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HLT with stirrer okay with lodo ?
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 1:13 am
by adam
I have a HLT inside a cooler that uses an ice cream stir paddle and motor to stir the water.
Its a slow stir - maybe 60rpm.
Will this enable too much O2 diffusion to be of value for a lodo process ?
Thanks.
Re: HLT with stirrer okay with lodo ?
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 10:09 am
by UnsungSavior16
You should check out . He doesn't have a cap, and his mash tun stirs (agitates) the mash.
Re: HLT with stirrer okay with lodo ?
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 10:19 am
by Techbrau
Can you slow it down even more? 1 rpm is enough. The more of a vortex you get the more oxygen will diffuse in. You don't really want a vortex at all, and you don't want to disturb the liquid surface IMO.
Re: HLT with stirrer okay with lodo ?
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 1:14 pm
by Weizenberg
Re: HLT with stirrer okay with lodo ?
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 9:10 pm
by adam
So I timed the stirrer. Its 40 RPM. I've never seen a vortex from it. I have a lid on it to keep the heat in, but there is a headspace to it of an inch when its full. This is good.
Thanks all.
Re: HLT with stirrer okay with lodo ?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 5:45 am
by Weizenberg
40 RPM should work really well!
Re: HLT with stirrer okay with lodo ?
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:41 am
by Owenbräu