Hi everyone,
I'm planning to set up a small BIAB brewery in my garage. In a nutshell this is what I'm thinking about:
Install a 240 VAC circuit ( I have a couple of empty slots in the subpanel in my garage).
Run that into the ubiquitously mentioned HD 50 buck spa panel.
I accidentally bought one of the cheap ebay aquarium controllers that's rated for 220 V. To not let that go to waste wire that in for temp control and then run from there to the water heater element.
I don't think I have seen use of the temp controller for the water heat element but I can't see why it would not work. Alternatively I would use an infinite switch for manual temp control on the element.
I would be grateful for any suggestions especially stuff I might run into with the electric side of things. I have generally no problems with household electic wiring but I'm not super experienced and definitely not an electronics guy.
Thanks,
Frank
I'm planning to set up a small BIAB brewery in my garage. In a nutshell this is what I'm thinking about:
Install a 240 VAC circuit ( I have a couple of empty slots in the subpanel in my garage).
Run that into the ubiquitously mentioned HD 50 buck spa panel.
I accidentally bought one of the cheap ebay aquarium controllers that's rated for 220 V. To not let that go to waste wire that in for temp control and then run from there to the water heater element.
I don't think I have seen use of the temp controller for the water heat element but I can't see why it would not work. Alternatively I would use an infinite switch for manual temp control on the element.
I would be grateful for any suggestions especially stuff I might run into with the electric side of things. I have generally no problems with household electic wiring but I'm not super experienced and definitely not an electronics guy.
Thanks,
Frank