Grainfather

[Simon_]

As a counterpoint, I've done some 300g hop monsters in it with the included filter and had no bother. Runoff is slow, but it's always slow I find anyway.

Do you use pellet or leaf Molc? I've personally found that the filter copes better with leaf than pellet

Yeah leaf is good for filtering. It's about the only way it's preferable. It's like using rice hulls to prevent a stuck mash. But you can do a little bit of leaf and alot of pellets and it'll filter just fine.
When only using pellets I find if I have to scrape the filter once towards the end of transfer and it'll finish fine.

[molc]

Thought I had responded to this. Pellet only in my case.

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[aaronm13]

Got my Grainfather. It's an impressive piece of kit. Cleaned it out last night and am doing a test boil, or trying to at least. Feckin thing won't go above 98 degrees. Really not happy with this at all. It's bubbling away nicely but confirmed temperatures with my Thermapen. Am I doing something wrong here? I boil outside on my balcony but it isn't even cold today. I brewed last Friday in the snow and my Buffalo boiler got a boil no problem. Hope I don't have to bite the bullet and get in insulation jacket, would this help me reach a boil? Hoping to do a brew next weekend but not confident now at all if I can't reach a boil. If I've to transfer over to my Buffalo it defeats the purpose of an all in one system.

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

Are you on high ground, well above sea level?

The boil temperature can be changed in the app, have a play with the settings.

[aaronm13]

Are you on high ground, well above sea level?

The boil temperature can be changed in the app, have a play with the settings.

In Dublin, around 75 meters above sea level and live in a first floor apartment so nothing major. I lost a good 4 litres while on for around 90 minutes so it seems to be boiling but won't go above the 98 degrees. It's pretty frustrating. If I can find that setting should I drop my boil temperature to 98?

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

Yep

[Boycott]

Temp is  being measured at the bottom. The top section is boiling but if your doing outside any wind will take lots of heat away. Try it inside as an experiment. If you are going to keep it outside you do need that coat

[aaronm13]

Temp is  being measured at the bottom. The top section is boiling but if your doing outside any wind will take lots of heat away. Try it inside as an experiment. If you are going to keep it outside you do need that coat

I brought it inside just to check and it got to 99 degrees and verified with my Thermapen. I have to boil outside so might just have to bite the bullet and get the coat.

[armedcor]

Is it super important that it hits 100? I mean you say its bubbling away and you lost 4 liters in 90 mins. Surely that's all you need.

[aaronm13]

Is it super important that it hits 100? I mean you say its bubbling away and you lost 4 liters in 90 mins. Surely that's all you need.

That's what I'm not sure about, I was always under the impression that 100 degrees was boiling point. It was definitely bubbling away nicely and lost a good few litres of water. Is 98 or 99 degrees an acceptable temperature to hit?

[Simon_]

The cable connector from my element melted into the bottom of the old controller box. I've bought the new controller but I'll need to replace the connector. Does anyone know are these generally available in hardware stores? Grange Electrical, B&Q, Woodies.
Maplins was suggested to me but I'm hoping to pick one up more local (Dublin 5). 
Also is there a name for the part I'm looking for so that someone in Maplin or a hardware would know what I want?

[mick02]

If you've an old PC you could probably use the one out of it?

[Simon_]

If you've an old PC you could probably use the one out of it?

Good idea. Never occurred to me that they were the same type but now that you say it

[dcalnan]

What you want is a c15/c16 iec connector. The problem with old one is that it was probably a c13/c14 connector which isn't rated for heat use. The c15/c16 connectors have a notch on them to differentiate between them.

[Simon_]

Thanks. do all modern kettles come with c15/c16 connectors? Is that the easiest way to get one?