Food safe sealant for leaky boiler

[johnrm]

A new bucket is E15 and lesson learned?

[Ciderhead]

Well I tested it with about 7 or 8 litres of water and it was grand. Tried it again today with 25 litres and there was a slight leak, so I'm assuming the leak was due to the weight of water causing a slight bulge and therefore a leak. The water was cold, so I dunno if hot water involved would make much of a difference (dunno the coefficent of expansion for bucket material and seal material)

It will p.ss out when you are boiling , in fact thats a tip for all, test your hole with boiling water at full pelt before you use your precious wort.

Edit just reading that sentence again and it sounds painful, but you know what i mean.

[delzep]

A new bucket is E15 and lesson learned?

what lesson learned? new bucket plus delivery is about 22 quid

[irish_goat]

I have the same problem with my HBC bought boiler. It occasionally leaks out where the element is installed but usually it only does it at the very end of the boil/during chilling. I think it's more to do with the plastic buckling inwards because of the heat though. Might try that aquarium sealant.

[Metattron]

I had a leak in my HLT keggle at the kettle elements.  Just cut some silicone sheet to make a washer, same as in CHs pics.  No more leaks.

[Shane Phelan]

I have the same problem with my HBC bought boiler. It occasionally leaks out where the element is installed but usually it only does it at the very end of the boil/during chilling. I think it's more to do with the plastic buckling inwards because of the heat though. Might try that aquarium sealant.

I have had the same issue a couple of times with the HBC boiler, I found that I was dropping the wort chiller directly onto one of the elements which dislodged it slightly causing a leak!

[johnrm]

what lesson learned? new bucket plus delivery is about 22 quid

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't you use a stanley knife on a bucket a made an arse of it?

[Ciderhead]

too cruel

[delzep]

what lesson learned? new bucket plus delivery is about 22 quid

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't you use a stanley knife on a bucket a made an arse of it?

what else was I supposed to use?

[johnrm]

You could use a hole saw to size or a disposable Craft knife...
http://www.stanleytools.co.uk/product/147146
They are much easier to use than a regular Stanley.

I don't recall which I used, but I think a holesaw followed by either Stanley or a craft knife.
use a compass before drilling to mark out the final hole, score this with knife.
Keep the hole smaller than necessary, then trial fit, you can always file it out to size.

[DEMPSEY]

You could also have used a pipe and heated it on the cooker until it was red hot and just pushed it through.

[johnrm]

Could've used a soldering iron too.
I reduced the bore of a 2" pvc waste pipe to fit a half inch nipple in the oven.

[Shanna]

Hi Shiny

I bought the following high temp silicon as backup in case my boilers leaked. Don't think I ever used it. Got it from the states via the following crowd (they have everything you would need but they don't export

http://www.mcmaster.com/#7545a471/

If you still have a leak  let me know and I can dig it out for you.

Shanna

I have the same problem with my HBC bought boiler. It occasionally leaks out where the element is installed but usually it only does it at the very end of the boil/during chilling. I think it's more to do with the plastic buckling inwards because of the heat though. Might try that aquarium sealant.

I have had the same issue a couple of times with the HBC boiler, I found that I was dropping the wort chiller directly onto one of the elements which dislodged it slightly causing a leak!

[Ciderhead]

Will has me reading detail these days
"Not for underwater"
Maybe thats the initial application?

[Shane Phelan]

Thanks Shanna, it only leaks if I'm not careful when putting in the wort chiller. I like that I can still take out the elements if I need to, the sealer would make it permanent unfortunately.

Hi Shiny

I bought the following high temp silicon as backup in case my boilers leaked. Don't think I ever used it. Got it from the states via the following crowd (they have everything you would need but they don't export

http://www.mcmaster.com/#7545a471/

If you still have a leak  let me know and I can dig it out for you.

Shanna

I have the same problem with my HBC bought boiler. It occasionally leaks out where the element is installed but usually it only does it at the very end of the boil/during chilling. I think it's more to do with the plastic buckling inwards because of the heat though. Might try that aquarium sealant.

I have had the same issue a couple of times with the HBC boiler, I found that I was dropping the wort chiller directly onto one of the elements which dislodged it slightly causing a leak!