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darkrabbit
Joined: 16 Jan 2019 Posts: 12 Location: Brampton, ON
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Link Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 6:10 pm Post subject: No input for boil kettle.... just wondering why not |
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Hi, after 6 long months I finally got the time in Dec and Jan to get the brewery done at least in basic format.
I had a question about the kettles... each one has an input for water or wort... except the boil kettle. Why not? I imagine there's a reason, and I just wanted to see why. Right now I have to drape the hose for wort output over the top of the kettle which seems... crude
Anyway, just something I noticed and wanted to check on.
Thanks!
-J
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dp Brewing Company
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Link Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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I believe that is so you can check gravity while sparging. I added a whirlpool inlet on my kettle. I use that to fill up.
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kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 11116 Location: Ottawa, Canada
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chastuck
Joined: 06 Oct 2013 Posts: 193 Location: Beckenham, Kent, UK
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Link Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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I must admit, I didn't like the idea of a dangling hose either - too easy for it to be pulled out and squirt hot wort everywhere. So I fitted a valve on the entry to my boiler. You can easily take wort samples from the kettle inlet tube and readily see how the flow is going.
I got the weldless kettle inlet from here:
https://store.brewpi.com/mashing/kettle-inlets-outlets/kettle-inlet-kit-barbed-npt
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kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 11116 Location: Ottawa, Canada
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darkrabbit
Joined: 16 Jan 2019 Posts: 12 Location: Brampton, ON
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Link Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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chastuck wrote: | I must admit, I didn't like the idea of a dangling hose either - too easy for it to be pulled out and squirt hot wort everywhere. So I fitted a valve on the entry to my boiler. You can easily take wort samples from the kettle inlet tube and readily see how the flow is going.
I got the weldless kettle inlet from here:
https://store.brewpi.com/mashing/kettle-inlets-outlets/kettle-inlet-kit-barbed-npt |
Yeah this is likely gonna happen for me. I don't like the idea of draping hoses anymore now that I have this setup.
@Kal, thanks for the explanation, I knew there must be a reason Re: the disconnects, that was definitely the way to go. I did the 2 part as well, it makes a BIG difference. I tried one with 1 part and it's too hard to handle / not solid enough.
-J
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kal Forum Administrator
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