I'm just curious what people's experiences and opinions are on this. I started by make heat sticks. They worked great, but then I had the one with the j bend fail on me due to the pour in method and possibly over thinning the jb weld.
After that, I started mounting in the keggle. I'm almost done and for the beginner this does take a different skill set, but to me it seems like a cleaner, more reliable, possibly safer install.
Your thoughts? Here's my new brew kettle. I installed one 2000w element. I will also be using one heat stick to supplement it. I don't have 220 as I didn't have room in my electrical panel to install the gfci breaker for one, whereas I could add two slim line 20 amp circuits no problem. I may just forgo the second heat stick and just mount another 2000 watt element, but at this point it seems like a waste of time.
Heat stick pros: No drilling the keggle (pretty easy once you have the right tools and know how to go about it), portable.
Mounting in keggle: No JB Weld near beer. Seems safer to me. About half the price of building a heat stick.
After that, I started mounting in the keggle. I'm almost done and for the beginner this does take a different skill set, but to me it seems like a cleaner, more reliable, possibly safer install.
Your thoughts? Here's my new brew kettle. I installed one 2000w element. I will also be using one heat stick to supplement it. I don't have 220 as I didn't have room in my electrical panel to install the gfci breaker for one, whereas I could add two slim line 20 amp circuits no problem. I may just forgo the second heat stick and just mount another 2000 watt element, but at this point it seems like a waste of time.
Heat stick pros: No drilling the keggle (pretty easy once you have the right tools and know how to go about it), portable.
Mounting in keggle: No JB Weld near beer. Seems safer to me. About half the price of building a heat stick.