I have an 80# Vittles Vault on the way for use as a 13-gallon fermenter. Moving up from brew buckets has presented me with new challenges, so upgrades are in order. I'm pretty impressed by [thread=247602]this guy's pimping of a Vittles Vault[/thread] and would like to do something similar (though mine is substantially larger). Unfortunately, I don't have his vast experience with thermowells or bulkheads, and need some help figuring out which types/sizes to buy.
I want to add a thermowell for my controller so I'm not just controlling ambient air temp. I'd prefer the thermowell attached to the lid, if possible. The fermenter is 28" tall and 10 gallons on liquid should come up to about the 20-21" mark. I use Johnson A419 controllers with the stock probe. What the heck do I need to buy to make this work?
I also want to add a bulkhead so I can siphon in-place. I'd need to cap it off during fermentation. If it could accept an airlock, that'd prevent having to make a separate hole. When transferring from primary, I'd like to connect a siphon to the outward side and on the inward side I'd like to connect a cask widge. Like so:
Nobody seems to list the diameter of the included hose (pictured), but they say it fits over a gas diptube nicely.
What kind of bulkhead do I need to buy?
I want to add a thermowell for my controller so I'm not just controlling ambient air temp. I'd prefer the thermowell attached to the lid, if possible. The fermenter is 28" tall and 10 gallons on liquid should come up to about the 20-21" mark. I use Johnson A419 controllers with the stock probe. What the heck do I need to buy to make this work?
I also want to add a bulkhead so I can siphon in-place. I'd need to cap it off during fermentation. If it could accept an airlock, that'd prevent having to make a separate hole. When transferring from primary, I'd like to connect a siphon to the outward side and on the inward side I'd like to connect a cask widge. Like so:
Nobody seems to list the diameter of the included hose (pictured), but they say it fits over a gas diptube nicely.
What kind of bulkhead do I need to buy?