I am in the planning stages of building a HERMS brew rig using keggles and have pretty much figured out what I am going to do but I am hung up on the heating element. I plan on using propane for the BK but want to heat the HLT with electricity. For simplicity I want to use a 120V element plugged into a temp controller instead of trying to wire a control panel and finding a 220v plug. I was thinking of of using the BK to preheat the water close to my mash temps then using the 120V element to keep it precisely at the temps I need and to raise the temp incremently if needed for stepping/mash out.
For starters is this feasible, or am I completely off base somewhere.
Secondly, can I use a bucket water heater like this that is just plugged directly into a temp controller, or should I attach the element directly inside the keg?
If I do attach an element inside the keg, would someone mind giving me some specifics in terms of what kind of wires I would need to buy/wiring I would need to do to make this happen. I have seen tons of 220V builds but am not really electrically inclined enough to switch everything to 120V and be certain I got it right. Sorry for the probably stupid question and thanks for the help.
Tom
For starters is this feasible, or am I completely off base somewhere.
Secondly, can I use a bucket water heater like this that is just plugged directly into a temp controller, or should I attach the element directly inside the keg?
If I do attach an element inside the keg, would someone mind giving me some specifics in terms of what kind of wires I would need to buy/wiring I would need to do to make this happen. I have seen tons of 220V builds but am not really electrically inclined enough to switch everything to 120V and be certain I got it right. Sorry for the probably stupid question and thanks for the help.
Tom
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