I have found lots of solenoids but very few that fall into the temp range used when running glycol ( 28F ) for an affordable price. What solenoids do you guys use or recommend? Running three Glycol jacketed fermenters, recirulating with a Perlick 4410 and setting up a BCS-460. This is the only solenoid ( link below ) I can find that meets these requirements.
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I like what this guy did:
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What Solenoid to use for Glycol inlet on Jacketed Fermenter'
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Re: What Solenoid to use for Glycol inlet on Jacketed Fermen
You say solenoid, but your second picture is a ball valve. I'm using ball valves like what your #2 picture shows and they're working fine. The solenoid ones have a rubber diaphragm in them and may not work well at the lower temperatures. The benefit of the diaphragm ones is that they are instant on/off versus the ball valves that take 4-8 seconds to open/close. I don't consider the time an issue though. Another user here (Samiam) has the same glycol setup as me and we both have no issues with the ball valves.
Re: What Solenoid to use for Glycol inlet on Jacketed Fermen
Thank you Jon. That makes since. The ball valve would work just fine. Appreciate the fast response.