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17 years 5 days ago #31

bigears Offline Posts: 2832	They're the exact same ones, I bought the 10 gallon boiler and the 10 gallon fermenter which I later converted to a boiler. They're easy to convert, just drill a couple of 38mm holes in the side and pop in the elements. I use the converted boiler as a Hot Liquor Tank with the existing tap as shown above, I believe it's not rated for boiling but it works fine.

16 years 11 months ago #32

delzep Offline Posts: 919	The 33L bucket from thehomebrewcompany would be ideal yeah? <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="thehomebrewcompany.ie/index.php?main_pag...&products_id=250">thehomebrewcompany.ie/index.php? ... cts_id=250 could a converted bucket to boiler be used as a secondary container just before bottling?

16 years 11 months ago #33

delzep Offline Posts: 919	also, this would only be possible using kettles that aren't cordless right? They seem to be more difficult to find, and more expensive

16 years 11 months ago #34

richieh Offline Posts: 1507	&quot;delzep&quot;:3clr148j wrote: also, this would only be possible using kettles that aren't cordless right? They seem to be more difficult to find, and more expensive[/quote:3clr148j] No, I used a cordless. The little three prongs that a kettle lead sticks on to are the same.

16 years 9 months ago #35

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&quot;beerfox&quot;:24e4d2zr wrote: What about just buying a normal plastic 25 litre fermentaion bin, and fitting it with 2 x 2Kw kettle elements?

You wouldn't have any thermostat control like the Electrim bin has, but I have heard some people say they bypass that anyway.

Once a full rolling boil has been achieved you could knock off one of the elements.

Anybody attempted this? Would the plastic in a fermentation bin be up to the job, or would it weaken after multiple boils?

If it was viable you would have a boiler for under €50.[/quote:24e4d2zr]
That's the way I'm going to do it, although it should be significantly cheaper than €50.

1no. 25 litre Fermenter €10
2no. Old Kettles €0
1no. Tap €5

total cost €15

How difficult is it to get a seal on the Container?
I would've imagined that it would be quite difficult given the curved surface of the Container.
I have a few old 10 litre mayonaise containers that are used in catering that I'm gonna practice on first. It would be quite annoying to ruin a 25 litre Fermenter!

16 years 9 months ago #36

marceldesailly Offline Posts: 524	it's not too difficult to do this. if you have a problem with a seal you can add a few extra rubber washers around the seal. do a quick search, there are a few threads on this. good idea having a practice, nothing like spending time and effort to end up with a very leaky boiler! you will be better off getting a bigger vessel to use as a boiler.maybe the 33litre fermenter.

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