False Bottom order

[pob]

Why didn't you just cut drain holes in tray & sit it on bottom of kettle, then use bottom drain without any pipe/tubeing to allow wort to drain?

[Shanna]

Why didn't you just cut drain holes in tray & sit it on bottom of kettle, then use bottom drain without any pipe/tubeing to allow wort to drain?

The nipple was already fitted so I was retrofitting this.  The bottom of the mash tun is curved so the tray does not sit flat on the bottom but is basically sitting slightly above the bottom. There is approximately 1" of space between the underside of the tray & the bottom of the mash tun. The tray itself would cover the nipple if I did not cut a hole in it. This way I can get the mash tun to empty and get the benefit of the false bottom with little or nothing left behind in the tun. There are basically two right angled ss fittings that turn 180 degrees. The bottom of ss fitting sits a few mils above the curved bottom of the Mashtun. The liquid flows up through the fitting turns 180 degrees through the nipple and out through a copper pipe that has a ball valve at the end.

Shanna