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Sorry for the daft question. The urn is fitted with a tap with a thread that roughly measures 1/2 inch. It’s double skinned so the silicone washer bridges the gap presumably to stop liquid flowing between the skins. Why if I look at either 1/2 inch taps or thermowells the instructions are to...

Did it work better with the larger holes? Wilko’s had a 28cm (at the rim) stainless mixing bowl. Although I need 29cm and something shallower it was only £3. I assume I can punch holes in it as the stainless seems thin. Whether it works.... I’m thinking a dog bowl might have been better?

Funny I have been looking at Pizza trays, splatter guards, pressure cookers stands, steamer racks. Steamer racks looked ok but not many size matches and the holes aren’t right. google also led me to those trays that are used in restaurants.Whether they can have holes punched out in them who knows.

El cheapo urn arrived. It’s quite small at 20L but looks ok. Looking inside i am hoping the tap unit is attached separately at the bottom from the two sight glass inlets (middle 2). I am also hoping the top screw attaches the exterior plastic cover for the sight glass and reveals how they sight...

Yeah just revisiting my post the C15/C16 looks like the hot condition spec. Though still 10A. I did spot these in Argos of all places.Only IP20 rated. https://www.argos.co.uk/product/3135893 Even this looked interesting but maybe for me a bit overkill. https://www.argos.co.uk/product/4074489

Oops. After investigation it seems typical controllers and the iec spec c13/14 are only rated to 10 amps. I suppose I could always go lower urn output (sub 2000W looking at 1800W) rather than the 2500w variety I ordered with some trade offs. I assumed because kitchen kettles used similar...

Did you had a tap to it ?

Oh I bought an old grain father controller (essentially a stc-200) that has a pump switch and a heater switch and thermostat. Plan was to connect up a pump. I will look at a pump. Struggling to find stainless pipes. Yes I’m on a budget but hacking together a system.

That looks similar to the el cheapo one I went for but yours has a thermostat. I also saw this 18L popup last night for £59(unsure about delivery). Quite low wattage but has some useful extras. Debating buying that aswell! Wife is going to kill me. Oh wait I’m waiting for the divorce...

How thick is the (edit stainless steel) on the burco? I was looking at the bufalo

Ordered this urn. It’s £29.99 20L and probably a pile o carp and won’t be able to do rolling boil without modifications. But I thought hey it’s only £30 delivered. A project for lockdown https://www.robertdyas.co.uk/lloytron-e1920-20l-2500w-stainless-steel-catering-urn-water-boiler-silver

Do you run any pumps? I’m looking at the mp-15RM. However I’m not that sure of the benefits of using a pump.

is the liquid right up to the top?That looks like a skill !

Mine turned up. I will have a look to see what is out of date. I know when I glanced the yeast was. I only really wanted the buckets and the stainless pot!

Interesting. I was going to ask a similar question. I was thinking about the Klarstein Maischfest 25L. Available for £190 delivered but with Black Friday soon. Is this better than having loads of pans and working on a hob?

Yeah it wasn’t an original idea as there is a commercial version here but it is the safety aspect. So probably not worth the risk. https://www.braufaesschen.com/en

I bought one of those easy keg pressure release valves (listed set at 2.5 bar). Chucked in some malt extract to an easy keg with some Nottingham yeast. Put the easy keg in a sealed picnic container. Left it for a couple of days and then decided once I saw bubbles round the side of the bung Seal...

James Morton’s Brew: The Fool proof Guide to Making Your Own Beer at Home is available at the works for £6. Worth a read although I haven’t tried any recipes from it yet.

I might take a look. I did a crude monitor With the salus it500 heating controller. Essentially the device is run with an accessible http address. I just setup a cron job to fire off a script that then scraped the JSON object to get actual temperature and set temperature data and chucked it...

I found IFTTT to be very slow (minutes) but might be ok for brewing I guess.