So I followed FlyGuy's instruction for converting a 10 gallon cooler(Gott that I got off CL for $25) to a MLT. It went mostly well, took a few tries with different combinations of o-rings and fittings cause HD was out of a couple things on the parts list. But I got it working and it passed a 1 hour 10 gallon water test without a single drop lost, so thanks for that write up FlyGuy. Some questions I have, though, are:
1) Is a 1.75 qt dead space good? I ended up going with the circular steel braid design rather than the straight and plan on adding an inner circle as soon as I can find a 4 way barb fitting.
2) I could not for the life of me find SS washers, only zinc plated. Is this going to hurt my brew after a while? If so, will it at least last a couple brews until I can find SS?
3) Does anyone have any suggestions for what I can do to improve the design?
I am very excited to try this out this weekend and see what kind of efficiency I get. Hopefully it's better than my previous failed attempts at jury rigging **** together with a minimum of parts. I decided I had better get something that will work for quite a while since I told SWMBO I wouldn't be needing to make any more equipment purchases for a while. Thanks for reading.
-AJ
1) Is a 1.75 qt dead space good? I ended up going with the circular steel braid design rather than the straight and plan on adding an inner circle as soon as I can find a 4 way barb fitting.
2) I could not for the life of me find SS washers, only zinc plated. Is this going to hurt my brew after a while? If so, will it at least last a couple brews until I can find SS?
3) Does anyone have any suggestions for what I can do to improve the design?
I am very excited to try this out this weekend and see what kind of efficiency I get. Hopefully it's better than my previous failed attempts at jury rigging **** together with a minimum of parts. I decided I had better get something that will work for quite a while since I told SWMBO I wouldn't be needing to make any more equipment purchases for a while. Thanks for reading.
-AJ