Finally about to start my keg build

[Myles]

Well spotted - missed that one.

[Anavrin]

Just dropped my keg off at a place to get some ferrules welded onto it, 4" ferrule for the opening and a 2" one on the side at the bottom for the element, I will fit a skin fitting for a bottom drain once I get it back, I'll post a few pics too, along with the costings, I'm guessing it'll come in under £150, which is pretty good for a new 50lt boiler with a 3 kW element and tri-clamp fittings.

[Anavrin]

Just had a message from the welding place, be about £30 to fit the 2" ferrule in the side for the element and the 4" ferrule on the top, replacing the keg connector, doesn't seem so bad, so far I've got £105 invested in the keg, £75 for the keg, plus £30 for the mods.

Almost forgot to add the cost of the weld on ferrules from StillDragon, they work out at £14 for both, bringing the boiler build cost to £119 so far, hopefully I'll get it back by the weekend

[Easydrinker]

In the general scheme of things,those costs sound very reasonable to me,for what you end up with.

Robert.

[Icefever]

It's moving along nice now...you'll be like a dog with two doodars this weekend....ohh don't forget the wedding

[Anavrin]

Just got the Keg back from the welder, took longer than I thought but they were busy and so have I over the last couple of weeks, I've had a 4" tri-clamp ferrule on the top for the column connection and a 2" tri-clamp ferrule at the bottom for the heating element, just need to fit a bottom drain and give it all a good clean.

[ant]

Ooooh aaaha. Very nice.

Out of interest. Why do we all seem to settle on the small dia element heads instead of the larger british standard?

[Anavrin]

Hi Ant

It just make it easier to fit the element, StillDragon make an element housing that takes a 1"BSP thread and connects to a 2" tri-clamp, I thought about just cutting a hole for a UK size immersion element but in order to use a Q-Max cutter you need to get the inner part of the cutter inside the keg which won't fit through the standard leg connector, you also need a Essex flange, the cutter and flange will cost you about £60.

My two ferrules cost me about £14 and to get the holes cut and the ferrules welded on it was £25, so I guess it's just econimical, it's also easy to swap out elements of they connect with a tri-clamp ferrule.

The only hard part is sourcing an element with a 1"BSP Thread, which isn't too difficult if you search around a little, I bought mine off Amazon.

[Anavrin]

Finally got around to cleaning it inside and fitting a bottom drain, I'm working away for a few days, so I've filled it with water to test for leaks, then I'll be boiling some vinegar, followed by a boil with some saved heads before pressing it into action proper :-)

[packapoo]

Uh-oooo.
Having another green moment..... >:D

[Easydrinker]

Nice one Anavarin.
Done it again,snuck an extra a into your name.
I am now aware,and will hopefully not do it again.
An early Senior Moment.
Lets face it,a band named Niravana may not have quite the same clout.

Robert.

[Benoit]

Looks great Anavrin, would you mind sharing a bit more around the element & what ferrules you've used? I'm off work next week & going to start the welding on my fusti, what you have there is exactly what I want mine to look like

Benoit