I have seen lots of great threads for the condenser style of lids, but i was starting to wonder. Has anyone done a version where instead of a condenser the lid just direct hooks to an exhaust fan?
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Yes. When I was first building up my electric keggle I was planning for a steam-condenser so after some emails with SSBrewtech to confirm the dimensions I bought the domed 7/14G Brewbucket lid with a 1.5"TC port in the top. Owing to limited finances and disability, it takes me a very long time to do anything so it was gonna be a while before I got the condenser.. I searched here and read through a number of posts (and as well have seen more since) where the poster had used a flexible duct attached to a fan in the window so I tried it myself. As with the posters, I found the amount of condensation to be problematic. I had finagled an adapter from the 1.5" TC to a clothes-dryer sized duct and clipped the other end to a fan in my kitchen window and when I tried it out, it worked for the most part but the wind kept changing direction so the amount of steam 'leaking' into the kitchen varied quite a lot. I had to take it off about 3/4 into the boil because the duct started sagging under the wieght of the condensate filling it and threatened to pull the fan out of the window. That said; a 1.5" port is probably far too small for that kind of ventilation. Most of the posters had come on here looking for solutions to condensate dripping back into the kettle and I know that some solved it and there are a number of folk sucessfully using such a rig, so yes it is doable once you work out the kinks in your own setup.I have seen lots of great threads for the condenser style of lids, but i was starting to wonder. Has anyone done a version where instead of a condenser the lid just direct hooks to an exhaust fan?
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