Drop in IC in E-HLT

[MFigz]

Hi there, I'm in the process of building an E-HLT/BK. I have a 25' IC right now, but will be upgrading to a 50' SS IC in the future. I've seen plenty of people talking about using their IC as a drop in HERMS Heat exchanger, but I have not found any information on how they keep it off of the heater element or if that's even necessary. I don't know how fragile they are and if a 50' SS IC sitting on it will break it at all. Any advice would be awesome!

Thanks!
Mike

 

[highland_brewer]

You did not say how large the kettle is but there are some options here. They are intended for BIAB but I think they would work?

BIAB false bottom

Or you could use a cooling rack and put some stainless carriage bolts and washers to hold it up off of the element.

Something like this?
Stainless cooling rack

 

[dyqik]

For a ghetto solution, use a hose clamp or similar to clamp an S hook to the inlet/outlet pipes of the IC and hook that over the side of the HLT.

 

[MFigz]

Thanks! It's going to be in a keggle. I was thinking about building a stand out of some leftover copper, but I like the cooling rack idea also!

Mike