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Ric Heinz
Member
Username: Rheinz
Post Number: 104
Registered: 01-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 01:11 pm: | 
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Brewmasters -
I made a CFC a month or so ago which worked great on the first use. However, I got tired getting down on my hands and knees to check the inlet temperature indicator on my pump (pump to the fermenter). So....I bought this inexpensive indoor/outdoor digital temperature indicator at WalMart for less than $10. I encapsulated the RTD(?) in JB Weld and epoxied it into a 3/8" brass plug in a "T" at the CFC outlet. I tried it out on hot water and it seems to perform slick. I will try it out Sunday during a real brew session.
Perhaps the accuracy is questionable, but using it with the CFC, I'm only looking for "tends" to set the optimum wart flow. |
ScottDeW
Member
Username: Scott
Post Number: 162
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 01:19 pm: |
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Tie wrapped to a piece of specially fabricated aluminum...
How can you question the accuracy when the device is named "Acurite"?
Looks great, Ric!
Scott
http://texanbrew.com
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Bill Pierce
Moderator
Username: Billpierce
Post Number: 753
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 01:44 pm: |
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It looks very cool, Ric. I hope it's reliable enough to continue to work over time. |
Bob McCouch
Intermediate Member
Username: Vector
Post Number: 328
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 07:42 pm: |
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Is JB Weld foodsafe?? Looks quite nice. I wonder how quickly it reflects a change in temperature... |
Ric Heinz
Member
Username: Rheinz
Post Number: 105
Registered: 01-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 02:05 pm: |
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Bob -
The quantity of JB Weld is small and I persomally am not concerned about the food safety aspect. I'm going to try it out on hot wart this weekend and will then check to see if there is any deterioration. The coating over the RTD is pretty thin but it's also probably a good insulater. From the food safety aspect perhaps a better choice would have been a clear epoxy resin (Rev. 1). Maybe others will chime in here.
The temperature "probe" protrudes into the "T" about 1/2". It seemed to respond well during the hot water trial run.
Ric
Brewing in NW Houston |
Geoff Buschur
Member
Username: Avmech
Post Number: 177
Registered: 06-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 03:15 pm: |
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I have a much easier way to accomplish what you are doing, without adding JB weld or epoxy to your brew.
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Vance Barnes
Senior Member
Username: Vancebarnes
Post Number: 1087
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 03:19 pm: |
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JB Weld says it OK for drinking water pipe repair. |
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