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What order did you fit these? Internal pipe fitting - small washer - ACE boiler wall - O ring - ball valve? Any chance of a pic for the hard of thought? Cheers! :confused1:

Please put my name in the bag - cheers! Ian

I had a similarly expensive quote from the ACE suppliers and decided to use it as an excuse to buy another of the (earlier) £99 ACEs as an HLT. Not a bad price for a replacement false bottom and HLT. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Try these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01MSKC6PB/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 :) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've boiled 45L in it using anti foam to save me from watching it all the time. Once chilled I wouldn't want to be lifting it so I pump it out to the fermenter a few metres away.

Keep trying with the PID. Mine holds to within +/- .2 degrees. A huge improvement over the Inkbird I was using before. Once you get it tuned you can just forget it.

Blimey! I thought I was Scott of the Antarctic but you've already been there [emoji1] 9kg....that's enough for 40L of something reasonable. Good to know.

Funny how tricky some of these single-point faults can be to track down. I've had my pump apart to clean it a couple of times, but it was the trapped air in the modified outlet valve that stuffed up my first dozen attempts at recirculation. My last 6 have been fine including a DIPA and...

I agree with @Bigcol. Sounds like an error. I use that Inkbird without issue on my 1600w ACE as an HLT.

I've gone for the same set up as @Bigcol save that my temperature probe is tee'd into the outlet of the ACE. I've found that I can connect up all the tubes and open the valves fully (in no particular order) for the pump to prime. I do however have to gently tip the ACE forward in order to...

+1 - I've done 7kg for a Sixpoint Resin Clone and it was fine. I'd estimate 8.5-9kg would be the limit.

I use a 40w one of both my kegerator (2m high with 6 cronies) and fermentation fridge (1.6m high). It's more than capable of heating them in a garage at 10 degrees C.

Mine both fit 3/8 line - great for party bottles, cleaning beer line, and the occasional Heath Robinson connection!

Hi BC I've been there - a PITA! My false bottom is still buckled around the bolts but it now serves to remind me each time to start the pump off really slowly. I normally start with slow trickle for 5 mins and work up to 4l per min after about 20 mins. It's probably over cautious but works...