It's been a busy week for this one-man show, and I've been away from the board too long. Thanks fo rall the replies everyone. This topic has proven to be a lot deeper than I expected.
To answer an earlier question re: my operational limit - it's the hot water. My electrically heated HLT is about 20% operational (it keeps blowing half it's bank of 9 fuses - at 10 bucks a pop, it's become enough of an irritation to just not use it), so I heat my water in the kettle to a boil. Then move it to the HLT where I've got some unheated city water waiting. If I've done it right, the mix is at my strike temp. After mash-in, I move the rest from the kettle to the HLT and that's usually about right for sparging temp (though I can make some on-the-fly adjustment if it's too hot).
So, I'm assuming that a typical setup (or MY setup if it were fully operational) would refill the HLT after runoff to prep for the next brew. For me, I'd have to wait until the kettle was empty - AND CLEAN to start another.
Right now, my extra time is much cheaper than getting things up to snuff, so I limp along with a 2 day double batch brew.
To answer an earlier question re: my operational limit - it's the hot water. My electrically heated HLT is about 20% operational (it keeps blowing half it's bank of 9 fuses - at 10 bucks a pop, it's become enough of an irritation to just not use it), so I heat my water in the kettle to a boil. Then move it to the HLT where I've got some unheated city water waiting. If I've done it right, the mix is at my strike temp. After mash-in, I move the rest from the kettle to the HLT and that's usually about right for sparging temp (though I can make some on-the-fly adjustment if it's too hot).
So, I'm assuming that a typical setup (or MY setup if it were fully operational) would refill the HLT after runoff to prep for the next brew. For me, I'd have to wait until the kettle was empty - AND CLEAN to start another.
Right now, my extra time is much cheaper than getting things up to snuff, so I limp along with a 2 day double batch brew.
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