WAORGANY Brewing e-HERMS Brewery Build

[WAORGANY]

Awesome! Looks like you made some serious progress which I bet feels great. I myself am digging into potentially another pot build if I sell my HLT!

Gotta love those step bits...

Did you use a green lee for the 1 1/4 hole for the element? I used step bits, but thought you told me you had some greenlees (assuming that was for the panel.)

I used the step bits they worked great no issues, I do have a full set of Green Lee punches, four sizes. I will use the 1 1/4" punch for mounting the element to the gang box, if either of you need to use my punches just let me know, only cost you some grain, LOL. I am at the airport almost weekly, let me know. Thanks, yeah can't wait to get this finished and brewing again. All the best.

Great job so far! I would be getting some flack for taking up the kitchen, .


I'm curious on the green lee question too. I just dropped a couple hundred on arming my toolbox with green lee punch outs and step bits.

 

[CidahMastah]

I used the step bits they worked great no issues, I do have a full set of Green Lee punches, four sizes. I will use the 1 1/4" punch for mounting the element to the gang box, if either of you need to use my punches just let me know, only cost you some grain, LOL. I am at the airport almost weekly, let me know. Thanks, yeah can't wait to get this finished and brewing again. All the best.

Boy that is tempting is the 1 1/4 a radio chassis? or conduit? (I am about to embark on my 25G HLT pot (ordered it Monday)). The last time around I used a 1 1/8 conduit chassis from my neighbor and then a step bit to bring it up to 1 1/4 for the holes.

 

[WAORGANY]

I am pretty sure they are conduit punches not home now can confirm tomorrow and let you know.

 

[CidahMastah]

I am pretty sure they are conduit punches not home now can confirm tomorrow and let you know.

no sweat I have done two epots with harbor freight step drills, one more one hurt me

 

[WAORGANY]

no sweat I have done two epots with harbor freight step drills, one more one hurt me

Yeah that's what I used! Worked fine!!!

 

[WAORGANY]

Control panel is finished and ready for paint.

 

[WAORGANY]

First coat of Rustoleum Hammered Finish

 

[WAORGANY]

...so let the wiring begin....ready to sit down watch the race and begin wiring things up...here goes nothing!!!

 

[Begin2Brew]

...so let the wiring begin....ready to sit down watch the race and begin wiring things up...here goes nothing!!!

Good luck! I am slowly adding components so I only have to wire a little at a time. I just had brew session three on my partial system.

 

[WAORGANY]

Good luck! I am slowly adding components so I only have to wire a little at a time. I just had brew session three on my partial system.

So far so good nice and slow, got a little bit done while watching the race will post some pics soon. Thanks.

 

[WAORGANY]

Did a little wiring today!





Everything mounted back inside the control box



More stuff mounted ready to wire



110 for pumps mounted on the bottom



Power in mounted on upper right side



The front looking good ready to roll, need a new lock mechanism the cheap plastic one broke



Power out for elements and RTD probe connections



Heat sink



Power in, left to right, ground, neutral, hot 2, hot 1



Power in down to breakers

 

[Begin2Brew]

Where did you get the bus bars?

 

[WAORGANY]

Where did you get the bus bars?

West Marine, they are 100 amp, take up less room than singles.

 

[CidahMastah]

More progress, nice!!

 

[WAORGANY]

More progress, nice!!

Yeap getting there, will try to get this all wired by the end of this coming weekend if possible.

 

[CidahMastah]

Yeap getting there, will try to get this all wired by the end of this coming weekend if possible.

Very cool. I just built my new 25G eherms pot last night (- the herms coil). Did a wet test and no leaks so I am quite happy!

My buddy and I are hoping to brew this weekend,... but we will see.

 

[WAORGANY]

Very cool. I just built my new 25G eherms pot last night (- the herms coil). Did a wet test and no leaks so I am quite happy!

My buddy and I are hoping to brew this weekend,... but we will see.

Yes my HERMS coil is the last thing I need to do on my kettles, that and cut holes in the gang boxes for elements and wire them and add an outer casing to the RTD temp probes. getting so close.

 

[WAORGANY]

Got the holes cut out in the gang boxes and the back plates mounted to the back of them to mount heating elements, will get them all put together and attached to the kegs tomorrow.

 

[WAORGANY]

Attached the assembled elements into the kegs this afternoon, last thing to do is make the coil for HERMS and wire the elements!!!! Add pics soon.



Brew Kettle inside ready to roll, just have to wire element.



HLT inside view still need to wire and make HERMS coil, going to use copper tubing @20' 1/2"

 

[kellzey]

20' will not be enough. You should try for 50-feet of copper tubing.

 

[CidahMastah]

20' will not be enough. You should try for 50-feet of copper tubing.

Do you know this for sure? i.e. from your own personal experience?

Curious because I am about to build my herms as well

 

[WAORGANY]

20' will not be enough. You should try for 50-feet of copper tubing.

Well good luck finding anything over 20' at the local supply places, Home Depot, Lowes, and even the mom and pop shops look at you like your crazy when you ask for 30+ feet...which is what I wanted so I figured 20' it is I think 50' is way too much, I have read others doing it with 30' no problem, if the water is circulating through 10 feet shouldn't make that much difference, I am going with 20' feet and if it doesn't work, not long enough I will bump it up, thanks. At some point I would like to use SS anyways...oh to dream!

 

[WAORGANY]

Well good luck finding anything over 20' at the local supply places, Home Depot, Lowes, and even the mom and pop shops look at you like your crazy when you ask for 30+ feet...which is what I wanted so I figured 20' it is I think 50' is way too much, I have read others doing it with 30' no problem, if the water is circulating through 10 feet shouldn't make that much difference, I am going with 20' feet and if it doesn't work, not long enough I will bump it up, thanks. At some point I would like to use SS anyways...oh to dream!

I found the post below from Tiber Brew's build...

nice!

as for the length of your copper tubing, I would suggest 25ft. I had planned on putting together two 25ft tubings (as you can see in the first pic) but it came to pretty much the height of the keg itself. 25ft fits perfectly. leaves room for the element and is about 2-3 inches from the brim....

 

[lschiavo]

I can't say how 1/2 inch tubing works as I went with 60 feet of 3/8 (re purposed IC). Flow rate is good and I can ramp at least 10 degrees in one pass (that is the most I've tried). The more contact area the better. Either smaller tubing or more length will be more efficient.

Stainless is not nearly as good a conductor as copper. All things being equal, you will loose efficiency with SS.

 

[WAORGANY]

I can't say how 1/2 inch tubing works as I went with 60 feet of 3/8 (re purposed IC). Flow rate is good and I can ramp at least 10 degrees in one pass (that is the most I've tried). The more contact area the better. Either smaller tubing or more length will be more efficient.

Stainless is not nearly as good a conductor as copper. All things being equal, you will loose efficiency with SS.

Thanks, good point on the conductivity of copper!

 

[stlbeer]

WAORGANY,

How goes the wiring of your control panel? Have you determined how you are going to use your SWA-2451?

 

[WAORGANY]

WAORGANY,

How goes the wiring of your control panel? Have you determined how you are going to use your SWA-2451?

I haven't done much on it the last few days been busy with other life stuff LOL. I am not sure how I will use the SWA but figured that the timer aspect could come in handy, I will have to work on figuring that all out once its up and running. Will keep everyone informed. Thanks.

 

[WAORGANY]

Finished and attached the HERMS coil today after the race...

I built it from 3/8" ID soft copper tubing, 20' with two short sections of straight tubing and two 90 elbows, flux and solder together and attached to ss with compression fittings looks good ready to finish the control box and begin the stand.



Rolled the tubing around a corney keg, worked great took maybe five minutes.



Nice and simple ready to heat up some water!

 

[lschiavo]

That reminds me of mine when it was still shiny Looks good.

 

[Moatengator]

Looking good man. I need to swing by and check it out.