My eHERMS (mostly) Kal Clone Home Brewery

[johns]

That much beer porn should be illegal. Its all too orgasmic........even for chicago....

 

[steveoatley]

Mr Salty

Very nice build ! Looks great !
Love that HLT ! and the way you mounted the Camco's

Any chance you have a Parts list & Vendor list for the HLT ?

A Question, if I might,
why does the Brew Kettle have a direct Temp probe into the Kettle
and the HLT has the temp probe on the OUT port ?

Thanks
Steve

 

[MrSaLTy]

Mr Salty

Very nice build ! Looks great !
Love that HLT ! and the way you mounted the Camco's

Any chance you have a Parts list & Vendor list for the HLT ?

A Question, if I might,
why does the Brew Kettle have a direct Temp probe into the Kettle
and the HLT has the temp probe on the OUT port ?

Thanks
Steve

For the temp probes, the HLT COULD have a prob through the kettle but since the water is being recirculated with a pump constantly to maintain a uniform temp in the HLT, adding out to the output is easier. Why go through the trouble and expense in this case. The boil on the other hand is not constantly recirculated so it was necessary to go through the kettle.

As for a parts list no I don't have that but it's mostly the same as Kal's design from The electric Brewery . The differences are the way I mounted the elements and the HEX coil I used. I mounted the elements with Still Dragon element guard kits (you need a 2" ferrule welded on the kettle for this) and I got the 50' 1/2" OD stainless coil with 2 additional bends from Stainless Brewing. There are pull down select tabs there to choose the size etc. Most of the stainless hardware I got at Adventures in Homebrewing

Hope that helps.

 

[steveoatley]

Thanks Mr Salty

I really appreacite the info, and the links.

And give a Shout out to Adventures in Home Brewing as well !

My wife bought the kit that got me started 10 yrs ago at AHB.
Jay is a great guy ! Very Helpful crew !

I have all ready talked to him about welding on the ferrel for the Element.

Thanks for the help !
Steve

 

[hunter306]

Very Nice work on the panel, that paint looks amazing

 

[MrSaLTy]

Thanks Hunter, I wish I had a better camera cuz with mine its hard to get good pictures. Everything is too dark or has glare. I have actually been following your build as well and am jealous about how quickly yours is coming together. Things are just taking way too long to finish for me.

 

[rmoody]

What's the ratio on your current transformer? 50:5 or 100:5? I went 100:5, read somewhere that it should be double the max expected current. Dunno.

Were you able to power the meter off the hot/neutral combination without issues reading the system voltage? Or do you know yet?

Your build is just sick man.

 

[Rockn_M]

This is AWESOME!

It's pretty much what I have started to do. Right now I'm in the learning and planning phase.

How long has this taken you to get this far and is there anything you did\didn't do that you wish you had\hadn't?

 

[MrSaLTy]

@rmoody I used the 50:5 or 10:1. This way if it is pulling 25 amps it will see 2.5 amps and all I have to do is move the decimal point over 1 place. I'll try to get a close up of the wiring later tonight. I have not powered the panel yet as I still have to get 220 run. Basically it's 110 from hot bar, neutral and ground for power. 110 from each hot for voltage and 2 wires from the CT for amps.

@Rockn_M It has been about 11 months since I decided to pull the trigger and started sourcing parts. I have had delays for many reasons most of which were not build related just other things going on. As for things I'd change, lemme post that later tonight as I don't have much time here I'm on lunch.

 

[MrSaLTy]

Been a while since I posted and wanted to get these up here. Finished the pumps and stand a while ago and just haven't posted them. Here are some photos of the pump stand and pumps. The pumps are chugger pumps.

The stand is basically a copy of Kal's and others from his site. Started with 3/4" MDF for the base. Painted metallic silver with a gloss finish. Added grommets to the pumps mounts and rubber feet for the stand, as well as some handles for easy moving. Added new plugs and cable sleeve to the power cords. Added a couple 24ga stainless steel covers for the pumps. Here are the pictures. Hope you like it.

 

[KennyM]

Very nice job on all parts of this build. I am planning on using the same element mounting and was curious on the height of the 2" TC ferrule on your HLT. What is the distance from the bottom of the kettle to the center of the 2" TC ferrule? I like how low you have the element in your kettle.

Thanks again for the inspiration.

 

[Will-D]

That pump stand is excellent! Got any pics of where/how you mounted your panel?

 

[MrSaLTy]

If you know how the bottom of the Blichmann pots are they have sort of a stepped bottom that a false bottom can sit on. About half an inch high. The center of the hole for the element is 2" from this step.

I have been busy trying to get my dedicated brewing room built in the basement so I have not yet mounted the panel. I am leaning towards using a swinging TV mount like many others have. Hopefully soon I will have more pictures to post after i get a little farther. Things never move as fast as you want them to.