just got a bunch of stuff to make a nice brew station. including 3 piece ball valve to convert my keg to a stationary boiling pot, march pump and blichmann therminater. but can i plump everything up with pvc and glue it all up. im no budgeted for stainless. allso i i need a stem to go to the bottom of my keg to my new valve which i would like to mount as high up on the bottom of the keg as possible.
You should at least go with Thermoplastic Tubing like this:
Yeah, normal PVC is only rated to 150 degrees, so if boiling hot wort’s going through it, I foresee bad stuff and bad flavors happening. I’ve seen copper tubing used quite often, and that’s probably the direction I’ll go.
copper i guess is an option. but everything ive seen i cant spot any sauter on the connections. i dunno maybe im seeing things. i could def do copper if thats ok for quality.
Copper is good for heat transfer so you need to consider heat loss (or at least adjust for it).
+1
I am planning to use TPT for my brewstand.