My electrician should be installing my panel/gfci/outlet for my control panel. Until now, it has never been plugged in or turned on.
Some things are obvious, like put water in the bk/hlt so I dont accidentally dry fire the elements.
Any other suggestions? My plan is to leave it closed (though one person suggested having the door open, to see/smell if anything starts burning).
This is what I had in mind:
1) Prep water as mentioned above. (all panel switches off)
2) Disconnect pump, temp, and element cables
3) Connect power cable
4) plug it into the outlet
5) turn the power switch
6) take note of the volt/amp meters
7) plug in the bk cable
8) use a thermometer to see if the element is heating
9) turn element select to bk
10) verify heating with thermometer
11) plug in hlt cord
12) step 8 but for hlt
13) element select switch to hlt
14) step 10 but for hlt
15) plug in thermometer cords
16) check temp readouts on pids
17) connect hose bk output to pump1 input and hose from pump1 output to bk input
18) open valve to prime pump
19) step 17 but with hlt and pump2
20) plug both pumps into control panel
21) turn on pump1 (wort pump) then off
22) turn on pump2 (water pump) then off
23) following kals plans, start setting up PIDs
24) test timer with buzzer
25) test element with target temp (hlt) from pid
26) test alarm with target temps in bk/hlt
27) pump or dump water into mlt and test thermometer
Anything I am forgetting to test before I plan my first e-brew?
Thanks!
Some things are obvious, like put water in the bk/hlt so I dont accidentally dry fire the elements.
Any other suggestions? My plan is to leave it closed (though one person suggested having the door open, to see/smell if anything starts burning).
This is what I had in mind:
1) Prep water as mentioned above. (all panel switches off)
2) Disconnect pump, temp, and element cables
3) Connect power cable
4) plug it into the outlet
5) turn the power switch
6) take note of the volt/amp meters
7) plug in the bk cable
8) use a thermometer to see if the element is heating
9) turn element select to bk
10) verify heating with thermometer
11) plug in hlt cord
12) step 8 but for hlt
13) element select switch to hlt
14) step 10 but for hlt
15) plug in thermometer cords
16) check temp readouts on pids
17) connect hose bk output to pump1 input and hose from pump1 output to bk input
18) open valve to prime pump
19) step 17 but with hlt and pump2
20) plug both pumps into control panel
21) turn on pump1 (wort pump) then off
22) turn on pump2 (water pump) then off
23) following kals plans, start setting up PIDs
24) test timer with buzzer
25) test element with target temp (hlt) from pid
26) test alarm with target temps in bk/hlt
27) pump or dump water into mlt and test thermometer
Anything I am forgetting to test before I plan my first e-brew?
Thanks!