Kimbo's Mash Tun

[Kimbo]

Hi everyone,
sorry its taken me soooooo long to get the pics up, but here it is.
As you can see, I have collected a lot of bits ant pieces for nicks. Which for me, is half the enjoyment of building stuff.... improvising the design to utilize what you have available ;-)

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This is just a 50mm hole and I welded in the ferrule which came with my FSD Element kit

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this was a freebie....... thanks Linno :handgestures-thumbupleft:

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After a lot of Rooting around with the PID"s, its finally working :mrgreen:
The GPO on the Left is controlled power from the PID ( the little pink light is so I can see from a distance that the Element is getting power)
The GPO on the Right is constant power... for the Pumps and Radio :handgestures-thumbupleft:

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As you can see, there are 2 tanks. The insulated one is the HERMS and the uninsulated one is the Wort Chiller. this is just using mu submersible pump and recirculating my Pool water ;-)

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The hoses are disconnected at the moment coz I sprung a leak and I needed to dry it out :oops:
And the whole thing sits on a trolley :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[punchy21]

Nice work Kimbo :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Have you taken it for a run yet?

[Kimbo]

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Just a small test mate, it works well :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[bayshine]

looks great mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:
whats first on the list mate, single malt :think:

[Yummyrum]

Thanks for sharing Kimbo.
You seem to have a few of those extiguishers lying around ...are the staino.? What capacity are they .

Nice job all round :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[troglodyte]

Nice work kimbo, I also made my herms from a fire extinguisher, an old copper one it works great. I initially had my temp probe in the top of the herms but for me it works much better measuring the wort outlet temp.
I like the mash temp chart on your wall, I know I've seen it in another post here somewhere but can't find it, can anyone tell me where it's at ? Thanks.
Trog.

[Zak Griffin]

Why do you post this the day after I find a fire extinguisher like that? Looks like I'm going all grain in the future.

They're stainless, Yummy, and apparently they hold 9.1L...

[punchy21]

This one Trog?

[troglodyte]

Yep, Thank you Punchy :)

[Kimbo]

looks great mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:
whats first on the list mate, single malt :think:

Cheers Mate, I recon single male could be the go :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Thanks for sharing Kimbo.
You seem to have a few of those extiguishers lying around ...are the staino.? What capacity are they .

Nice job all round :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Yes, they are Staino mate.... But only the water or powder type (these are 9Kg water)...so +/- 9L
The bloke who supplies and services our Exy's at work was more than happy to get rid of them. I also scored a full Co2 exy for a later project :think:

[whiskeyshiner]

Found a barely used one of these today near my joint where the young bloke do there burnouts looks in good nick i thought of this thread. What a pain in the arse to clean that powder shit. Wish i put a magnet on it before i cleaned it looks like its not staino unless its 400 series :angry-banghead: oh well cant complain didnt cost me anything

[Zak Griffin]

If it's powder it won't be staino mate. You want the Water or Foam ones ;-)

[BIG D]

If it's powder it won't be staino mate. You want the Water or Foam ones ;-)

I could be wrong but I thought powder extinguishers where staino :think:

[Zak Griffin]

The couple that I've got here aren't?

[whiskeyshiner]

yeah thanks guys powder ones are carbon steel i looked up the site it was manufactured the stuff is inert so i assume it wouldnt rust it out like water so its cheaper for them to make it out of carbon steel

[Doubleuj]

Scored these today, freebies !!! Will have to build a mash tun one day
Can I be sure their stainless? Not magnetic which is a good sign but is there another way to tell other than grinding them back and leaving out in the weather?

[Zak Griffin]

Water extinguishers are staino mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Nino]

The older ones are good quality stainless. If they have been serviced properly they should be very clean inside and not pitted.