So a little background into my mindset before we get going here......
I started brewing October/ November 2012. I had a Mr Beer kit in my house that I'd never taken the time to look at, so I read the instructions and put that together and started to research more on brewing and found this site......Before the Mr Beer was finished fermenting I had already bought myself some brewing gear on craigslist.....
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f29/been-lurking-bit-368506/
It came with 5 kegs and I was thinking no way will I ever need that many, and thought of selling 2 or 3 of them..... I brewed my first extract batch and enjoyed the process, waited for it to ferment and tasted it and thought I'll never need to go all-grain - this is good enough for me!
Fast forward to March with another 3-4 extract batches under me and I decide I'm going to give all grain a try. I find Biermuncher's Cream of Three Crops recipe and make it, mash temps were all over the place, overshooting, over correcting and generally not having a clue what I am doing! Still I got a great tasting beer from that batch and I was hooked on all grain. I've probably done a dozen or more brews since and have my process down where I get good efficiency and am good with my mash now.
I've acquired more and more kegs, I have about 15 corny's now and I have built my keggle, round cooler mashtun, 2 pumps (soon to be 3), 50ft jamil style immersion chiller and the list goes on and on.
So that brings me to today and my new journey into electric brewing. I've gone through the - I just want to do a rims setup so I can better control the mash, to ooh I love Kal's electric brewery, to where I am at now - BCS462 controlled setup.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f170/show-us-your-panel-374580/index9.html#post5684154
So far I have purchased the ebrewsupply BCS 4 element 2 pump 50amp DIY kit and the BCS462
http://www.ebrewsupply.com/ebrew-kits/bcs-controlled/bcs-4-element-2-pumps-50a-kit.html
http://www.ebrewsupply.com/designs/50a-BCS-4-Electric.pdf
Now I could put it together like in the wiring schematic there, but before I actually start throwing it together I've been over-thinking ( I do this alot!) and I think I want to modify my setup before I build it as I only want to build this panel once, and not rejig it down the road.
So I stumbled upon this build which is probably as close to what I want to achieve as anything.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f170/bcs-4-element-build-coming-online-finally-352310/
I have to have my house upgraded from 100amp to a 200 amp service, so whilst I have the electrician coming out I am going to have 2 50 amp circuits put in near where I want the brewery to be in my garage.
In the meantime I want to come up with a wiring diagram that will take my purchased ebrewsupply kit (with some additional components no doubt!) and adapt it to power the following:
I'm not currently going to be using all 4 elements, but want it there for as close to future proofing as I can get myself. What I envision is I plug in one of the 50amp circuits to the panel and I can power the panel, 2 elements and all 3 pumps from it. Then when I upgrade to bigger kettles in the future ( I know it's happening, no point lying to myself!) I'd just plug in the other 50 amp circuit and provide the power to the other 2 elements.
I'd also like to work out getting the BCS462 powered independently of the panel as I want it to control a freezer in the future, I'm not adverse to moving the BCS outside of the panel, but can't quite get my head around what that would entail yet.
I'm also planning on adding 2-3 of these just because I like the display on the panel
https://www.oscsys.com/store/product/188
based on the information from here:
http://wiki.embeddedcc.com/index.php?title=FAQ#Do_you_offer_a_display.3F
I'm hoping someone can help me work out the initial wiring so I can build my dream panel and document this build along the way!
Cheers
I started brewing October/ November 2012. I had a Mr Beer kit in my house that I'd never taken the time to look at, so I read the instructions and put that together and started to research more on brewing and found this site......Before the Mr Beer was finished fermenting I had already bought myself some brewing gear on craigslist.....
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f29/been-lurking-bit-368506/
It came with 5 kegs and I was thinking no way will I ever need that many, and thought of selling 2 or 3 of them..... I brewed my first extract batch and enjoyed the process, waited for it to ferment and tasted it and thought I'll never need to go all-grain - this is good enough for me!
Fast forward to March with another 3-4 extract batches under me and I decide I'm going to give all grain a try. I find Biermuncher's Cream of Three Crops recipe and make it, mash temps were all over the place, overshooting, over correcting and generally not having a clue what I am doing! Still I got a great tasting beer from that batch and I was hooked on all grain. I've probably done a dozen or more brews since and have my process down where I get good efficiency and am good with my mash now.
I've acquired more and more kegs, I have about 15 corny's now and I have built my keggle, round cooler mashtun, 2 pumps (soon to be 3), 50ft jamil style immersion chiller and the list goes on and on.
So that brings me to today and my new journey into electric brewing. I've gone through the - I just want to do a rims setup so I can better control the mash, to ooh I love Kal's electric brewery, to where I am at now - BCS462 controlled setup.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f170/show-us-your-panel-374580/index9.html#post5684154
So far I have purchased the ebrewsupply BCS 4 element 2 pump 50amp DIY kit and the BCS462
http://www.ebrewsupply.com/ebrew-kits/bcs-controlled/bcs-4-element-2-pumps-50a-kit.html
http://www.ebrewsupply.com/designs/50a-BCS-4-Electric.pdf
Now I could put it together like in the wiring schematic there, but before I actually start throwing it together I've been over-thinking ( I do this alot!) and I think I want to modify my setup before I build it as I only want to build this panel once, and not rejig it down the road.
So I stumbled upon this build which is probably as close to what I want to achieve as anything.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f170/bcs-4-element-build-coming-online-finally-352310/
I have to have my house upgraded from 100amp to a 200 amp service, so whilst I have the electrician coming out I am going to have 2 50 amp circuits put in near where I want the brewery to be in my garage.
In the meantime I want to come up with a wiring diagram that will take my purchased ebrewsupply kit (with some additional components no doubt!) and adapt it to power the following:
- 3 110v pumps
- 4 elements (2 elements on each 50amp service that can be powered independently)
I'm not currently going to be using all 4 elements, but want it there for as close to future proofing as I can get myself. What I envision is I plug in one of the 50amp circuits to the panel and I can power the panel, 2 elements and all 3 pumps from it. Then when I upgrade to bigger kettles in the future ( I know it's happening, no point lying to myself!) I'd just plug in the other 50 amp circuit and provide the power to the other 2 elements.
I'd also like to work out getting the BCS462 powered independently of the panel as I want it to control a freezer in the future, I'm not adverse to moving the BCS outside of the panel, but can't quite get my head around what that would entail yet.
I'm also planning on adding 2-3 of these just because I like the display on the panel
https://www.oscsys.com/store/product/188
based on the information from here:
http://wiki.embeddedcc.com/index.php?title=FAQ#Do_you_offer_a_display.3F
I'm hoping someone can help me work out the initial wiring so I can build my dream panel and document this build along the way!
Cheers