kickrjason
Well-Known Member
Is it possible to build an electric HLT with 110?
So one person says it will take a while to "heat up" and another says it will boil...... Not exactly corroborating opinions.
I built an 8 gal EHLT with one 2000 Watt element. It gets 6 gal up to stikre temp (180-ish for my set up) from cold filtered tap water in about 45 minutes. If I get busy and forget it will get to a boil in an hour. Takes a little longer than a 220V set up obviously but for me it's about the brewing experience not how I can speed things up.
Use two 2000w elements mounted in the keggle. Works fine for HLT or can boil 12-13 gallons no problem.
Another possibility for low wattage HLT's is to put them on an a simple plug in appliance timer to turn on an hour or two before you start brewing, this way plenty of hot water is available cheaply and easily.
Even a puny 1100w bucket heater will heat a lot of water "in time".
True. If he goes 4000W, though, I don't think it's low wattage. I haven't timed my HLT performance lately, but I'm not waiting an hour or two to get strike water to 165 or so.
I'm going to do test to see how long it takes, but my feeling is that I get it started, crush some grain, get a few things ready and it's just about there.
So one person says it will take a while to "heat up" and another says it will boil...... Not exactly corroborating opinions.
I am only looking to get my strike water and sparge water heated in decent time. I have a cooler mlt and a Blichman burner for boiling. I want to stop using my burner and multiple vessels just to move hot water around. If I get a new boil kettle I can use my existing keggle for my HLT.
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