I think I'm going to try making an all copper and therefore "waterproof" heatstick. I had the traditional JB weld version with a J bend. I thinned the JB Weld and poured it in to pot the electrical connections. I was heating my sparge water with two heat sticks when one of my GFCI outlets popped. I'm not sure why as I haven't been able to open the heat stick.
I have four 20 amp, switched GFCI outlets in my brewing area and I tried it in each of them. It popped them all. Luckily, I had a third heat stick to finish the brewing with. Nice to know the GFCI was working properly. But it gave me some pause to consider that my keggle is not grounded
I was thinking about putting a ground wire in the skirt of the keggle and then wiring it to my RIMS TUBE grounding connection, but I need to lift and dump the keggle and don't want a wire attached.
How else do people ground the keggle when using heat sticks? Do you just use a spade and unscrew it to move the keggle around for cleaning, etc.? Or is grounding the keggle unnecessary in this case, since the heat stick itself is grounded? I would think it should be grounded, no?
Thanks for the advice.
I have four 20 amp, switched GFCI outlets in my brewing area and I tried it in each of them. It popped them all. Luckily, I had a third heat stick to finish the brewing with. Nice to know the GFCI was working properly. But it gave me some pause to consider that my keggle is not grounded
I was thinking about putting a ground wire in the skirt of the keggle and then wiring it to my RIMS TUBE grounding connection, but I need to lift and dump the keggle and don't want a wire attached.
How else do people ground the keggle when using heat sticks? Do you just use a spade and unscrew it to move the keggle around for cleaning, etc.? Or is grounding the keggle unnecessary in this case, since the heat stick itself is grounded? I would think it should be grounded, no?
Thanks for the advice.