my first electric HLT...with salvaged power strip switch & circuit breaker

[odie]

Finally making the jump to electric brewing...I had an old aluminum turkey fryer pot that I decided to give a second life...plus if I F'd it up, it was just and old pot anyway...

Used a SS 120v/1550watt element from flea bay...and a couple fittings for valve and temps...

Getting the fittings to not leak required much trial and error until I found a sequence of fittings and o-rings/gaskets that worked...

I originally wired an old power strip cord (14/3 gauge) directly to the element but that required plugging and unplugging to operate the heater...then I was looking at the leftovers and thought why don't I try using the power strip switch and breaker (15amp)??? I probably need an extra pic of the re-wired guts (switch and CB)

not the prettiest kettle but it will bring a full pot to rolling boil in 1:45 at 55-60' outside temps on 110v. I plan to put a wrap of some type around it.

 

[TechFanMD]

I hope you have a GFI outlet for that

Really, not too bad really. Now you need some kind of temp control or thermistor to keep it where you want the temp to be......oh and a timer to turn it on early so you come into the brew day with preheated water.

 

[odie]

this is just to heat mash water....working on converting my big "Greek olive oil barrel" SS kettle to electric with a plug-in dial controller...

and it's plugged into the outside or kitchen outlets...always GFI by code on any house...