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Kind of a Brutus 10 clone with RIMS, but it works for me

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dean_palmer:




Pretty standard....
3 banjo burners, one high power under the brew kettle, manual control for propane, PID control for electric.
50amp back to back control panel for electric, runs 2 vessels at a time.
5500w 240v elements for the kettle and HLT, 4500w in the RIMS tube.
Brewers Hardware RIMS tube mounted between mash tun and brew kettle, using Ranco controller
2 March 809 pumps with 815 impellers, one with Chugger stainless head.
2 Blichmann Therminator chillers
Brewers Hardware trub/hop filter canister
Mash Tun has a Sabco false bottom
Inline thermometer and oxygen stone after the chillers

I will weld up similar racks for local folks.

Just added the Stout Tanks 20 Gallon conical and kettle.


50amp, with 3 elements, one in the HLT, Boil, and one in the RIMS tube. PID controllers. It will run any 2 elements at once but with 50A can't have all three at once at least on full, maybe on "maintain." Credit to Kai from The Electric Brewery for most of the guidance.

davidgzach:
Nice set up!  Jealous....

dcbc:
Nice looking setup, Dean!

jeffy:
Very nice, Dean.  And you just made that stand last week, too.  Some people have way too much energy.

Do you chill the wort through two therminators directly to the fermenters?  If so, do you have one running ground water and one with ice water?

dean_palmer:

--- Quote from: jeffy on December 04, 2012, 03:14:24 PM ---Very nice, Dean.  And you just made that stand last week, too.  Some people have way too much energy.

Do you chill the wort through two therminators directly to the fermenters?  If so, do you have one running ground water and one with ice water?

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Hi Jeff :-)

Yeah, I welded this just over a week ago to get all the components up off the ground after so many years :-) Bought a new welder so I had motivation.

As for the chilling, I typically recirculate through chiller #1 with tap water, back to the kettle until the temp reaches about 100f. Then I swap out the garden hose with a submersible pump in ice water and keep recirculating until the kettle temp is near pitching (the output of the chiller typical 50-60F once ice water is connected), then pump to the fermenter. This way I hope to leave behind a lot more small particulate.

When I want to save time over wort clarity I hook the two chillers inline and can pump wort at pitch temps directly to the fermenter. I can also do this and recirculate to drop the kettle temps faster but it uses more ice.

I try not to use both for the wort loss, but with larger batches in the summer they are awesome together.

I'm currently waiting on a new 20g kettle from Stout Tanks, so 15g batches will become typical and the extra chill power will be welcome.

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