Well its took a bit longer than expected but I'd say its pretty much done. I've brewed about a dozen or so batches on this and I finally got the majority of the bugs worked out. The BCS was a bit of a challenge to learn its nature, but im pretty happy with it now. I run the whole system off an Android tablet as well.
I built it all from lumber I had laying around the house from various projects, and used some left over laminate flooring for the top of it.
My main concern was that I wanted to hide as much as possible, so I bolted the pump underneath the boil kettle and ran the in/out quick-disconnects on the front of the rig. The brain of the whole operation is all located in the box that hang's down underneath the mash tun in a removable electric panel. (The hole cut in the back is for the 220v plug) I also wanted to have the option of removing/unplugging everything so, that was a important factor for me in the build. All the kettles can be unplugged/removed along with the brain/computer. I even made the Plate chiller easily removable as well. (best money I have ever spent was on a plate chiller)
The whole system is powered by my welder plug so its all a 220v system. Using 5500w elements in both HLT & BK.
The majority of everything you see was purchased through,
bargainfittings.com
brewershardware.com
brewhardware.com
ebrewsupply.com
A big thanks to theelectricbrewery.com for all the info and the forums on this site as well. Couldn't have done it without those 2!
I built it all from lumber I had laying around the house from various projects, and used some left over laminate flooring for the top of it.
My main concern was that I wanted to hide as much as possible, so I bolted the pump underneath the boil kettle and ran the in/out quick-disconnects on the front of the rig. The brain of the whole operation is all located in the box that hang's down underneath the mash tun in a removable electric panel. (The hole cut in the back is for the 220v plug) I also wanted to have the option of removing/unplugging everything so, that was a important factor for me in the build. All the kettles can be unplugged/removed along with the brain/computer. I even made the Plate chiller easily removable as well. (best money I have ever spent was on a plate chiller)
The whole system is powered by my welder plug so its all a 220v system. Using 5500w elements in both HLT & BK.
The majority of everything you see was purchased through,
bargainfittings.com
brewershardware.com
brewhardware.com
ebrewsupply.com
A big thanks to theelectricbrewery.com for all the info and the forums on this site as well. Couldn't have done it without those 2!