Electrim boilers

[Aleman]

I would probably replace it with a 1/2" Tank connector . . . and then use either a 1/2" Ball valve (Search PN 8115) or a 15 mm. Ball valve.

 

[andyb13]

Yes, a 1/2 " tank connector would do the trick ( I hadn't thought of that, well the imperial sizes), thanks for the speedy reply, I will post a reply on the success of this. Thanks

 

[andyb13]

Sorry to go on about this (but don't wish to screw up a nice new shiny stainless steel boiler); I was looking at some other threads, and came across this great one

viewtopic.php?p=72265#p72265

about using a qmax.

Is there any reason that I couldn't use a 20mm one of these to expand the current 16 mm hole, and just fit a 15m tank connector ( I already have those). I currently have about 15mm clearance between the current hole and the base of the boiler, so the larger back nut would still fit.

If anything went wrong is it possible to repair stainless steel !!( not expecting anything to go wrong)

 

[Aleman]

If you want a perfectly circular hole with very little in the way of rough edges than QMax is the way to go :thumb: :thumb:

 

[andyb13]

If anybody is interested:-

I Used a 20.4mm Q max cutter on a Buffalo 40L boiler; it's the DB's. Fitted one of these from flea bay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0563071690

with a 20.4 mm hole it does fit nicely no leaks, you can't push the tap in but can use the threads to screw it in and then fix a back on to it.

Thanks for the advice, about q-max cutters. Now on with the brewing in a new shiney :thumb:

 

[Bribie]

Looks like a Pommy cousin of the Crown and Birko 40L boilers here in Australia. I have 2 of those and they do a cracking 23L length of beers using BIAB, can handle 5 - 6% ABV no problems. I don't know how robust the tap is but I'd try it out with the native tap first, I haven't bothered replacing my taps with ball valves and they work fine.

Edit: When I lived in Cardiff I had a 5 gal. Bruheat for several years and it worked reasonably well, but the problem was that you had to stir constantly during mashing due to hot spots, and after sparging into a second couple of smaller vessels then cleaning the bruheat out, pouring the runnings back in and boiling - and as pointed out it was easy to get a boilover - at the end of the day you could only get one four gallon pressure barrel out of it. Far better to get the bigger size of boiler.

 

[SamWise72]

This reminds me that there's a water boiler in my loft, left over from an abortive attempt by my missus to set up a mobile posh tea business a couple of years back. I wonder how big it is etc, and if she'd let me use it? It's made of shiny.......

 

[ibmonkey]

Hi, I noticed people talking about their buffalo boilers and fitting taps etc. Hope you don't mind if I ask a couple of questions. (I'm new to this plumbing lark!)

I'm looking into fitting a false bottom to our 40L buffalo boiler, and have found the following items that should be enough to add a false bottom, new ball tap, and everything to connect the 2.

http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/aca ... Large.html
http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/aca ... p_Kit.html
http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/aca ... _Barb.html
http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/aca ... upler.html
http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/aca ... Meter.html

However it states on the tap page, that the hole needs to be approx 21mm for the tap to fit. I noticed q-max cutters can make the hole bigger for me, with good results.

However I'm wondering if it's possible to achieve what I'm trying without making the hole bigger? (I hear it's approx 15-16mm.)