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Re: Keeping wash warm, keeping it fermenting.
by twojaythomo » Thu Jul 31, 2014 2:29 pm
30w fish tank heater for my 60l and 15w for my 30l, glad wrap over top taped down wrapped in old baby blankets and car seat covers.
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Re: Keeping wash warm, keeping it fermenting.
by Whiskyaugogo » Thu Jul 31, 2014 4:50 pm
Very lucky to have in slab heating and supportive wife! :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Keeping wash warm, keeping it fermenting.
by Brendan » Thu Jul 31, 2014 5:27 pm
Haha Stoney, seeing that iron cracked me up!
Bayshine, that box is just pure awesome. Looks schmick too :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Bayshine, that box is just pure awesome. Looks schmick too :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Keeping wash warm, keeping it fermenting.
by bayshine » Thu Jul 31, 2014 10:44 pm
:angry-banghead:
Cheers mate, it is easily the best thing Ive made for distilling and would be cheep as chips if made from recycled stuff like refrigeration panels or the like.
It's how it performs is what impresses me the most ,its the constant temp day and night
My last bourbon wash was 1.080, was finished at 1.000 in 3 days in winter with cold days and nights :handgestures-thumbupleft: and the best bit is there is no mucking around with sterilising aquarium heater or wrapping blankets around fermenters and the wash is the same temp from top to bottom, just need a safety step to throw in the ingredients and hit it with the drill :laughing-rolling:
I've gone away to work for 3 weeks atm and put on 2 x100l tpw set at 25 deg so they should be about perfect to run when I get back
Can't really recommend it enough :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Brendan wrote:Haha Stoney, seeing that iron cracked me up!
Bayshine, that box is just pure awesome. Looks schmick too :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Cheers mate, it is easily the best thing Ive made for distilling and would be cheep as chips if made from recycled stuff like refrigeration panels or the like.
It's how it performs is what impresses me the most ,its the constant temp day and night
My last bourbon wash was 1.080, was finished at 1.000 in 3 days in winter with cold days and nights :handgestures-thumbupleft: and the best bit is there is no mucking around with sterilising aquarium heater or wrapping blankets around fermenters and the wash is the same temp from top to bottom, just need a safety step to throw in the ingredients and hit it with the drill :laughing-rolling:
I've gone away to work for 3 weeks atm and put on 2 x100l tpw set at 25 deg so they should be about perfect to run when I get back
Can't really recommend it enough :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Keeping wash warm, keeping it fermenting.
by Blueywa » Thu Mar 19, 2015 1:08 pm
The largest fermenter I'm using at the moment is a 30litre, it sits on top of a Copper Tun heat pad which only uses 25W.
I was going to use an aquarium submersible, but didn't want to cut a hole in the lid for the power lead.
Then there was the difference in power usage and the heat pad won - 25W verses 50W.
It works for me..
I was going to use an aquarium submersible, but didn't want to cut a hole in the lid for the power lead.
Then there was the difference in power usage and the heat pad won - 25W verses 50W.
It works for me..
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Re: Keeping wash warm, keeping it fermenting.
by choppy » Thu Mar 19, 2015 1:23 pm
I don't use a lid, i use glad wrap with a big elastic band around it. the lead from the aquarium heater sits nicely.
I use 25W aquarium heaters and they cut in and out as it sees fit. It cost me $13 at the local aquarium place.
If the pad works for you stick with it, but I wouldn't disregard the aquarium heater just because it won't fit with your lid on.
I use 25W aquarium heaters and they cut in and out as it sees fit. It cost me $13 at the local aquarium place.
If the pad works for you stick with it, but I wouldn't disregard the aquarium heater just because it won't fit with your lid on.
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