Were planning on using the vent to attach some sort of blowoff/airlock device.
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Originally posted by RipRap View PostFigured I would show you guys what we came up with for temperature controlling our plastic conicals. We had 50' 1/2" OD stainless tube coiled by NY Brew Supply to our specified dimensions. They were great to work with and had our order done quickly and for a very reasonable price. They are certainly nicer looking than if I had attempted to coil them myself. As for the connections to attach them to the lid, we wanted to have something that could easily be taken apart for cleaning without spilling glycol everywhere. We found a compression bulkhead fitting from Colder Products Company that automatically shuts off when it gets disconnected. Everything fit together perfectly and I can't wait to start fermenting in them.
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Yes Yes , me too!!!
I already have the coils on order but I am having trouble finding the compression quick disconnect fittings from that company. We have the solid tops on our fermenters but, I wonder fi you could fit a bulk head fitting through that cap to connect your blow off tube to.Bill Walden
Oddball Brewing Co.
Suncook, NH
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Originally posted by mattehlers View PostWhich parts did you use from Colder? I'd like to replicate your compression fittings!
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RipRap, what is your glycol source? Do you have a conventional glycol chiller or use a bucket-in-coldroom setup similar to some of the older post mentions?
Also, as far as a more secure fixture for the blow-off, you can buy normal bulkhead fittings with a 1/2" threaded ID, drill the appropriately sized hole, wrench on the bulkhead fitting and attach your hose barb of choice. We have plastic conical, vented lids and we usually just use a stopper in the vent hole. It works as well as you could expect. Our problem with these crappy plastic conicals, as I'm sure some of you have experienced, has always been pressure. We bought these https://conical-fermenter.com/Lid-Ga...Fermenter.html to go around the bottom ring that screws on to our conicals. I haven't dug through this whole thread, so I'm not sure if someone already mentioned something similar. (of course I'll probably find it as soon as I finish posting this . Even with these gaskets, we have very little luck getting yeast not to explode out of every single weak point on the lid. Through the gasket and everything. PLUS it flows through the blowoff tube and overflows the buckets occasionally...plastics are a great stepping stone and have some very good uses, but man oh man, I can't wait to get rid of all of ours!
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Originally posted by CasselBrewery View PostYes you can see part of it but the plastic is opaque. I want to see after the krausen has dropped for any signs of infection and what not.
I have the sample valve installed on a 1.5 TC to NPT adapter, not the best since you have to play with it to seal it properly. I will get some bulkhead to seal it better.
I sealed the coils supply and return with aquarium silicone i figured no other way. For the temp probe I simply added a silicone oring and threaded it in the plastic.
For the spray ball I have a 1.5 pipe thread (both ends) bulkhead. I have an elbow with a TC to NPT adapter then another TC to NPT adapter clamped to the spray ball https://www.brewershardware.com/Rota...CIP12F121.html
This is the adapter https://www.brewershardware.com/1-1....-Male-NPT.html
My pleasure to help a new brewery!!! I was helped the same way!
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Originally posted by Smlsound View PostRipRap, what is your glycol source? Do you have a conventional glycol chiller or use a bucket-in-coldroom setup similar to some of the older post mentions?
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Originally posted by RipRap View PostWe are using a glycol bath that is cooled by a window air conditioner. Basically the cold side of the compressor loop sits in the glycol bath (which is an iglooo cooler) instead of getting air blown over it. Were not open yet but at least one other brewery near us did the same for their jacketed 7 BBL stainless fermenters so we figured it should work well enough for us. Its not a pretty solution but its the right price. It along with the plastic conicals will be replaced as soon as we have the capital, like you said they are stepping stones.
Matt Ehlers
White Rabbit Brewing Company
Angier, NC
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Originally posted by mattehlers View PostRipRap, care to include some photos? I'm really interested in your setup!
Matt Ehlers
White Rabbit Brewing Company
Angier, NC
I would definitely be interested in how cold this will run and how many tanks it can maintain. If it works at all I will be doing this immediately! I wonder if anyone else has done this and has any results to share? We're thinking about adding a few 20bbl stainless tanks and that seems way too big for a DIY chiller, but hey, I've seen some crazy things!
btw, we have plastic conicals in a temperature controlled cellar. It works perfectly for most of our ales, but when you really want consistency out of a Belgian strain...not so good! This thread is awesome! We may convert our plastics!
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Originally posted by Smlsound View PostSecond! I googled some pretty cool ones. had no idea how common this is. We definitely resist the giant glycol chiller concept, but it seems to be where we're going. We bought a line chiller for about 2k with two pumps. We already had to split the lines on one side to accommodate two tanks on one pump (very limiting in terms of temp control). But heck, it beats getting a 15k one as an in between step.
I would definitely be interested in how cold this will run and how many tanks it can maintain. If it works at all I will be doing this immediately! I wonder if anyone else has done this and has any results to share? We're thinking about adding a few 20bbl stainless tanks and that seems way too big for a DIY chiller, but hey, I've seen some crazy things!
btw, we have plastic conicals in a temperature controlled cellar. It works perfectly for most of our ales, but when you really want consistency out of a Belgian strain...not so good! This thread is awesome! We may convert our plastics!
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Heres some pictures. This is just running one fermenter right now, hence the single pump.
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