Water Heater Element

What size water heater element should I use for say a 10 gallon brew kettle and 10 gallon hot liquor tank with the idea of making a HRMS system in the future.

Is it a 240V or 120V outlet? What amperage is it wired for? Check your breaker box to see the amperage for the circuit breaker if needed.

I'd go 5500kw if you've got access to 240V, but it also depends on what else you plan on running along side the element. If you've got 120V outlets, all electric won't cut it. You would be able to bring things to strike and sparge temps depending on the vessel (would take something like 90 minutes though), but I don't think you'd be able to biol.

You would need 240V and a 5500W element (not 5500KW like the typo above)

huntb said:

You would need 240V and a 5500W element (not 5500KW like the typo above)

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Yep...haven't even had a beer and can't type

moved my reply to electric brewing...

Check out the Electric Brewing forum. Tons of info there.

Thanks everyone. Will check out the Electric forum now.