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Brewed this 3 March 2018. Followed the recipe including water profile, however I did deviate. I used another .5lb wheat because I didn't have flaked barley on hand and used .5lb carahell instead of honey malt/c20. I also used Northern Brewer hops because that's what I had at the time and added 5...

I love electric brewing for most of the reasons everyone mentioned and also for the learning and tinkering aspect. This can get over complicated at times when your trying to build your electric kettle, there’s so many options to choose from. I’m currently In the process of Getting my electric...

Thanks for the heads up @augiedoggy. So basically since I'm currently running a 3500w element I should be fine with the neutrik powercon connector especially since i wont be using the powercon connection during the boil, will only be using the controller at mash temps.. I do need to add an...

So I went ahead and pulled out the C13 input connector, its says 10 amp 250V on it and has a fuse on the inside. I have some neutrik powercon connectors from when I was going to mod my kettles with these for ease of use. My question is, can I swap the current input with the powercon? The...

So a few years back I purchased this plug and play controller from Auberins to control my mash and even do step mashes. Its dual voltage 120-240 with a max current of 15A and maximum load power of 1800W @ 120V/2400W @ 240. This worked great to control the mash with a 3500w element on 220V...

Awesome makes sense! Thanks for all the helpful advice and knowledge guys, hopefully this will help out someone else down the line. Another question, If I wanted to run an extension cord how much would I have to worry about voltage drop? Say If I wanted to move my brew cart outside I would...

Finished up the Spa Panel! Mounted the panel, wired everything up and tested the 50 amp GFCI by pushing the test button and it tripped like its supposed to. I then plugged in a GFCI tester to the 20 amp socket and everything works great! Plugged in my 115v Lincoln MIG to the 20 amp socket and it...

Ah got it, thanks for the clarification! @itsnotrequired sure learning a lot about electricity! Gonna finish the project up today and hopefully test boil some water and my welders

Built the panel today. I mounted the 220v socket and 20 amp gfci sockets to the panel itself. I wired everything up, the only question I had was the yellow tape across the bottom part of the 20 amp GFCI socket. I followed the terminals on top and wired the black hot to the 20 amp breaker, ground...

Your right I should have at least got the non contact voltage tester and I had every intent in doing so, I always gets so dis tracted at HD. I realized that when I got home but felt very confident finding the breaker to the sub panel in my garage and turning off the 30 amp breaker. Everything...

I now have 4 wire! It wasn't as difficult as I expected, being that I had no help I kept going up and down the attic fishing the wire through. They had the wire stapled to the 2x4 going down to the laundry room outlet, I was a little frustrated but popped the staples out by wrapping the end of...

To be honest I think that will be the easiest route, by installing new wire. I’ll figure out how to turn off power to the sub panel tomorrow. I looked at the main breaker panel and didn’t see any large size breaker for the sub panel in my garage. Maybe I’ll just turn them all off to be safe when...

Found the wire bundle for the 30amp breaker! Now the question is do I remove the old wires from the panel and fish/tape a new 10/3 bundle up to that bundle and pull through the wall to the attic, cross the attic down the attic to the opening to the receptacle in my laundry room, then simply...

Awesome thanks for all the info guys. I think this is the route I will take going forward. I see it as the surest safest way, Now it’ll be a matter of wiring the ground through the dry wall and finding the best way down to the receptacle. Do they sell insulated single 10g wiring? I’ll be heading...

I was thinking about the in-line gfci cable and it seemed to be more expensive that route and I’m hoping with the spa panel that I’ll be able to run a few 20 amp circuits as it seems there are 2 empty spots above the 50amp gfci. Builders took the cheap route and wired every outlet in my garage...

I guess my question now is, would I be able to run a 10 gauge Romex ground wire from the grounding bar in my sub panel in my garage 15 ft to the spa panel to make this a 4 wire setup ? I would just run the ground wire up across the ceiling in regular plastic conduit to where I would mount my...

I don’t intend on going with a 50 amp breaker, I just want to feed off of the exsisting 30 amp breaker in my garage panel which is apparently a sub panel since the main breakers are on the outside of the house near my meter. I want to run a 3 prong dryer cord 10 gauge from my dryer outlet to a...

Maybe I’ll just run a ground from the main into the spa panel. That would give me 4 wires, guess I would just run it through conduit.

So my dryer outlet is only 30 amps, I should have said will my welders be ok using the GFCI off the 50 amp breaker. I appreciate the replies!! I think I’ll be good then just need to figure out how I’m going to wire this thing up

So I know I won’t be able to use 50 amp off the 30 amp breaker, guess I should have just said the GFCI off the 50 amp. Is the neutral bar still somehow tied to the ground in the main panel though?