Last time I brewed my bazooka screen came off in the kettle and when I was cooling the wort, all the hops got jammed in the outlet and plate chiller.
This time, I planned om putting a jubilee clip on the inside of the kettle to keep the screen in place. Is this a bad idea?
Sounds like a fine plan to me. My bazooka is just clipped on in my kettle, no issues to date.
Cool. Wasn't sure there. Off to woodies so:-)
Quote from: jackflash on January 07, 2015, 12:23:15 PM
Last time I brewed my bazooka screen came off in the kettle and when I was cooling the wort, all the hops got jammed in the outlet and plate chiller.
This time, I planned om putting a jubilee clip on the inside of the kettle to keep the screen in place. Is this a bad idea?
Jubilee clips are probably made of steel covered in galvanize (mainly zinc). I would not use these in the boil kettle because of the acidic nature of the wort.
http://www.galvanizeit.org/knowledgebase/article/is-it-safe-for-food-to-be-in-contact-with-galvanized-steel
Shanna
Thanks Shanna. I've been to Woodies :-[ but, I really don't want to poison anyone so I'll have to figure out another solution! Thanks for the heads-up.
Quote from: jackflash on January 07, 2015, 02:01:57 PM
Thanks Shanna. I've been to Woodies :-[ but, I really don't want to poison anyone so I'll have to figure out another solution! Thanks for the heads-up.
You can get stainless steel ones, cost around €2-50 each.
Could you strip some copper wire and tighten it with that?