HLT Stirring

[Yooper]

I hate buying junk. I hope I haven't. The specs look great. Not alot of power but I dont need it for a stir pump. So Little Giant is your choice? I'll check those out.

Thanks

Hey, after seeing your rig, I think you need to take a picture of it and post it in the "let's see your build" thread. I was very impressed by the compact footprint, the HLT control, and the way you have it set up. I know others would want to see it, and copy it.

I was pleasantly surprised to find you guys doing one of my recipes when I walked in- I hope it comes out as well for you as it does for me!

Thanks for having us over, by the way. The beer was really good- I really enjoyed sampling your brews.

 

[lschiavo]

Hey, after seeing your rig, I think you need to take a picture of it and post it in the "let's see your build" thread. I was very impressed by the compact footprint, the HLT control, and the way you have it set up. I know others would want to see it, and copy it.

I was pleasantly surprised to find you guys doing one of my recipes when I walked in- I hope it comes out as well for you as it does for me!

Thanks for having us over, by the way. The beer was really good- I really enjoyed sampling your brews.

Thanks for the compliments. I think I will post some pictures once I get everthing complete...if there is such a thing.

I hope your recipe turns out as good for us now that we know our water is so different! Either way there is definately a next batch planned.

 

[lschiavo]

For whoever may be interested, I have the stir pump installed and it works great. I tied the input of the pump to the bottom of the HLT and let it continuously circulate to the top of the HLT and whatever temp I dial up on the controller is what I get at the outlet.

I installed this as a dedicated pump only for stirring.

The pump I used from Grainger (i ordered two) was a closeout item. It was listed as 230 degree rated. When I got it there was a tag on the motor listing 140 degree max (it ocassionaly cuts out on thermal which was my gripe). I called Grainger to ask WTF? and they told me to keep the pumps and refunded me full purchase price. So, I got the two pumps for free!

I just used the second the other night to pump through the Therminator and it worked fine with near boiling wort. Thanks Grainger for the two free pumps they got me through 20 gallons on Monday...we'll see how long they last!