So Ive decided to do sort of a triple jump in my brewing. I am jumping from extract to all grain, jumping from 5 gallon batches to 10 gallon, and I am also making the jump to all electric. This is going to be fun . Right now I am gathering/building just the key equipment needed to start doing some test batches and will do some further automation and improvements later.
Equipment list:
Mash Tun: I built one a few years ago out of a square cooler (never used it)
HLT: I have a 16+ gallon Penrose Kettle, and I bought a sight glass and Thermometer (weldless) from Bobby. For now I will use my heatstick to heat this one. This will gravity feed into the mash tun.
BK: I will be doing an e-keggle build, with bottom drain, sightglass, thermometer (weldless), and TC fitting (silver solder) for the element, also purchased from Bobby.
My first immediate question I have is about how Im going to power the 5500W element in the BK. I think I want to use a PID and 40A SSR to control the boil, and from what Ive been reading, it is good to have a manual mode to control the boil (which would use PWM?) I am thinking of buying Aubers SYL-2352 PID temperature controller, 40A SSR and Heatsink. I am tempted by the ebay stuff because it is so much cheaper, but Ive head both good and bad, so it makes me nervous. What do you think?
I am still researching fermentation options and a pump, but other than that does anyone have any suggestions for me or see that I am missing some major components here?
Thanks
Equipment list:
Mash Tun: I built one a few years ago out of a square cooler (never used it)
HLT: I have a 16+ gallon Penrose Kettle, and I bought a sight glass and Thermometer (weldless) from Bobby. For now I will use my heatstick to heat this one. This will gravity feed into the mash tun.
BK: I will be doing an e-keggle build, with bottom drain, sightglass, thermometer (weldless), and TC fitting (silver solder) for the element, also purchased from Bobby.
My first immediate question I have is about how Im going to power the 5500W element in the BK. I think I want to use a PID and 40A SSR to control the boil, and from what Ive been reading, it is good to have a manual mode to control the boil (which would use PWM?) I am thinking of buying Aubers SYL-2352 PID temperature controller, 40A SSR and Heatsink. I am tempted by the ebay stuff because it is so much cheaper, but Ive head both good and bad, so it makes me nervous. What do you think?
I am still researching fermentation options and a pump, but other than that does anyone have any suggestions for me or see that I am missing some major components here?
Thanks