Electronic gas pilot starter thingy

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Permalink Reply by Druid on October 14, 2013 at 7:11am

Google the gas solenoid setup that is used on the Brutus 10 brewing system - some of them use a system that doesn't use a pilot light and instead uses ignition control

There's a good thread on it here. Best comments start 4 or 5 down - http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=&t=29928...

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Permalink Reply by Hamish Jones on October 14, 2013 at 9:08am

its hard to know what to look for when you don't know the name of what you need, I will have a read as it looks like they are discussing what I am after, cheers

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Permalink Reply by Karl Hayes on October 14, 2013 at 9:00am

Hi Hamish.

The piezo electric arc lighters are a bit fiddly. Ideally you'll want something foolproof so you won't want to supervise the mash

I don't know if you're open to alternative suggestions, but I'd recommend looking at:

• Getting an adjustable pilot flame nozzle, or one meant for high pressure, and re-positioning it further away from the pot
• Using alternative methods, HERMS or RIMS to heat your mash - the recirculation benefits are pretty big too.

Cheers.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Smith on October 14, 2013 at 9:09am

I have to replace the honeywell gas valve on my spa heater,  Anything unattended is quite complex having an igniter a heat sensor and enough logic to turn the gas back off if it doesn't ignite.  The one I need is about 350nzd but all it needs is a 50V in to turn on heat,  totally self contained unit,  if after a few ignition attempts it doesn't detect heat it goes into a shutdown sequence.

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Permalink Reply by Hamish Jones on October 14, 2013 at 9:14am

Yeah I suppose an LPG fuelled inferno in the shed would require some explaining if I got it wrong, maybe I play around with my pilot first and see if I can tweak it to run a bit slower

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Permalink Reply by Hamish Jones on October 14, 2013 at 9:12am

Yeah I do like the reliability of the gas pilot but since I changed regs to stop my pot sooting up the pilots gone and got all efficient, maybe I just brew on crappy cold days, I am keen as mustard to go to a 3v herms but I have got to get that past the boss first, definitely open to ideas that's the great thing about brew plant tweaking its an on going evolution

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Permalink Reply by mattd2 on October 14, 2013 at 9:48am

Firstly I don't use LPG so I am not really one to be giving advice, but I have heard of guys in the US using hot surface ignition, basically like a glow plug I guess to get you diesel started.

I can't get on ebay at work but google returned this hit www.ebay.com%2Fbhp%2Fhot-surface-igniter&ei=9QVbUtC0CcvtiAeJkYH...

Again fon't know if you would need additional safety circuits to check that you actually get a flame.

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Permalink Reply by Hamish Jones on October 14, 2013 at 6:29pm

Yeah might revisit my reg, it might be easier than burning down the shed, was cleaning up today after a late brew last night and as the gas got down in the bottle the burner went out as I had turned the pressure down, hmm lpg filled shed isn't good, glad I didn't have a smoke lit

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Permalink Reply by Sam Anderson on October 17, 2013 at 4:42pm

Have you asked the guys at Combustion Control ? (better to visit than phone, they are in Church Street, Onehunga) 

I've bought my dual gas bottle - single burner rig from them and found them to be really useful in terms of help. They have alot of parts there -  and would likely be good to ask.

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