bgrubb7
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I've been searching for hours, but still can't find the answers I'm looking for. Can anyone help me out with Electric water heating for Dummies?
I want to build an electric HLT / Boil Pot. I want to use 240V. I love the All in 1 simplicity and cost of the Ranco controller and the ability to wire directly to the heating element, but as I understand it will only handle a 2000 watt element. That's not going to cut it.
The Love controller that John Beere uses here is better, but I think I'd like to go bigger than 3500 watts.
What controllers can directly handle a 4500 or 5000 watt element? Or will I have to use additional relays, etc. to go this big? I saw during searching that 4500 watts will pull 19 amps, how about a 5000 watt element?
Also what is the difference between High density and low density elements?
I want to build an electric HLT / Boil Pot. I want to use 240V. I love the All in 1 simplicity and cost of the Ranco controller and the ability to wire directly to the heating element, but as I understand it will only handle a 2000 watt element. That's not going to cut it.
The Love controller that John Beere uses here is better, but I think I'd like to go bigger than 3500 watts.
What controllers can directly handle a 4500 or 5000 watt element? Or will I have to use additional relays, etc. to go this big? I saw during searching that 4500 watts will pull 19 amps, how about a 5000 watt element?
Also what is the difference between High density and low density elements?