Recent content by ScubaSteve

I've tried tigging, but it'll overheat. The wire is just too small. Spot welding works well...just not as good as a seam welder....and if you're looking at doing a basket you need some long tongs! I'd just go have a look at arborfab.com. I'm a bigtime DIY guy but some things are just better...

C'mon, man! Show us some closeups of the new lip/collar! I'm guessing you just sealed the top and filled the whole keg with argon? I've been wanting to do something like this and have just had too many other projects. Need to get back under the hood and brush up on my skills!

Agree with the above. Maybe it'll force lawmakers to reinvent the 3-tier system of distribution. Brewers need a way to get their beer out there but there shouldn't be so many restrictions on how they do it.

Not a bad idea, but expensive and bulky....and consider that if you have a sensor you will have to add a QD to that.....how aggressively are you washing it? I just laid mine on the ground, lightly scrubbed, then sprayed. It should not be heavily soiled unless you are free-floating your hops.

I've put a similar RTD probe in mine...I can say that the cable looks thicker on that one you pictured, you will probably have trouble running it down the tube. The RTD wiring I used was the standard kind, and it worked well. As far as the sensor goes, it just rests on the bottom, no need to...

Hello Everyone- Just wanted to say that I ordered a Hot rod, and finally got around to putting everything together. All I can say is that this is one well thought out piece of gear! I chose to use a PT100 sensor that is ~1-1/2" long; I bought that and a few other odds and ends from...

If the hex is vertical and you have the wort enter from the top, you will have almost zero waste left in chiller. You'd need to "fill" the hex before chilling, then flow at a rate that would not evacuate the tubes, otherwise you'd lose your surface area. Alternatively, flow wort up from the...

Wow, that StillDragon looks like what I was trying to build....I still think the tubes should be smaller and more numerous. As a condenser it just needs to take ethanol gas and return it to liquid, right? Not sure about the delta or temp change required.....but I do know we are asking quite a...

Sorry guys, I guess I kind of dropped off the map! I tried it out a few times and it didn't really blow my hair back...IIRC it took 15-20 mins to chill about 6 gallons of wort from boiling to ~100F...constantly recirculating because the output was too hot to go right into the fermenter. I ended...

So....how's things? :p

In!!!!

Low tech, high effect. Well done!

A bushing might be a nice solution....internal threads would be 1/2" FPT allowing you to thread it over existing 1/2" MPT camlocks, and the outside threads would be GHT....you would still be able to keep the length down, and adapt to a garden hose in just one fitting. I've actually adapted...

Probably not necessary every brew day, but maybe every 5....ymmv.

If you don't do the ribcage style (looks pretty effective though) at least make the IC a wider diameter....you want as many coils as you can get under the surface and as much room to whirlpool as possible. A narrow diameter chiller sticks up too much and interferes with the whirlpool.