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the inside of a water tank is coated with an enamel coating much like enamel coated cookware. The anode is to help with excessive buildup that will possibly degrade that material and the plumbing. I figure that since with a boil kettle it will be open and only in use for couple hours at a time...

What does anybody think about using a water heater tank for a boil kettle or a mlt?

Well I am a big believer of do-it-yourself..well just about anything.. and want to start toasting my own grains to get anything from crystal malts to black malts and brown malts and everything in between. Anybody do this on a regular basis at home in their oven with any success, and how do you...

most water heaters are lines with a ceramic coating to prevent rusting... apparently it is less expensive than stainless steel.

it is indeed... about an hour out... between sacramento and tahoe.

they wont allow passage of enough electricity really to work past a certain point in my experience wont allow it to fully heat... though i am not 100 percent sure on the specfics of how this works... only a jack of all trades... but master of none.

like i was saying just maintaining the temperature an not for heating. otherwise i think they might melt. But i closely monitor it myself and only turn it on when the temp begins to drops because i have not built any kind of thermostat for it yet.

The dimmer switch that is used for lighting in residential applications basically cuts voltage to the lights by rapidly shutting the voltage on and off and off at whatever speed you choose... i use these for the mashing tun to keep a relatively constant temperature.. though these dimmer switches...

should say mashing tun with the controls not boil kettle... indulging in a bit of homebrew.

well... i use a much cheaper... say ghetto way to do this... i use two heating elements for my boil kettle (240 volts) with a dimmer switch for lights on each leg of 120. works ok for temp control for mashing. Though I just use straight connections for my boil kettle due to the fact that these...

well that looks like a lot of fun.. and quite expensive.... i wish i could put that into my home brewery though i think the wife would kill me.

I have been doing multiple five gallon batches with much success with all grain batches but am looking to increase the size of my batches significantly. I am on a minimal budget and have come up with an idea to use water heater tanks for a boil kettle and mashing tun. I am a handyman and often...

I am currently a new member here and am now an avid homebrewer. Love beer and loving brewing it almost as much!