You could do this if your using 5500w, you just can't use two, maybe have 5500w and then like a 3000w to maintain?-you'd have to do the math to stay below 32a. I suppose you could use both 5500w if you calculated what the max duty cycle you could keep the maintaining one at to stay below 32a.
What I hate is I can stare at the boil all day nothing happens turn my back for a second and poof! Boilover
Wow, this is scary.
These amplifier ratings are often inflated by the marketing staff of these audio companies (particularly the latter). Importantly, as mentioned, the ratings are for instantaneous bursts driving loudspeakers, not for continuous duty driving heating elements. It is quite clear that the fellow selling the hosehead controller does not understand this. That is a lot of power in a very small enclosure, and for the vendor to make the claim that the 32A rated PowerCon connector is sufficient to handle two 5500W elements simultaneously is worrisome. Also, what is the rating of the mains cable? Is that 8 gauge 4 conductor to enable it to carry 50A safely? Is there a provision of 30A breakers to prevent overloads on the element cables and circuitry? If not, every wire, connector, terminal, etc, is subject to a potential 50A load (or whatever the breaker value is rated at in the panel feeding this), and will likely overload at some point with potentially tragic results.
I must say that it looks quite slick, but this really should be limited to single element systems (e.g. eBIAB), or it should designed to switch on only one element at a time to prevent overloading the system. Until this, I would strongly urge having it protected upstream with a 30A breaker to prevent a possible circuit overload.
rms is continuous so they are rated at 32a continuous... But I thought they were actually rated at 32a rms at something ridiculous like 1000v which in reality make them rated for a higher amperage at 240v.... 2 4500w elements only draw about 34-36 amps... I would say thisd is a good solution for having one element on at a time but with 30 rated power cords its not really wise to use them for 44-46 amp loads... Thats really pushing it. it seems to work ok and thats likely because of the length of the cord and the real capacities being higher in this application Since ratings are simplified to keep things simple (and cheaper) on a broader spectrum of applications and scenerios they often dont represent what true testing would always show.... in any case I wouldnt recommend drawing 44 amps rms through a 30a cord. too many unknowns.Wow, this is scary.
These amplifier ratings are often inflated by the marketing staff of these audio companies (particularly the latter). Importantly, as mentioned, the ratings are for instantaneous bursts driving loudspeakers, not for continuous duty driving heating elements. It is quite clear that the fellow selling the hosehead controller does not understand this. That is a lot of power in a very small enclosure, and for the vendor to make the claim that the 32A rated PowerCon connector is sufficient to handle two 5500W elements simultaneously is worrisome. Also, what is the rating of the mains cable? Is that 8 gauge 4 conductor to enable it to carry 50A safely? Is there a provision of 30A breakers to prevent overloads on the element cables and circuitry? If not, every wire, connector, terminal, etc, is subject to a potential 50A load (or whatever the breaker value is rated at in the panel feeding this), and will likely overload at some point with potentially tragic results.
I must say that it looks quite slick, but this really should be limited to single element systems (e.g. eBIAB), or it should designed to switch on only one element at a time to prevent overloading the system. Until this, I would strongly urge having it protected upstream with a 30A breaker to prevent a possible circuit overload.
Good to know thanks in used to seeing stuff with larger amp ratings at lower voltages like relays for example.
