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BREWING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
We aim for EINBREW EBC to take care of electrical control for you, leaving you to concentrate on
designing and building your brewing system!
Constructing your own Electric Brewery is beyond the scope of these user instructions, and there are
a number of great guides out there that’l
l help you achieve this. There are also a number of
performance and safety issues to consider when specifying and putting together your brewery.
However, for EINBREW EBC to work effectively, there are some areas to consider.
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Your heating element must be
appropriately sized for the amount of wort you’re trying to
heat/produce, whilst meeting the maximum EINBREW EBC power restrictions. If the heating
element is too small, it may take a long time to increase the temperature of the wort as you go
through the brewing process, especially when boiling. In the worst case, you may be unable to
maintain your target temperature at all due to losses. You can also improve system performance
by ensuring that you keep a lid on your vessel when brewing, and insulating the vessel. Elements
that are too large may result in scorched wort, or considerable temperature overshoot and
oscillation during heating.
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EINBREW EBC supports one heating element
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the element can be directly in the vessel, or you
can use an external heating element through which wort is pumped around.
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Your system pump must be sufficiently powerful for the task
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importantly, if using RIMS the
water flow must be able to remove heat from the in-circuit heating element at a sufficient rate,
or you may encounter issues where the water is e.g. boiling at the heater itself and much cooler
elsewhere. The pump must also be rated for use at the operating temperature
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it is worth
noting that many pumps will not operate at 100C (boiling). You ideally want the temperature
throughout the system to be as equal as possible, helping to reduce temperature overshoot and
oscillation. In the worst case, you could encounter equipment damage or scorched wort.
Similarly, the pump must be powerful enough to continuously recirculate the wort through your
mash without sticking, if relevant. The amount of flow required can also vary depending on the
type of grain and crush quality used.
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Ensure that your system interconnector pipes are of sufficient diameter to let through enough
flow, and is rated for use at the operating temperature. Make sure you test the system with the
pumps running and cold water after installation, to ensure there’s no leaks –
these could be
dangerous when working with heated wort!
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Ensure that you have added sufficient filtering to the pump inlet
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otherwise, you may encounter
clogs or flow restrictions after adding grain due to loose debris or grain spills. The same applies if
you intend to e.g. recirculate after hops have been added.
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EINBREW EBC supports one pump, which you manually activate via the Control Panel. Typically
you’d use a pump to recirculate wort from the bottom of the vessel to the top during mashing,
and sometimes also used with an external heating element.
