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Anyone know if it is ok if a SS 90, being used as a dip tube, can touch the boil coil element?
If the heating element is immersed in the wort, the element is being cooled and the outside of the element should not become so hot as to harm any components. If, on the other hand, there is no wort to cool the element, the element will approach 800-1000F or more. Now you have problems. It would be better to avoid touching the two, but if it does, I doubt it will hurt anything.Anyone know if it is ok if a SS 90, being used as a dip tube, can touch the boil coil element?
There is no issue from an electrical standpoint as long as everything is grounded properly. If fit's not grounded properly, your least worry is if it's touching your dip tube. The outside of the heating element is electrically isolated from the voltage/current input, if the element fails and the AC voltage comes in contact with the outside of the element, the ground connection protects the user from electrical shock. Should the element fail like this, it's not uncommon to see a hole in the element. These types of failures aren't very common, but I have seen them. If everything is in working order, your fine.it was more from an electrical standpoint
Now that's funny LOL!!!Go for it!
I wouldn’t.
No. That’s completely fine. The outside of the element is isolated from the input.