Burnt element

[skulltat280]

Hi!
She Who Must Be Obeyed.
It's from the H. Rider Haggard novel She.

 

[Dutto]

I knew there was a reason I switched over to a gas-ring and this Thread has added massively to the reasons!

It takes me about 15 seconds to take the boiler back to "shiny" ...

... not that I bother of course!

 

[skulltat280]

I knew there was a reason I switched over to a gas-ring and this Thread has added massively to the reasons!

It takes me about 15 seconds to take the boiler back to "shiny" ...

... not that I bother of course!

providing i make start making good beer, my spare kettle will be used with gas. i just liked the look of the electric set up but i'll switch to gas in the future

 

[foxbat]

does that help stop build up of crud on the elements?

No, stirring while you're raising the temperature from mash to boil does that.

 

[skulltat280]

The OP was to take the scale off an element; which is normally at the bottom of a Boiler so I don't think you would need 10 litres. However, a bottle of this ...

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/255547279

... and a bottle of this ...

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/254885093

... will give just over a litre of concentrated citric/acetic acid mixture, at a cost of £1.39 from Tesco.

Diluting this on a 1:10 ratio will still give you over 10 litres of product. The pH should be low enough to remove the scale with an overnight soak, but heating up the solution (using the element) will speed up the process.

Enjoy.

Just put my mix of lemon and vinegar in. 10 litres plus the solution just covered the elements. I should again have asked earlier, should it be warm water or does it matter? I used cold

 

[Dutto]

Just put my mix of lemon and vinegar in. 10 litres plus the solution just covered the elements. I should again have asked earlier, should it be warm water or does it matter? I used cold

Think on lad! That thing you have just covered is called a "Heating Element"!

If you stick it on for a few minutes (assuming that it is well covered with the liquid) it will heat up nicely. Then switch it off, pull out the plug and leave it overnight.

 

[AdeDunn]

No, stirring while you're raising the temperature from mash to boil does that.

See that silicone pipe pointing at my element? That there is my stirrer up to about 80 degrees C, then I take over as although my pump can take the heat, I don't want to shorten it's life....

Took that pic the other day after my brew day, had just cleaned my boiler using JUST hot water from the hot tap, as was too tired to clean it properly, but didn't want to put it away dirty.

I got the idea from the Bulldog Master Brewer, which has an anti scorch port.

As to cleaning scorched wort off an element, I tried citric, vinegar etc etc. In the end, I found that 80% lactic acid (undiluted, squirted on with a syringe, wear gloves) fetched the worst scorching imaginable off with ease (before I added my stirry pipe...).