weak flame on my bg14
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Bullet
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Glad you figured it out. How far down did you mount the burner? and have you tested it to see how long it takes to boil 5 gallons? I ask because I am trying to get my setup working and my flame looks a lot like yours but I was expecting more.
wncbrewer
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I have not done a test boil yet, but man this flame is hot. I mounted my burners at four inches, which seems to be what others are doing. Used the heat shields to mount the burners here are some other pics. Bending the sheet metal was the biggest PITA of this project so far
Bullet
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In that picture on the right...are those spacers that your pot sits on? Do they have a purpose?
wncbrewer
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That's exactly what they are, they give the exhaust a place to vent so that they don't choke down the flame. Others have used more intricate methods, such as venting gas to the rear of the stand. There are some photos of this on brewers hardware website somewhere. drkwoods did a stand that mine borrows a lot from and he engineered a two piece windscreen with a chimney/stack type deal to vent exhaust. I don't have the link handy but if you do a search for his user name it should come up. I decided to go with these standoffs because they are simple and I already had the half inch bar stock.
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