.
I think what drove me to re-engineer my system was the fact that I was having problems . I you're not having problems , no need to mess with it. After several batches with my new system, I don't have any more issues.