affordable & dependable electric ss boiler?

[gurtpint]

Buffalo Boilers have let me down repeatedly and I'm starting to get the message. Want to get a proper stainless boiler and came across these:

http://www.thehomebrewcompany.co.uk/ind ... cts_id=306
http://www.goodlifehomebrew.com/stainle ... ic-3kw.php

Anyone here with any experience with those? Worth the money and to be trusted?

 

[snail59]

£200 and you have to wire it up yourself

No thanks think I will stick to my nice new, non shiny, blue plastic, made it myself for £25 boiler .

 

[adomant]

I got the 110 litre version, it works fine for me, the tap is a bit **** but I can live with it.

I was going to buy a ss pot, drill the holes and fit the elements myself, but the tool you really need to punch out the holes is £80, the 3k elements are 28 each and I am not much good at engineering.

I found plastic ok until you get to large sizes

 

[Darcey]

....I was going to buy a ss pot, drill the holes and fit the elements myself, but the tool you really need to punch out the holes is £80,

The Q-Max cutters are no way near £80! Besides ask around on the forum I'm sure someone will be willing to ether sell you one or let you borrow one for P+P charges? *coughs*... I have 40mm and the 20mm ones.

 

[PhatFil]

the malt miller will sell you the pots and drill the holes for you (at a price..)

 

[adomant]

The holes needed for the 3k elements are 2 1/4'' or 64 mm and the 1/2 tap 13mm, I judged by the ebay prices that day.

I am happy to be wrong as I will need more boiler equipment in the near future and I would like to have a go

 

[Mark1964]

Your better off buying from Nordic and doing the conversion yourself its a lot cheaper that way

 

[Darcey]

The holes needed for the 3k elements are 2 1/4'' or 64 mm and the 1/2 tap 13mm, I judged by the ebay prices that day.

I am happy to be wrong as I will need more boiler equipment in the near future and I would like to have a go

Sorry I used this http://www.heatingelementcompany.co.uk/default.asp?Product=287
And a 1/2" ball valve which randomly requires a 20mm hole punch.

I would recomend building one yourself. Its not that hard, considerably cheaper and if something does break then you have all the parts to take off and make another one for what ever the cost of the broken component is?

 

[46.philh]

Buffalo Boilers have let me down repeatedly and I'm starting to get the message. Want to get a proper stainless boiler and came across these:

http://www.thehomebrewcompany.co.uk/ind ... cts_id=306
http://www.goodlifehomebrew.com/stainle ... ic-3kw.php

Anyone here with any experience with those? Worth the money and to be trusted?

Customer to fit wiring. :rofl:

Shame there appears to be no specs on the page or any warnings either.

 

[gurtpint]

Ta everyone for your input. I wonder if I could really concentrate on making beer instead of salvaging it if I was to take a deep breath and have a go at building a boiler... Maybe ordering a pot from a place that can drill the holes needed (for a price obviously) so I couldn't blow that. I'd probably have to modify my immersion chiller as well, since with Buffalo I've been able to rest it on the tap connector - wouldn't want to push my luck by resting all that weight on exposed heating elements...

Can one socket deal with two 2.6/3.0kW elements?

 

[Shrek]

No!!! :nono: it will melt it and possibly cause a fire! Try to use a different circuit in your house and an extension lead ( make sure it is fully unwound). Good luck with the boiler build :thumb:

 

[gurtpint]

^Cheers for the warning Shrek. It just dawned on me that if I'm really going to start building a boiler, why not use the the frigging Buffalo as a base? The stainless part of that has stood its ground while the electrics just keep giving me grief. All I'd would be ordering the elements and some wire, get the holes drilled, install said elements and it might actually be ok. A good idea?