I've been brewing for some time and I'm about to ask some thing real dumb
As a background, Ive built and used a number of electric systems, my temperature probe has either been mounted in the bottom of the urn/kettle or in the wort return line of a recirculating BIAB.
In both these configurations the PID setup (auto tune) is dependent on the volume of wort and in the case of the recirculating BIAB the flow rate as well as the volume.
In the case with a RIMS were the temp probe is on the outlet of the heater assembly.
Its obvious that the PID setup is dependent on flow rate through the heater assembly but is it also dependent on the volume of wort and the effects of grain additions?
Or to put it another way, if I had a RIMS setup on the side of my BIAB would it matter how much wort I had in the URN.?
I take it I'd need a powerful ULD heating element to make this work?
Atb. Aamcle.
As a background, Ive built and used a number of electric systems, my temperature probe has either been mounted in the bottom of the urn/kettle or in the wort return line of a recirculating BIAB.
In both these configurations the PID setup (auto tune) is dependent on the volume of wort and in the case of the recirculating BIAB the flow rate as well as the volume.
In the case with a RIMS were the temp probe is on the outlet of the heater assembly.
Its obvious that the PID setup is dependent on flow rate through the heater assembly but is it also dependent on the volume of wort and the effects of grain additions?
Or to put it another way, if I had a RIMS setup on the side of my BIAB would it matter how much wort I had in the URN.?
I take it I'd need a powerful ULD heating element to make this work?
Atb. Aamcle.