Jester
Senior Member
I have been brewing on and off for the past 7 years and recently had to relocate to an apartment. With that I am not going to be able to use a propane burner to do brewing anymore. Since being here, I have tried to get a 5 gallon boil going on my stove and it will not get above a slow simmer.
I am now researching what I need to convert my system to electric... Most of the systems seem to be running a 240V element. I am looking to stay 120V. Any suggestions on an element?
Now..... Just to ask some questions about running a 240V element. Can I use a 5400watt 240V element on 120V? I read that it cuts the output to .25 of the output at 240V. If I used a 5400wall 240V element and run it on 120V, could that get 6-7 gallons to a boil? I am asking this because I have already started collecting sanke kegs to go up to larger batches, but that wont happen for 2 years when I get out of grad school. It would be nice to be able to just move the element to the sanke and jump up to 240V once I am ready to go up in batch sizes.
Any info, opinions, and suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.
Jester
I am now researching what I need to convert my system to electric... Most of the systems seem to be running a 240V element. I am looking to stay 120V. Any suggestions on an element?
Now..... Just to ask some questions about running a 240V element. Can I use a 5400watt 240V element on 120V? I read that it cuts the output to .25 of the output at 240V. If I used a 5400wall 240V element and run it on 120V, could that get 6-7 gallons to a boil? I am asking this because I have already started collecting sanke kegs to go up to larger batches, but that wont happen for 2 years when I get out of grad school. It would be nice to be able to just move the element to the sanke and jump up to 240V once I am ready to go up in batch sizes.
Any info, opinions, and suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.
Jester