Tri-clamps are nice, but they seem especially extravagant for a BIAB system. You're going to change one hose connection per brew day.
Yeah, I think they are overkill on this system, but that's how it comes.
Do you have a pump and/or heat exchanger now? I'm wondering if the 12 W rating on the pump is accurate too; that's ~1/60 HP. Would probably make for pretty low flow rate through the plate chiller.
I have a Chugger pump that I use to recirculate wort at the end of the mash, pump to the boil kettle, and recirculate ice water through my immersion chiller. I wasn't planning on using the plate chiller, but this is something to consider.
Are you brewing electric now? A 1500 W element takes almost two hours to heat 10 gal of strike liquor.
I'm not. The manufacturer claims it can raise temperature 1.5° F a minute. I was thinking I'd probably heat the initial strike water on my stove (like I do now), as it has a very powerful burner and can bring it up to temp in the amount of time it takes me to mill grain and get everything set up.
These are all good points, thanks for the response.
I want to change my setup, but I don't really want to build it myself, and all the turn-key solutions involve a compromise of some sort (it's kind of frustrating actually).