OK...been searching the forums with not much luck so I thought I would throw out the question. I'm building a Brutus 10 using Lonnie's plans. I pretty much have most of it done but the gas system. The ASCO valves Lonnie used are no longer available. What are the specs of a valve that is needed and where can I get them? I want 120 volt to use with my controllers. Also I didn't build the gas beam like Lonnie did. I'm just gonna use black pipe and bolt it on.
Brutus 10 Gas Valves question
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If you go the ASCO valve route the valves just need to fit your pipe and be rated for gas. I use a gas manifold of 1" black pipe feeding to 1/8" pipe input burner valves for my 3 ring burners. My rig is not as pretty as the Brutus 10, since I hung it on commercial shelving from a big box store, but it was a lot cheaper. I picked up a box of a dozen ASCO 1/8" valves on E-bay for not much. I didn't see any value in having 1/2' pipe valves for 1/8" pipe.
That said, a lot of guys go the Honeywell valve route now, for the safety of a pilot light interlock. I'm always there when the burners are on, and it's in my garage, so I don't mind just keeping an eye on the pilot lights. I also stay stone cold sober while I'm running several 90,000 BTU burners and have a couple of kettles full of 18 gallons or so of boiling liquid to manage, so I don't feel compelled to buy the Honeywell valves.
That said, a lot of guys go the Honeywell valve route now, for the safety of a pilot light interlock. I'm always there when the burners are on, and it's in my garage, so I don't mind just keeping an eye on the pilot lights. I also stay stone cold sober while I'm running several 90,000 BTU burners and have a couple of kettles full of 18 gallons or so of boiling liquid to manage, so I don't feel compelled to buy the Honeywell valves.
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I used a Honeywell VR8200A gas valve, a Honeywell thermocouple and pilot burner, and a 120V AC to 24V AC transformer. I don't remember which transformer I bought but I got all of that at pexsupply.com. There were some other miscellaneous parts involved too like the gas line and gas valves which I sourced locally mostly at Lowes.
I only control my HLT burner at the moment but I'm in the process of converting it to a HERMS to better control mash temps.
I only control my HLT burner at the moment but I'm in the process of converting it to a HERMS to better control mash temps.
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Second this ^^^^
