Prototype Previews: Hopback and Heat Stick

[Genuine]

Can't wait for the hotrod to be back in stock, planning on purchasing them once it's available. :rockin:

 

[cbzdel]

Can anyone recommend me a 12/3 SJOOW cable? I have gone to every hardware store in my area, including electric supply shops and and no one has a 12/3 SJOOW cable rated higher that 90°c.

I dont mind ordering online, but I only need about 10' of cable, not a 200' roll haha..

 

[wbarber69]

I get mine at lowes. It's up on electric carousel. Home Depot should also have it as well.

 

[truckmann]

Can anyone recommend me a 12/3 SJOOW cable? I have gone to every hardware store in my area, including electric supply shops and and no one has a 12/3 SJOOW cable rated higher that 90°c.

I dont mind ordering online, but I only need about 10' of cable, not a 200' roll haha..

I got mine at Home Depot. I'm not sure if it was regular by-the-foot stock or not though. They had SOOW cable on the rack where the SJOOW was supposed to be and I almost accidentally bought it before I realized he cut the wrong stuff. When I went back I found another guy and had him pull a roll off the shelf of SJOOW and cut it for me. It is rated to 105°C.

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[cbzdel]

Both my Lowes and Home Depot cables are rated at 90°c

If I go a couple cities away their hardware stores are nicer and larger, I will have to give them a try and see if they have what I am looking for because 105°c would be perfect!

 

[truckmann]

I did get 10/3 cable though since I'm running a 220v element. You could check and see if the 10/3 cable has the higher temp rating. It never hurts to have too big of conductors.

 

[makubex]

Just finished assembling my hot rod and am leak testing it now. Assembly is relatively easy and the product is really brilliant in its simplicity.

No home improvement stores around me had the recommended power cable available by the foot, so I had to buy a 25' spool. Also, the standard SJOOW cable was only rated for up to 100C. While that probably would have been okay, I didn't want to risk it and bought a slightly more pricey product rated up to 105C. The drawback is that now I have about 10-12' of cable that I'll probably never use.

If anyone is building one and would like to avoid having to go out and find cable, send me a message. If you pay for a shipping label, I'll send you the remainder of my 12-3 SJEOOW cable so long as you promise to put it to good use.

Posted this a while back - person who originally replied stopped communicating when it came time to buy a shipping label so I could send the package. I've had the spare cable boxed up and sitting in my office for about a month now and I'd like to get rid of it.

Anyone in need of 12' of 12-3 SJOOW cable rated at 105C, send me a message. My spare cable is yours if you pay for/email me a shipping label for the package.

 

[cosmatics]

Hey Bobby,

Sorry this is a long thread, any word on the hopback?

 

[beergutbrew]

Hey Bobby,

Sorry this is a long thread, any word on the hopback?

I'm hoping for a larger version. I use mine mainly as a pre-filter before going through the plate chiller using rice hulls. I brew 10-15 gallon batches so I couldn't see if I was getting the "hop back" aroma benefit.

 

[smithabusa]

Hi Bobby,

Sorry for the newb questions here, but I have a 15 gallon brew pot that I am looking to go electric with. I have a 50amp spot in my panel being used by my electric stove which I am going to gas very soon and plan to take over.

Anyhow I would like to get your ripple 240V element, and a hot pod to go with it, but am a little confused looking at all of the hot pod options. Knowing that I am going 240V, and would use large wire assuming that its required, do I need the $67 optioned hot pod? Looks like that one is out of stock. Would the 1.5" setup work?*

Let me know your thoughts, I am also interested in what is needed to block that off to still use gas when going to a brew buddies house etc

 

[wbarber69]

I'm hoping for a larger version. I use mine mainly as a pre-filter before going through the plate chiller using rice hulls. I brew 10-15 gallon batches so I couldn't see if I was getting the "hop back" aroma benefit.

When I used mine I substituted the dry hopping phase with the hopback instead. I saw great benefit in the product but it clogged up on me. Can you tell me what amount of rice hulls you are using? Because when I tried it I got plugging.

 

[wbarber69]

I'm hoping for a larger version. I use mine mainly as a pre-filter before going through the plate chiller using rice hulls. I brew 10-15 gallon batches so I couldn't see if I was getting the "hop back" aroma benefit.

When I used mine I substituted the dry hopping phase with the hopback instead. I saw great benefit in the product but it clogged up on me. Can you tell me what amount of rice hulls you are using? Because when I tried it I got plugging.

 

[cbzdel]

Any word on when the hot rods will be back in stock?

 

[Bobby_M]

I think about 10 days.

 

[humann_brewing]

I think about 10 days.

still waiting on the hot rods I assume?

 

[CptMidway]

Those who use the hop bomb as a pre-filter, are you still using a hop spider/bags, etc? If so, how has it performed in that role?

I'm thinking of packing the Hop Bomb Jr. with rice hulls, and not using my hop spider to see if I get better hop utilization, while still being able to filter out the hops/trub.

 

[wbarber69]

Only tried it once so far. Used my hop spider an. Still was able to plug up the hopbomb

 

[Bobby_M]

still waiting on the hot rods I assume?

Have them now.

 

[humann_brewing]

Have them now.

thanks, order placed

 

[dlaramie08]

Bobby, I was just wondering about the hot rod with integrated temp probe. Were you able to make it happen? I don't see it on your website. If it's not feasible, what recommendations do you have for a fully immersive temp probe to couple with the hot rod? I really want to avoid holes in my keggles as much as possible.

 

[Bobby_M]

If you use a type K or RTD with a compact or even bare end to it, you can pull it down into the lower end of the drop tube and lodge it against the tube so it can read the metal temp directly. I found it acceptably accurate.

 

[dlaramie08]

If you use a type K or RTD with a compact or even bare end to it, you can pull it down into the lower end of the drop tube and lodge it against the tube so it can read the metal temp directly. I found it acceptably accurate.

So the hot rod serves as the thermowell. Good deal.

 

[wbarber69]

Bobby, any idea when the ss ripple elements will be back in stock?

 

[Bobby_M]

A week

 

[beergutbrew]

When I used mine I substituted the dry hopping phase with the hopback instead. I saw great benefit in the product but it clogged up on me. Can you tell me what amount of rice hulls you are using? Because when I tried it I got plugging.

I filled it up 1/2-3/4, no packing them in just loose. They expand just slightly and when they catch hops or hot break it will get packed quickly. I still have had success with using it as a hop back.

 

[jsamyn]

For the heatstick cabling, could I use SJEOOW 12/3 cable? I've looked locally, called electrical stores and looked online, but every single SJOOW cable came back as being rated for 90C.

Edit: Okay, got my answer, SJEOOW will work too! Thanks again to Bobby for the great product!

 

[dlaramie08]

Finally got my hot rod all put together, and oh man is it sexy! Great job bobby! I ended up taking an rtd out of a pre-made thermowell and wiring it up inside of the element housing and it couldn't have been better.

 

[ram5ey]

Used the Hot Rod for the first time today. Worked wonderfully and cleaning was a breeze. Great work.

 

[orangehero]

One thing I have not had a chance to play around with is potentially a decent solution is to use the M6 bolt that is part of the PT-100 probe as the bolt to attach the ground wire. The reason it may work is that I have an M6 nut welded inside the enclosure for the ground. I just don't know if it will catch enough threads to be secure.

Does this work?

 

[DTDAHLKE]

Bobby- when will more ripple elements be in stock?