Plumbing Sanity Check

[Clawson]

Hello,

I'm looking to upgrade my system to prevent me moving my liquid lines around during my brew day. Attached is a picture of what I'm thinking. Since I have stout 20 gallon kettles, everything would be tri clamp and looking at the 1" tees for my bcs probes and 1" 3 way ball valves to move the flow. I would like to have the thermometers back into the kettles and measure the temperature as it is hitting the mash by the sparge arm.

Matt

What you guys think?View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1425938847.623329.jpg

 

[Clawson]

No one? I'll give it a few more days until I move this into another area.

 

[Siphon9]

My setup is kinda similar to your except I don't have a burner for the MLT. I rely on the HLT to heat up the wort if my strike temp is off or my temp drops enough that it needs a little kick. Here's how I plumbed mine using only one 3-way valve. Your way will def work and I personally like not having to deal with moving hoses around.

 

[Clawson]

Is the valves above the outlet on your pump for priming?

 

[Siphon9]

You are correct. I do however use the one on the right of the picture to pump out my wort into the carboy as well.

 

[kickflip_mj]

Hopefully my build can help you.. Crap ton of pages, but i know the layout is in there somewhere.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f253/my-insane-25-gal-100-percent-hard-plumbed-tri-clover-automated-tippy-build-409516/

 

[Clawson]

Thanks kick flip that's a hell of a build. I would love to do a tippy dumpy with hard plumbing, maybe next time and next build. I've learned a lot this first build alone!

 

[kickflip_mj]

Thanks, I thought it woud give you an idea on plumbing. this is the hardest part.