Wolstan Haven Brewery

[brenmurph]

hi dempsey.... I see u went for it after our chat on saturday... great...

is that brown pump a solar panel pump or specially for food grade pumping? its like one I bought.. Is it effective enough to circulate the wort via the mash?

[DEMPSEY]

Yeah they are the solar pumps I am using except for the Totton pump which I got from norm in the UK.

[Garry]

Looks good! But can this not be done a bit simpler? It sticks out a lot for something that is there to avoid creating turbulence in the whirlpool.

not really,I have a 1/2" barrel nipple welded in and now only need 10m pipe to pass through it so what your looking at is a 1/2" nipple with a 10mm reducer fitted to allow the 10mm stainless pipe pass through it,then a 10mm elbow to get a bend.

Could you put a 1/2" FxM elbow onto the nipple, then put your 10mm reducer onto to M side of the elbow? It might get you a bit closer to the wall of the keg?

[DEMPSEY]

Looks good! But can this not be done a bit simpler? It sticks out a lot for something that is there to avoid creating turbulence in the whirlpool.

not really,I have a 1/2" barrel nipple welded in and now only need 10m pipe to pass through it so what your looking at is a 1/2" nipple with a 10mm reducer fitted to allow the 10mm stainless pipe pass through it,then a 10mm elbow to get a bend.

Could you put a 1/2" FxM elbow onto the nipple, then put your 10mm reducer onto to M side of the elbow? It might get you a bit closer to the wall of the keg?

No because if I did that then the wort would be pooling in the 1/2" nipple before it then travels on to the FV. The 10mm pipe passes through the 1/2" nipple and into the the 10mm elbow. If I were planning something like this again and decided to drain my kettle with 10mm instead of 1/2" pipe then I would not have fitted the nipple.

[DEMPSEY]

1/2" pipe fitted to drain the Kettle is fine but if the wort is going to pass through 10mm pipe in the counterflow then there is no point in having 1/2" pipe fitted. . Forward planning and all that. : Now if I was starting again

[Garry]

Hindsight is 20/20   

[DEMPSEY]

My new dip tube design which draws from the side leaves 2.1 Litres in the Kettle. I have being told that the weight of the spent hops will push the wort out to the sides thus allowing me to draw it off. What does anybody else think.

[brenmurph]

does that brewery do tours Dempsey?   ust drop up there to have a look....Ill only stay an hour cos rumour has it the chief brewer will burn the ears off ya with techy stuff an all that..
wudnt mind havin a look so I can rob some of their secrets

[DEMPSEY]

Your more than welcome,always looking to have someone throw an eye over things and maybe have a few upgrade suggestions.

[DEMPSEY]

The wiring of the Brewhouse is complete
32 amp fuse in the fuse board and 6 square  cable run to the Brewhouse to allow my Electric brewery rock. Roll on the ESB bills

[Stitch]

No RCBO??? Water and electricity? Is the MCB sufficient?
Would have expected to see interlock relay between shower and brewery also?
Sorry for being picky or maybe I have missed something that may not be in the picture.

Any chance of photo of inside the control panel?

[DEMPSEY]

Dont worry about being picky,picky I like,I will have a friend of mine throw an eye over it all. He is an electrical contractor .

[Stitch]

Also that looks like 2.5sq cable. I would suggest maybe upgrading to 6sq at least but by right should be 10sq. Have you measured/calculated the full load?
Dont forget the mcb is only there to protect the cable.

[DEMPSEY]

I used 6 sq allright and the linear length 12 metres from board to shed. Was told that my requirement was only 4 sq.   

[Stitch]

No RCBO??? Water and electricity? Is the MCB sufficient?
Would have expected to see interlock relay between shower and brewery also?
Sorry for being picky or maybe I have missed something that may not be in the picture.

Any chance of photo of inside the control panel?

All good points. A couple of questions tho, for you Rob as it sounds like you know what you're talking about!

Main house RCD, is that not sufficient? Does the shed really need one?

Is the interlock relay not just nice to have? i.e. as long as Brian doesn't shower while doing a boil he'll be fine!

Yeah interlock is nice. As you said Tube just need to make sure that the shower is not used at the same time. The best thing really would be a sub board in the shed.
If you came out of the back of the RCBO might be OK but looks like supply to the shed is its own feed.

Brian depending on load 4sq could do it. Dont forget the MCB does not just trip on current. It will also go on temperature. That is a B type breaker so it would be from 3 times to 5 times current before it will trip (depends on manufacturer)

If it were me I would place a board in the shed (maybe 20Amp) with RCBO just because you have an electric element in water.
I would be curiou to know the calculated or measured load?