Cover For Element In Peco Bucket Boiler.

[Greg2013]

I recently acquired the contraption below and i would like to use it to mash in as well as boil,to that end i will be getting a Pid setup,however i need to cover the exposed element with something so the hop strainer does not get crushed and the grain bag does not touch the element during mashing. I can't find a SS collander locally so just wondering if anyone knows of something handy online i could get ?

https://www.thehomebrewcompany.ie/peco-beermakers-professional-boiler-32lt-includes-hop-strainer-p-2211.html

[danger_zone]

I didn't like the hop strainer for my peco so I recently got this false bottom from geterbrewed and its the bees knees

http://www.geterbrewed.ie/stainless-steel-false-bottom-for-peco-boiler/

it fits perfectly in mine and sits above the element and the grain bag rests nicely on it

[Greg2013]

I didn't like the hop strainer for my peco so I recently got this false bottom from geterbrewed and its the bees knees

http://www.geterbrewed.ie/stainless-steel-false-bottom-for-peco-boiler/

it fits perfectly in mine and sits above the element and the grain bag rests nicely on it

Just it just stick in there or is there legs under it holding it in place ?

[Drum]

From the picture it looks like theres a support in the centre of the filter. Is that right danger zone?

Also, how fine is the mesh? Will it filter loose hop pellets?

Sorry for all the questions DZ, just I haven't spotted that false bottom before and it could be just what i need to reduce loss of wort to hop debris

[iBrau]

I use a cheap grill tray, just €3 from Dunnes. I just bent it in to a wide U shape that sits over the elements. It's not doing any filtering but it keeps my brew bag safe from melting.

[danger_zone]

There's a little handle in the middle to make it easier to get it out. The mesh is very fine, the hop pellets just sit on top. I get very little hop debris from using it

[pob]

If there is a handle, it looks remarkably like the €3.50 (also stainless)
http://m.ikea.com/ie/en/catalog/products/art/10112530/

I've used it as a hop screen on the kettle, it prefers leaf to pellet. The pellets tend to clog it with US Ale quantities.

[danger_zone]

If there is a handle, it looks remarkably like the €3.50 (also stainless)
http://m.ikea.com/ie/en/catalog/products/art/10112530/

I've used it as a hop screen on the kettle, it prefers leaf to pellet. The pellets tend to clog it with US Ale quantities.

Thats exactly what it looks like....and 9 euro cheaper too. Bargain

[Greg2013]

If there is a handle, it looks remarkably like the €3.50 (also stainless)
http://m.ikea.com/ie/en/catalog/products/art/10112530/

I've used it as a hop screen on the kettle, it prefers leaf to pellet. The pellets tend to clog it with US Ale quantities.

Nice find there,unfortunately living down south not an option,awful pity Ikea don't do online sales.

However that other one from GEB looks like what i need.

[Garry]

Nice find there,unfortunately living down south not an option,awful pity Ikea don't do online sales.

http://www.adverts.ie/transport-removal/man-with-a-van-waterford/7482336

[Greg2013]

Nice find there,unfortunately living down south not an option,awful pity Ikea don't do online sales.

http://www.adverts.ie/transport-removal/man-with-a-van-waterford/7482336

leave it to the Corkman 

[Archsnapper]

Funnily enough, I was out shopping for the same kind of item today ( i.e. false bottom for Peco boiler ). I felt sure my local Tesco would have a colander, but no. However, they did have 33cm pizza non-stick metal plates with holes!  Not being sure about the diameter of my Peco, I didn't buy, but, lo and behold, that is the exact diameter of the base. Which means that the the pizza thingummy should be neatly upheld by the element fitting and the tap fitting ( I think ). So I'm off back to Tesco tomorrow.

[Greg2013]

Funnily enough, I was out shopping for the same kind of item today ( i.e. false bottom for Peco boiler ). I felt sure my local Tesco would have a colander, but no. However, they did have 33cm pizza non-stick metal plates with holes!  Not being sure about the diameter of my Peco, I didn't buy, but, lo and behold, that is the exact diameter of the base. Which means that the the pizza thingummy should be neatly upheld by the element fitting and the tap fitting ( I think ). So I'm off back to Tesco tomorrow.

The only thing there that would concern me is that if you are using the element fitting and tap fitting to rest that plate on then the weight of the grain bag on top of that will pull down on those fittings possibly causing leaks ?

[Will_D]

Be careful with those pizza separators. They are often aluminium and Al. is not recommended fo0r a boiler

[armedcor]

I thought the whole stainless vs aluminium thing had been done to death. Loads of people use aluminum boilers?