MartyBrewer
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Hi, first time poster. Marty, from Maryland. Just kegged 10 gal Leffe Blonde (Innocent), perhaps my favorite. Electrical engineer by education and most of my career.
Learned (again, really) that hot water management is my most major point of failure; not that I'm not hitting the right temps but that it's taking so much of my attention and time that I'm missing too much (and taking way too long). So obviously I need a HLT for 10 gal batches instead of my too small stock pot on the stove. What I would love is a tankless HLT. Homemade (excuse me, home brewed) of course. I'm surprised that for as much fun as people have automating their brew setup this doesn't seem to be a well explored item.
Anyway, I'd like to talk automation and especially, parts. Which forum would be most appropriate?
If this is the place, then two questions--First, Clothes washers have a double valve (hot and cold); does anyone know whether the maximum temperature of those isn't boiling? It'd be an unpleasant surprise to find out suddenly. I guess I could just drop it into a boiling pot and see if it softens.
Second, recommendations for parts. There wouldn't be an ongoing thread here or elsewhere on brewing automation components? Along with boiling rated valves, a suitable pump (hot liquids, and cleanable) is high on my list. A peristaltic pump, maybe.
Thanks in advance. _____________Marty
Learned (again, really) that hot water management is my most major point of failure; not that I'm not hitting the right temps but that it's taking so much of my attention and time that I'm missing too much (and taking way too long). So obviously I need a HLT for 10 gal batches instead of my too small stock pot on the stove. What I would love is a tankless HLT. Homemade (excuse me, home brewed) of course. I'm surprised that for as much fun as people have automating their brew setup this doesn't seem to be a well explored item.
Anyway, I'd like to talk automation and especially, parts. Which forum would be most appropriate?
If this is the place, then two questions--First, Clothes washers have a double valve (hot and cold); does anyone know whether the maximum temperature of those isn't boiling? It'd be an unpleasant surprise to find out suddenly. I guess I could just drop it into a boiling pot and see if it softens.
Second, recommendations for parts. There wouldn't be an ongoing thread here or elsewhere on brewing automation components? Along with boiling rated valves, a suitable pump (hot liquids, and cleanable) is high on my list. A peristaltic pump, maybe.
Thanks in advance. _____________Marty