Orangecrusher
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Hi everyone. Awhile back I gathered materials to start a 2 vessel K-RIMS electric brewery using two sanke kegs. Summer got busy and I had to put the project aside for a bit but now I'm back to it.
Last night I was going over what I've purchased so far and reviewing what notes I had made. I hadn't refined my plan 100% and some things were still up in the air which is what I'm hoping to address here with some questions to people who have done it all before.
First, I plan to use the Auber EZ-Boil 320 controller. The question I have regarding this is what dictates the length of your RTD. Is something a couple inches fine or do I need to reach father in? Also, I'm contemplating using two RTD's, one in the keggle and one in the MT, but they would be used separately during the boil and the mash respectively. Is this a good idea? The element in the Keggle would be controlled by the RTD in the MT during the mash/lautering. I would run both sensors to a switch in the controller so I can select the proper one at the appropriate time, unless there is some way to use two sensors with the EZ-Boil, but I haven't seen where there is any mention of it. My thinking is the MT sensor would be a longer probe to reach into the center of the mash about a quarter the way up the vessel. I could see a problem with using a system like this when the mash gets stuck or just from hysteresis and the element heating up too much without any change in the RTD.
Last night I was going over what I've purchased so far and reviewing what notes I had made. I hadn't refined my plan 100% and some things were still up in the air which is what I'm hoping to address here with some questions to people who have done it all before.
First, I plan to use the Auber EZ-Boil 320 controller. The question I have regarding this is what dictates the length of your RTD. Is something a couple inches fine or do I need to reach father in? Also, I'm contemplating using two RTD's, one in the keggle and one in the MT, but they would be used separately during the boil and the mash respectively. Is this a good idea? The element in the Keggle would be controlled by the RTD in the MT during the mash/lautering. I would run both sensors to a switch in the controller so I can select the proper one at the appropriate time, unless there is some way to use two sensors with the EZ-Boil, but I haven't seen where there is any mention of it. My thinking is the MT sensor would be a longer probe to reach into the center of the mash about a quarter the way up the vessel. I could see a problem with using a system like this when the mash gets stuck or just from hysteresis and the element heating up too much without any change in the RTD.