luckybeagle
Making sales and brewing ales.
Hi all,
I am piecing together a 10 gallon system (15 gal kettle) and am leaning toward natural gas since I have it at my home. I can't find a reasonably affordable, uncomplicated way to do electrical, and I don't like the idea of constantly exchanging/filling up expensive propane tanks.
My questions are:
1. Can you convert a Bayou Classic Outdoor Camp Stove to Natural Gas with a natural gas burner replacement? I.e. is it threaded or adaptable to accommodate that burner? If so, is it possible to throttle it decently? I've heard some complaints of it being harder to dial in NG during the boil. These are images of the products I'm considering:
2. Is there any way (and is it inadvisable) to rig a simple switch up to a 5500w heater on 240v with GFCI to cut the power as needed during the boil? I recall seeing a youtube video of a guy saying his belgian tripel "worked him pretty good with the switch" to stop boilovers. I do not believe he has a control panel. I also want the option of doing 5 gal batches...
I don't want to give up on the electric brewing idea but am finding it hard to justify the cost of a controller and adding a GFCI to my house when I am having to buy everything at once. I used to brew extract but unfortunately sold the limited supplies I had so I'm starting ground-up. I'm estimating about $120 to go natural gas and splice into my home's supply line, and haven't been able to get the cost under $700+ with GFCI install for electrical. Am I missing something? Would you opt for electrical given the price discrepancy?
I am piecing together a 10 gallon system (15 gal kettle) and am leaning toward natural gas since I have it at my home. I can't find a reasonably affordable, uncomplicated way to do electrical, and I don't like the idea of constantly exchanging/filling up expensive propane tanks.
My questions are:
1. Can you convert a Bayou Classic Outdoor Camp Stove to Natural Gas with a natural gas burner replacement? I.e. is it threaded or adaptable to accommodate that burner? If so, is it possible to throttle it decently? I've heard some complaints of it being harder to dial in NG during the boil. These are images of the products I'm considering:
2. Is there any way (and is it inadvisable) to rig a simple switch up to a 5500w heater on 240v with GFCI to cut the power as needed during the boil? I recall seeing a youtube video of a guy saying his belgian tripel "worked him pretty good with the switch" to stop boilovers. I do not believe he has a control panel. I also want the option of doing 5 gal batches...
I don't want to give up on the electric brewing idea but am finding it hard to justify the cost of a controller and adding a GFCI to my house when I am having to buy everything at once. I used to brew extract but unfortunately sold the limited supplies I had so I'm starting ground-up. I'm estimating about $120 to go natural gas and splice into my home's supply line, and haven't been able to get the cost under $700+ with GFCI install for electrical. Am I missing something? Would you opt for electrical given the price discrepancy?