Recent content by ryanvp123

from kal's theelectricbrewery: http://www.theelectricbrewery.com/FAQ#What_are_the_electrical_costs_to_brew_with_electricity_ It costs us about $1.60 in electricity to brew 10 gallons of beer, assuming we brew during peak electrical rates ($0.12/kWh). I couldn't possibly see it being more than...

You can't carbonate in the Mr. Beer keg itself, because it is meant to release CO2 during (primary) fermentation. However, I don't understand what equipment you're missing to do it in glass. If you mean you don't have a bottling bucket, you can still follow the Mr. Beer method of carbonating...

Well, yes, I'm fusing the 120V stuff with a 7amp fuse as well, but what I'm talking about is my 240V line going into the control panel. Since I'm coming from a 50amp Range outlet, and all my equipment & wiring is 30amp/10gauge, I'm planning to put those inline fuses in to basically downgrade...

You guys rock, thanks so much for the help! So what I get from all this is as long as I don't intermingle the ground/neutral myself after the proper wiring in the spa panel, I should be golden as far as that's all concerned, right? With proper grounding to the "created" ground, of course...

Thanks for the input! Good to know that I am at least not dead in the water. Running a separate 120V circuit could be doable, I suppose. I have a GFCI'd 120V plug just next to the stove anyway, it's just another extension cord and adding extra terminal blocks for the 120V circuit, i suppose...

So, I've been doing a lot of research and figuring out what all I need to buy to get started on my Kal/theelectricbrewery.com clone. I am at the point of figuring out how to supply power to the rig. The issue is, my only 240V outlet is an old 3-prong, 50amp Range outlet which is usually...

that's about what i figured, damage is a subjective term though, it may not be a proper tripel, but i am hopeful to still get a tasty albeit very strong beer out of it ;) Thanks for your input! Cheers

Well, I was mashing my Belgian Tripel and during mash I may have had several homebrews, maybe one too many.. I panicked and noticed my gravities of my runnings were lower than expected. I thought my efficiency was just horribly low (just my second all-grain batch) However, I completely forgot...