I have to conduct my brewing in the kitchen. Over the years I have upgraded from a 25ltre boiler to a 56 litre one but I have always had one problem, namely boil over.
My boilers have always had a vent added but I have always had the lid on.
My recent Grainfather trial meant I ran it with the lid off, whilst this caused a bit of fogging in the kitchen the boil was better controlled.
So what could I do?
Answer put a fan on the vent hose:
and then the boiler lid can be raised, allowing a more controlled boil and any steam vented to out side:
This worked pretty well and will allow me to add more wort to the boiler (means I will have to buy a bigger HLT and mash tun but shiny stuff is calling :smile:)
One problem that I hadn't envisaged was that the condensate built up in the fitting above the lid, surface tension stopped it draining back into the boiler, and blocked the vent holes:
So next upgrade is to fully cut out the vent hole in the lid and then...
Buy more shiny stuff ....:lol::lol:
My boilers have always had a vent added but I have always had the lid on.
My recent Grainfather trial meant I ran it with the lid off, whilst this caused a bit of fogging in the kitchen the boil was better controlled.
So what could I do?
Answer put a fan on the vent hose:
and then the boiler lid can be raised, allowing a more controlled boil and any steam vented to out side:
This worked pretty well and will allow me to add more wort to the boiler (means I will have to buy a bigger HLT and mash tun but shiny stuff is calling :smile:)
One problem that I hadn't envisaged was that the condensate built up in the fitting above the lid, surface tension stopped it draining back into the boiler, and blocked the vent holes:
So next upgrade is to fully cut out the vent hole in the lid and then...
Buy more shiny stuff ....:lol::lol:
