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It appears to be a brew kettle with a water heater element held in via a tri-clover fitting. Am I correct?
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Sorry - yes. 15 gal kettle that Rick welded in a 2" tri-clamp fitting. I had the adaptor plate from Hillbilly already (my failed attempt at a keg boiler) and saw that Rick now had 15 gal kettles. I had him fix the 2" to it. Makes a nice drain & clean out port. I'll be going to HD tomorrow to finalize the electrics. Going to use a SPDT switch to switch between neutral & 120v on 1 leg & then go through my router controller for the temp stability.
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Ahh Ok now I see the element. You are so smart to notice stuff like that. I thought it had to be threaded on the outside. Guess not. What is the wood looking round thing? Is that a Woody? Who invented the new Tri clover fitting terminology? Are we sure that really works? Color some of us'uns skeptical. Thanks. I would not like to have to come up there. Passport is in the shoppe etc.
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That would be my oak table that the kettle is currently sitting on. You toads are sooo dense. Don't need a passport for a South Central Texas ass-whoopin. Just come on down. --- On 2nd thought you are awful close to Oklahoma so maybe you should bring a passport just to prove we should let you stay.  This is not actually my idea. Hillbilly Stills uses this method with their kettles & I had ordered the fittings for a keg. I never could find anyone around here that would admit to welding stainless, so I had Rick mod one of his kettles for me. There is a 2" stainless plate that is properly grooved for the usual gasket & the plate has a properly threaded 1" hole for a wh element. It will dump fast after use too. Since everyone can look at Brewhaus's site I was showing off the craftsmanship.
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Originally Posted by: ratflinger  Makes a nice drain & clean out port. Ratflinger, correct me if I haven't thought this out, but I would hate to take that tri-clover fitting off of that boiler with 10 gallons of even tepid backset to drain it. That stuff is going to spray in a 360 degree circle until you finally get it off. Then you will need to try to catch it in at least 2 five-gallon buckets. Careful, dude! 
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Hey bygolly Ratflinger.......I am from Oklahoma also.....living in Colorado now but originally from beautiful Picher Ok.......not even on the map now....got blew away in mMay of 088 by an F-4 tornado.......
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Hey BW, I don't know about the rest of us on here but I don't appreciate the racial slurs you seem to like making. I happen to know some very nice Native Americans, like my Mother and Father and some other friends.
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I have a big sink it will sit in.
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First post.
Does your internal heater element work well? Time to temp, any residue on the element or burn any residual sugars in the wash? What kind of temperature controller do you use? Sorry for all the questions but, I'm new.
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router speed control makes internal elements great for those of us who prefer them
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"They tell me I was born there, but I really don't remember. On the Cherokee reservation too.
Nice craftsmanship. I take you are going to use 120V for this kettle. How long do you think a 10 gallon wash will take to start the drip?"
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" Originally Posted by: okie They tell me I was born there, but I really don't remember. On the Cherokee reservation too.
Nice craftsmanship. I take you are going to use 120V for this kettle. How long do you think a 10 gallon wash will take to start the drip? s see o-- do hi tsu cherokee."
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