Group Head Heating Jacket
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:59 pm
I have an idea.
The Scace has once again reminded me of one of the things that bugs me the most about the S1; the cold nose and required warmup flushes.
I also do some astronomy and one of the nifty inventions used by many astronomers is a "dewbuster". It's basically a vecro band that surrounds the telescope with a heating element inside that runs off a 12V battery.
http://www.dewbuster.com/heaters/heaters.html
I'm wondering if anyone has considered tapping into the S1 electricals and running a similar style heating jacket (embedded resistor or nichrome wire) around the S1 grouphead to bring it closer to the brew boiler temperature and therefore reduce warming flush volumes? Would this work or am I just in for a world of "zap!".
The Scace has once again reminded me of one of the things that bugs me the most about the S1; the cold nose and required warmup flushes.
I also do some astronomy and one of the nifty inventions used by many astronomers is a "dewbuster". It's basically a vecro band that surrounds the telescope with a heating element inside that runs off a 12V battery.
http://www.dewbuster.com/heaters/heaters.html
I'm wondering if anyone has considered tapping into the S1 electricals and running a similar style heating jacket (embedded resistor or nichrome wire) around the S1 grouphead to bring it closer to the brew boiler temperature and therefore reduce warming flush volumes? Would this work or am I just in for a world of "zap!".