So after a bunch of reading I am finally starting to assemble the control panel my electric brewery. The design is strongly influenced by Kal's panel except I am planning on running three elements HLT, MLT, and BK.
I guess I miscalculated when ordering parts and only ordered three contactors and three SSR's, which leaves me one short on contactors when you factor in that one contactor will be used to supply power to the panel.
I plan on using a 3 way switch to control the HLT and BK elements so that only one of the elements can run at a time. Is it possible to wire up both of those elements on the same dpdt contactor and have it work as it should? I just can't seem to wrap my head around how this might work. Both elements will still have dedicated SSR's. I can order another contactor but I'm running out of space in the enclosure pretty quickly!
Any help would be appreciated. I'll make sure and get a build thread going as I get a little farther along!
I guess I miscalculated when ordering parts and only ordered three contactors and three SSR's, which leaves me one short on contactors when you factor in that one contactor will be used to supply power to the panel.
I plan on using a 3 way switch to control the HLT and BK elements so that only one of the elements can run at a time. Is it possible to wire up both of those elements on the same dpdt contactor and have it work as it should? I just can't seem to wrap my head around how this might work. Both elements will still have dedicated SSR's. I can order another contactor but I'm running out of space in the enclosure pretty quickly!
Any help would be appreciated. I'll make sure and get a build thread going as I get a little farther along!