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[mux]

Dry fire!

 

[Dunerunner]

It happened,......... how?

 

[PLOVE]

You had time to take a picture?? Yikes Seriously, did the element survive?

 

[mux]

It happened,......... how?

Started to sparge and my daughter wanted me watch the fire works- I judged my time wrong came back to find a that. Boil is underway, element is ok.

 

[mux]

You had time to take a picture?? Yikes Seriously, did the element survive?

It was my duty to take a picture and pass it along!

 

[mux]

Still works!

 

[stevehaun]

Sorry to break it to you but the element may not be ok. I have done this on two occasions. Both were very brief, less than 5 minutes. Both times the elements were the ULWD incoloy elements that "resist dry firing". One time the elements were ok, the other time not. Unfortunately, I did not figure it out until the next brewday when I had 40 gallons of wort in the BK and only one of my two BK elements turned on. The element worked fine to heat my strike water but failed when I went to start my boil.

 

[mux]

Sorry to break it to you but the element may not be ok. I have done this on two occasions. Both were very brief, less than 5 minutes. Both times the elements were the ULWD incoloy elements that "resist dry firing". One time the elements were ok, the other time not. Unfortunately, I did not figure it out until the next brewday when I had 40 gallons of wort in the BK and only one of my two BK elements turned on. The element worked fine to heat my strike water but failed when I went to start my boil.

I planned on replacing it! But thanks for the heads up.

 

[rellot]

it happens to everyone.

 

[Durhamite]

Thats why I have float switches.