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    hi all,
    I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a inline water heater for cleaning/cip. we are on a city water supply that is very, very hard. we de-chlorinate all water entering the brewery before we soften it for cleaning. we have an R.O. machine and a HLT for the brew water. but the industrial water heater that we feed softened water for cleaning/cip does not give me the volume of heated water that I need. I was thinking of using an inline "instant" hot water heater to give me the boost that i need when the tank starts to get cool. has anyone done this? any suggestions?

  • #2
    Could use a CIP cart with heated reservoir.
    Todd G Hicks
    BeerDenizen Brewing Services

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    • #3
      We have the Rinnai C199 heaters. These are about as big a commercial on-demand heater as you can get. Max. throughput without heating water is ~10 gpm, and raising the temp from 45 to 185F will limit the flow to ~2.5 gpm.

      If you feed these hard water, expect to spend a lot of time cleaning them.
      Timm Turrentine

      Brewerywright,
      Terminal Gravity Brewing,
      Enterprise. Oregon.

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      • #4
        What Timm said.

        I run a Rinnai 75 (with the commercial controller option) in my Nano, and it works well. Perhaps you could put a softener in that'd fix up all of the water in your place?? It'd make your RO system a lot happier too.

        JR
        Jeremy Reed
        Co-Founder and President, assistant brewer, amateur electrician, plumber, welder, refrigeration tech, and intermediately swell fella
        The North of 48 Brewing Company
        Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

        www.no48.ca

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