Has anyone used separate 240V and 120V power sources/circuits as inputs to a control panel?
In an effort to make the design for my new E-Herms as complicated as possible, I was thinking about using two separate power sources (separate cicuits) to provide the greatest amount of flexibility. I currently have 30A 240v outlet in my garage, in addition to my 120V (GFCI on both 120 & 240). My current set up is a 240v/4500w keggle with PWM control.
I would like to run a BCS, one pump and one of the 120v/2000w elements off of the dedicated 120 circuit, and use the the 240v side to run one of the 5500w elements and a pump(using one leg of the 240). The BCS would control both sides with everything in one control panel.
HLT : 120v/2000w and 240v/5500w elements
BK1: 240v/5500w element
BK2: 120v/2000w element
Being able to run 5500w and 2000w elements at the same time would allow me to:
Spend a lot of money on a capability I may not use
Heat the HLT quickly with 2 elements at the same time
Boil a 12 gal(240v) & 6 gal (120v)batch at the same time
Boil 12 gal with 240v while maintainig HERMS with 120v
Sous Vide somewhere other than my basement using 120v only
I have looked through a ton of P-J diagrams and havent found anyting similar to what I am considering. Has anyone seen this done anywhere? Is there a good reason I should abandon this plan and just do a standard design?
In an effort to make the design for my new E-Herms as complicated as possible, I was thinking about using two separate power sources (separate cicuits) to provide the greatest amount of flexibility. I currently have 30A 240v outlet in my garage, in addition to my 120V (GFCI on both 120 & 240). My current set up is a 240v/4500w keggle with PWM control.
I would like to run a BCS, one pump and one of the 120v/2000w elements off of the dedicated 120 circuit, and use the the 240v side to run one of the 5500w elements and a pump(using one leg of the 240). The BCS would control both sides with everything in one control panel.
HLT : 120v/2000w and 240v/5500w elements
BK1: 240v/5500w element
BK2: 120v/2000w element
Being able to run 5500w and 2000w elements at the same time would allow me to:
Spend a lot of money on a capability I may not use
Heat the HLT quickly with 2 elements at the same time
Boil a 12 gal(240v) & 6 gal (120v)batch at the same time
Boil 12 gal with 240v while maintainig HERMS with 120v
Sous Vide somewhere other than my basement using 120v only
I have looked through a ton of P-J diagrams and havent found anyting similar to what I am considering. Has anyone seen this done anywhere? Is there a good reason I should abandon this plan and just do a standard design?