Brewday condensation management

[barneey]

There was two reasons for the angle, firstly due to logistic the boiler vents through an outside wall so needed the angle, secondly it prevents anything after the angle dripping back into the boiler.

"FUBAR" has said he uses an inline fan with his setup and it reduces the amount of water creep in the boiler, I`ve yet to try a fan.

"Deller" also made a cone for his boiler to sit on top.

[FUBAR]

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This version weighs quite abit so need the tabs of the pot to hold the lid on.

We fitted a plastic version to a stock pot last week (FUBAR) so you might want to contact him to see how it worked out

I have tried a 50 min test boil with about 20ltrs of water in the boiler and nothing melted did notice that the tightness of the nut slackened off slightly,so I presume the plastic must of expanded a bit with the heat.I see that as Boingy doesn't seem to have any issues with his plastic tank connector on a steel boiler it will be ok.
The plan is to have a brew day next Saturday with the new shiney brewery ,now that my stainless steel mash paddle has arrived from Hop & Grape.

[barneey]

good to know the plastic version worked, certainly a lot cheaper than buying the stainless fittings. Did the LS stuff stick the seal strip down?

[a-slayer]

I always brew outside, large garden umbrella if rain threatens.

[Rookie]

I brew in the basement (3 gallon batches on an electric stove). I place a fan in the window, facing out, closest to the stove. I also open another window further away. Cheap and easy and it works.

[FUBAR]

good to know the plastic version worked, certainly a lot cheaper than buying the stainless fittings. Did the LS stuff stick the seal strip down?

Seems to have done the trick of sticking the seal down Clive,just have to see if it stays put during a brewday it will be a PITA if it doesn't,in that case think I will have to use your idea of a hatch in the lid to add hops ect so there is no need to disturb the lid once its sealed on at the start.

[minesapint]

I tried a fan in the garage just like jmc , did not have much success though.
Passersby were curious though. With smelly steam coming out of the garage doors.
All of my boiling is now done in a small polythene greenhouse in the back garden
The sort that has a bundle of metal tubes and plastic corner connectors and a large polythene tent.
Not much use to you and your outdoor restrictions but may be of use to other readers.
Cheers.

[Kev888]

I have done something similar to boingy's setup except it comes out the top like barneey's - worked well, though in my case I need to be on my toes to stop the lid causing boil-overs when it first starts to boil and foam up. I could also get boil-overs later too as I was unable to reduce the power to my element at the time, so I now use one of those bigger diameter spring-like ducts that are used in extraction, based on a post by Barnsley Brewer, and the extra ventilation seemed to stop the boil climbing out of the boiler.

The bend is a good idea, because as stuff cools it condenses in the pipe, and I'm happier for such stuff to run away from the boiler rather than back into it - not a problem during the boil and the steam has probably sanitised the pipe anyway, but better safe than sorry, especially if you leave it on post-boil.

EDIT: This was my first lash-up (which I later upgraded the connections on):


and this thread shows BarnsleyBrewer's idea which inspired my more recent one. Seems I've neglected to photograph it but his looks much better in any case:

Cheers
Kev