Using Plastic Mash Tun & HLT on levl sculpture

[grundlebrau]

I'm building a single-level sculpture with a single burner under the kettle and 2 pumps below the kettle & MT & HLT. It is all framed up with 1 7/8" Super Strut. I have a 15 Gal. stainless kettle on one end, a 10 Gal. Igloo Mash Tun with false bottom in the middle, and a 10 Gal Igloo HLT on the far end. I'm mounting a single turkey fryer burner under the kettle, but am worried that the frame will get too hot to rest the Igloos on. A couple of suggestions are to mount a wood shelf between the frame and coolers (which may flame up), to put a stainless deflector shield beneath the brner, and even to watercool the frame. I'm wondering if anyone has built a single level, multi-material sculpture with igloos and could offer some photos/advice. Also, any sample shots of a control panel would be a great help. Thanks.

[ziggy]

You could put some metal on the outside of the plastic to reflect the heat away or put some of that spray in insulation between the metal and the plastic.

[Quin]

Heres some pictures of homebrewers systems. You probably run across what you are looking for here.

http://www.brewzilla.nl/?brewhalla

[Sam Scott]

I put a piece of 1/4" cement board (hardiebacker) under mine and it's worked great. Cement board is the stuff you can get at HD or Lowes that goes under tile. Pretty cheap.

[grundlebrau]

Hey thanks guys. I fired it up this weekend and think I have it sorted. The pics helped.

[Smiley Dan]

I also want to build a level sculpture with a plastic mash tune and hlt. But I was wondering if the grain bed would be compacted if you use a pump to pump the wort from the mash tun to the boil kettle? Is that a problem? Or do you just have to be very careful? I use gravity now.