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Philosophy

I tried to lay this out the way that made the most sense to me.  The order I built everything was first the controller, then the stand, then lastly the controller stand and the electrical stuff that goes between the stand and the controller.

On this site, I have laid it out in this order:


1. Stand
  • Welded stand
  • Burner grills
  • Windscreens/burner mounts
2. Gas system
  • Plumbing and valves
  • Pilot Assemblies
3. Stand electric
4. Controller
  • Part 1 Enclosure
  • Part 2 Wiring
5. Controller Mounting
6. Harnesses
7. Testing
8. Mounting Equipment on Stand

I have completely omitted pots, hoses, and all the actual brewing items from here.  I may add it later if there is interest, but with the plethora of pots, keggles, hoses, HERMS/RIMS, sparge arms, etc, out there, most people will need to create their own above the stand set up.  I will say that my system utilizes a HERMS coil, and does not direct fire the mash tun.  I have been advised against this by a few folks.  Yes, I am certain that people do it with much success, I chose not to do it.  If you are going to do a direct fire mash tun, you will just need to add a third burner, gas valve, pilot assembly, etc, etc, etc.  You can adapt this all into your controller (though you will need a different type of disconnect at the stand for the gas valves as mine can only do 2 valves).

Hopefully this makes sense and you can follow it.  If not let me know!  If I get enough feedback I will change it around.

Onward!