Will319
Well-Known Member
Ive been reading threads on electric brewing and am going to take the plunge soon. Ive decided on a flexible design for my system in following Brouwerij Boerderij Kabouter's design of the 2p-twent-e found here:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f170/2p-twent-e-new-brouwerij-boerderij-kabouter-160970/
My question is I want to run a system like this on 110v and be able to get up to 5 gallon batches out of it. I like the RIMS tube and will probably postpone the HERMS coil aspect of the design. I like to move around and usually live in older houses want to have the flexibility to be able to run this on 110v 15 amp outlets because that would be minimum of what I would be supplied.
What I am getting at is I wanted to pick some of your brains on how to wire this up. Im thinking 2 1500 watt heatsticks in the HLT/BK and one in the rims tube. I know this would be only possible with 2 110v circuits coming into the box, and the RIMS would never be running when the HLT/BK would be running.
I was thinking 1 PID that could switch between HLT/BK and RIMS. Each heating element would have a 25 amp SSR.
Could a single PID trigger up to 2 25 amp SSRs to run the kettle?
Could I use a larger element and merge the 2 110v elements to it to save on a second hole in my kettle?
In using 2 power circuits I also didnt want to not be able to brew if I was limited on finding a second circuit.
I know this is a lot to ask, and I have looked through almost every thread to how to do this. I am good at hands on stuff but havent wired up anything before. I will have a buddy who is an electrician look over it when it is done to make sure I didnt mess anything up.
Thanks in advance for your input.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f170/2p-twent-e-new-brouwerij-boerderij-kabouter-160970/
My question is I want to run a system like this on 110v and be able to get up to 5 gallon batches out of it. I like the RIMS tube and will probably postpone the HERMS coil aspect of the design. I like to move around and usually live in older houses want to have the flexibility to be able to run this on 110v 15 amp outlets because that would be minimum of what I would be supplied.
What I am getting at is I wanted to pick some of your brains on how to wire this up. Im thinking 2 1500 watt heatsticks in the HLT/BK and one in the rims tube. I know this would be only possible with 2 110v circuits coming into the box, and the RIMS would never be running when the HLT/BK would be running.
I was thinking 1 PID that could switch between HLT/BK and RIMS. Each heating element would have a 25 amp SSR.
Could a single PID trigger up to 2 25 amp SSRs to run the kettle?
Could I use a larger element and merge the 2 110v elements to it to save on a second hole in my kettle?
In using 2 power circuits I also didnt want to not be able to brew if I was limited on finding a second circuit.
I know this is a lot to ask, and I have looked through almost every thread to how to do this. I am good at hands on stuff but havent wired up anything before. I will have a buddy who is an electrician look over it when it is done to make sure I didnt mess anything up.
Thanks in advance for your input.