Hard to imagine that the gasket can fall out - it is really in there. I would let them know that yours arrived without one and I bet they will send you one.
Sorry to hear that - I'm having a homebrew right now and it is tasty. Hope you get back into it in the future. At least you can buy good beer these days.
That RIMS tube is on the glycol side of the heat exchanger and the glycol gets above 212 degrees. The wort itself is only heated to 207 degrees and is not boiled.
Hey Mike - that looks like a cartridge heater of some kind. Did you get a make and model that you can share?
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Brewed a Helles Lager yesterday. This morning I stuck the RFID tag on the filter lid and plugged in the Pico. Looks like the tag is still valid and I could brew again with it after 1 day. I'll try again tomorrow.