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I'm looking for a bit of a sanity check, as I have been going around in circles simultaneously trying to cobble together an eBIAB system on the cheap for now (scored a new BruGear 15 gallon kettle with TC ports and fittings for $45!), while planning out the controller to eventually power the mash/boil kettle while simultaneously heating/holding sparge water in another kettle. This future mash/boil kettle would have a grain basket a-la Spike Solo/Grainfather/etc to facilitate sparge. Further down the road, I would like this controller to power a still in manual mode on the PIDs to fuel a motorcycle converted for ethanol.
Iteration 1 would be built to power a single 5500w element, essentially Doug's design from here in an oversized enclosure, swapping the 30a main power contactor with 50a part and 6ga input.
Iteration 2 would basically double everything up to separately control two 5500w elements.
Even Iteration 1 is probably overkill for the 15 gallon kettle, but would rather spend a bit more up front rather than start from scratch in a year or two.
Any flaws in that plan? Is it even worth doing? What better options am I missing?
Iteration 1 would be built to power a single 5500w element, essentially Doug's design from here in an oversized enclosure, swapping the 30a main power contactor with 50a part and 6ga input.
Iteration 2 would basically double everything up to separately control two 5500w elements.
Even Iteration 1 is probably overkill for the 15 gallon kettle, but would rather spend a bit more up front rather than start from scratch in a year or two.
Any flaws in that plan? Is it even worth doing? What better options am I missing?