by RC Al » Mon Jan 09, 2023 8:01 am
Great to see you back!
So thats a tee with a 3/4" spear run in from the top? Nice n simple, I like it.
Run it
I did mine as 1" through 2" the hard "traditional" construction method, with a 4" ferrule to use, I would get the spear away from the exiting vapour, much crud gets baked on there and it is a serious choke point if you're running grains.
What happens at the bottom of the spear is more important, large bubbles dont transfer heat very efficiently, I noticed a big difference with just a tee off the bottom, for a regular keg top a short cone with slots on the bottom of the spear would work well to break the steam up into smaller bubbles.
Mines running on 1 1/2" feed pipe to the 1" with no dramas, in reality 3/4 would be heaps, 1" is insurance vs blockage. After getting the pervrbials trying to steam grain straight into the plater (just steam strip it first was the lesson there), I haven't used it in a while, check out my friend lols.
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