Good call on the closed loop water expansion.. I hadn't thought of that issue.np0x wrote:One of the primary advantages of the cooler over a rims style heat exchanger is priming and knowing how full it is, a non-cooler based system would effectively be a closed loop and I grew increasingly concerned with the expansion of water as it heated and dealing with purging air or adding water to the heat exchanger side in a non-cooler style construction.
Hot Box
Re: Hot Box
Re: Hot Box
I tried out this hotbox last Saturday. I did a step Mash. It performed really well as did the BCS. I found that the box heated the wort to about two degrees more than what the temp in the mash was. I was worried about over temps occurring and found that this didn't occur. The wort and the hot water were pumping continuously and the elements came on when the BCS determined they needed to be.
What a pleasure this box is.
What a pleasure this box is.