Ok gang i am looking for the cheapest sight glass kit i can get including shipping for a 50 litre ss keg boiler.I have tried the two sites below and i can get my ball valve and dial thermometer but not a sausage on a weldless sightglass kit. Any helpful links to the items would be appreciated,Thank You. ;D
http://www.aliexpress.com/
http://www.chicompany.net/
Mybeerandwine have one. I got one a while back. Nice.
Quote from: nigel_c on October 23, 2014, 03:37:26 PM
Mybeerandwine have one. I got one a while back. Nice.
I saw that one but tbh imho its a little pricey for what it is and i need thermometers and ball valves so trying to keep costs down. ;)
Brewhardware in the states do them. I got mine there with a thermometer included
Quote from: fishjam45 on October 23, 2014, 04:54:41 PM
Brewhardware in the states do them. I got mine there with a thermometer included
Will give them a look now thanks.That one in MBW is too small anyway,i need an 18" sight glass. ;D
I had to cut mine down to size it was so long and I've a similar vessel to you.
This guy uses a rad valve and a length of acrylic pipe
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I4n6V-oTi0Y
Link to ebay supplier at the bottom
http://randomthoughts.club/youtube.php?video=I4n6V-oTi0Y
I have 40cm lengths of 15mm Polycarbonate I can sell you: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191379640000 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191379640000). I could pick up a connex elbow and eyebolt for cost too? No decals though...
I bought this one during the week guys as it was the only one i could find long enough for my needs,came to just over 33.00 euro with shipping which is a lot for what it is but i had little choice in the end.If i had been able to source a ready to go sightglass kit here in Ireland i would have gone that route. Unfortunately i had it bought before i saw any of the ebay links provided but thank ye anyway as they may be handy for future. ;D
I appreciate the offers of the components i really do but for this i wanted the whole thing ready to go
from one single source. ;D
http://www.brewbuilder.co.uk/index.php?_a=product&product_id=10
Quote from: TheBigLebowski on October 26, 2014, 07:34:48 PM
I have 40cm lengths of 15mm Polycarbonate I can sell you: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191379640000 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191379640000). I could pick up a connex elbow and eyebolt for cost too? No decals though...
Is it food grade, polycarbonate tends to have nasty plasticisers.
Not from what I have read, it is acrylic which is the misused polymer. Polycarbonate has a much higher heat resistance and the BPA leakage is rated as improbable by the FDA.
I can post the spec sheets if it helps?
Quote from: TheBigLebowski on October 29, 2014, 12:53:38 AM
Not from what I have read, it is acrylic which is the misused polymer. Polycarbonate has a much higher heat resistance and the BPA leakage is rated as improbable by the FDA.
I can post the spec sheets if it helps?
Its 100% guaranteed to migrate; 55 times faster at 100c than 20c. Where people are divided is on whether it has any significance or not.
11mm inner diameter by 40cm = 38ml so probably talking less than 1ng/l in a boil which is completely insignificant - eu estimates plastic kettle at 110ng/l :)
Therefore a litre of tea is 110 Times worse for you than a litre of beer! I like your thinking :D