I’m building out a manifold for my BIAB system, in the hopes of never having to change a hot hose while brewing, and there’s a 3/4” gap between a linear flow valve and my plate chiller.
Any thoughts on how to raise the height of the plate chiller by 3/4” while retaining the ability to mount it to the perforated shelf?
I see three options…
There might be other options besides the elbow and T. You might be able to remove the elbow and just slap on the T and see where the fittings line up. Or, you can rearrange the elbow and T in different locations to see if you can line it up with the heat exchanger.
The option I would use is to hook it up with a silicone hose. That would allow you to be more flexible with your heat exchanger placement and you could swap them out if you wanted to. I like seeing things with my own eyes, and being able to actually see the flow would be helpful for me.
You could swap out that specific valve with the NPT version and buy a threaded tri clamp which would likely bridge the gap. But you might not want that if you’re going for ultra sanitary fittings.
…and in a brilliant, “Why the &$^% didn’t I think of it before?!” facepalm moment, I suspect your “rearrange the elbow” suggestion might be the one. If I rotate it backwards slightly, it should effectively reduce the gap.
Thank you! I’m going to go hide under a rock for not thinking that one through in a public forum. Cool. 
hah! I’m glad you were brave enough to ask the question!
Yup. That did it. It was that simple. This after I debated having a friend 3-D print a custom spacer.
“Why go simple and effective when you can complicate the hell out of it?” is a lifelong M.O., so thanks for the nudge.
Are you by chance an engineer or military officer (or worst case, both)?
HA! Neither. Just someone who gets tunnel vision on certain ways of doing things until someone else points out it might be simpler to do it differently.
You probably have done this but if not try rotating the TC joints until the gap is gone and see where that puts the mounting holes.
Yeah. See above for my public shame. 
can you share a photo of the completed assembly?
