That should mean that the minimum wire gauge should be 14 (14-3 wire).
#Anvil foundry max grain bill manual#
My Anvil 10.5 manual 's 240 volt wiring guide specifies a minimum 15 amp 240 volt grounded plug. My judge is my wife and thats all that matters lol. Last comment: even when not hitting my numbers, the beers Ive brewed on this system have still been good->great. That brew, my mash efficiency was 58% lol. So Im pretty sure I had a "stuck mash" but the wort could still flow between the malt-pipe and bag where there was no grains ie. The reason why I state this is because on my second brew (Ive now done 12 on this system), I crushed at 0.036" but recirculated a little fast and didn't stir the grain enough and instead of getting wort flowing out the top of the malt-pipe, because I used a bag, Im 99.9% sure the wort flowed between the malt pipe and bag where there is no grain. I haven't had a stuck mash yet at this mill gap setting, but I use a wilser bag. I do 90 minute mashes although most of the conversion occurs before the 40minute mark based on my refractometer readings. While I haven't measured the flow I use, I know its pretty dang slow but recirculating definitely helps with temp stratification in this system IMO.
I don't start the recirc pump until about 20-25minutes after mashing in and when I start it, it really is a slow pace. Im crushing at 0.030" and not conditioning. I have not done this but have considered it. Not ideal setup but its been working for me and still tweaking but I am consistently getting ~76% mash/lauter efficiency this way. But Im still figuring out what my grain absorption rate should be in beer smith so that I don't have to "squeeze every last drop" out of the bag manually in order to hit my pre-boil volume. All of this process has taken me about 30 minutes total. I don't push too hard because the support ring can become a little unsteady AND I don't want to damage the bottom of the malt-pipe due to overpressure. I do this 2-3 times and lastly I gently push down on the bag to "squeeze" the last bit of wort out. Then I take off the malt-pipe handle in order to lift the bag a couple of inches off the bottom of the malt-pipe and hold for a few seconds to let wort go to the bottom of the bag and then place it back down and again, can hear the wort leaving malt-pipe. I then take out the recirc disc and "knife" the grain bed with my mash paddle which releases a good bit of wort. I wait until most wort has drained and then pour over the sparge water over the recirc disc. Since Ive settled on a finer crush and using a wilser bag, this is how Ive been sparging: I mash out to 168 and then raise the malt-pipe and rest on the support ring. I think sparging is the most difficult part of this system in my humble opinion. My mash/lauter efficiency on this brew was 74.8% which I was pumped to get since I knew I was pushing the limits of the foundry's capacity. It was a tight fit and very thick, but didn't get a stuck recirculation at all. My last brew yesterday, I loaded the foundry with 17.5lbs of grain + 0.75lb of rice hulls (18.25lbs all together) and had a 1.75quart/lb water to grist ratio. I haven't gotten a stuck sparge with this grain mill setting yet and get good mash efficiency with grain bills that are very sticky (20-30% oats/wheat/etc.
I stir the entire grain bed once every 20 minutes afterwards as well. It doesn't take much to maintain temps in the foundry. After the first 20minutes of mashing and after I give the whole mash a good stir, I start recirculating but at a slow speed.
I do use a wilser bag inside the malt pipe so very little flour gets outside of the bag - if you don't have a bag, Im not sure. 037-.040, the last 4-5 beers Ive been milling at. While I have gotten 76% efficiency with larger crushes at. But I think Ive settle in at 76% as my most consistent mash efficiency. I had one dud at 58% mash/lauter efficiency and have as high as 79% mash/lauter efficiency.
#Anvil foundry max grain bill full#
I have sparged with all my brews so I can't speak to full volume no sparge efficiencies. I think over 70% is definitely achievable and expected. Im also a brand new brewer so those 12 batches are my first 12 batches ever lol. I have the 10.5g foundry and have now brewed 12 batches total.
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