bigger hlt

[tazuk]

got board of drinking at xmass as **** on telly so i thought i would build a bigger hlt all insolatated with extra layers of foil back rad film inc lid :thumb:

 

[TRXnMe]

That's a nice looking job, I'm starting to get Version 3 clear in my head now.

I have a reasonable size bit of plywood to reinforce the base, and the square blocks I mentioned during our chat, so the current idea is to sandwich the blocks betttween two bits of ply and run a bottom drain like yours, should reduce the dead space, and related wasted electric due to heating the 'extra' water up :)

That Tomahawk IPA is rather nice, I made the mistake of opening one for a taste session while my kid brother and cousin were around on boxing day, I don't have many full ones left now, happily the bottles survived and will be refilled with my next brew

Nice to meet you, if you want more of the tubs and don't mind waiting until my next run 'oop norf' give me a shout and we can upset the locals again :)

 

[tazuk]

lol ya i found where i put tap and hole for it was best as it is dome in centre as my last hlt was only 31 ltr

i have 2 layers of that rad heat refector on base and 3 on sides and a layer of that metal film with sticky back around sides and 2 layers of rad fiilm and piece of polystrine to fill lid so should hold heat ok :thumb:

glad you enjoy the brew :thumb:

 

[TRXnMe]

lol ya i found where i put tap and hole for it was best as it is dome in centre as my last hlt was only 31 ltr

i have 2 layers of that rad heat refector on base and 3 on sides and a layer of that metal film with sticky back around sides and 2 layers of rad fiilm and piece of polystrine to fill lid so should hold heat ok :thumb:

glad you enjoy the brew :thumb:

Not a bad idea there....

I've got to get rid of some polystyrene ceiling tiles, I've got to redecorate after the stpout attacked the ceiling and using them as insulation is a better use than binning them!

This place does give me some good ideas

 

[tazuk]

ya sure is as you know top of lids quite deep :thumb:

all i got to do now is decide where to put probe i got a idea to make hole in lid and use a flout out of a beer keg so as water goes down pt100 goes with it ie probe throuh hole then top bits out of water :thumb:

this was the stuff on bottom and on sides

http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg//lid ... date=&ar2=

 

[TRXnMe]

ya sure is as you know top of lids quite deep :thumb:

all i got to do now is decide where to put probe i got a idea to make hole in lid and use a float out of a beer keg so as water goes down pt100 goes with it ie probe throuh hole then top bits out of water :thumb:

this was the stuff on bottom and on sides

http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg//lid ... date=&ar2=

Now that is a damn clever idea, I've been sliding the wire through the gap between the lid and top as the water level goes up and down :)

 

[tazuk]

as i could not see water line so had to add sight glass :thumb: