My ebrewery runs off a 50 amp, 240 vac gfi breaker. My BK is a 55 gallon ss drum with two 4500 watt elements. I also have one standard march pump, two pids, the coils from 3 contactors, and 3 indicator lights running on the circuit. Do you think I could change the elements to 5500 watt without nuisance trips of my 50 amp breaker?
The 5500 elements would each pull 22.9 amps and the pump, pids, contactors and indicator lights should be well under 3 amps. So I should be under 49 amps - is this cutting it too close??
I guess another option would be to use one 4500 watt and one 5500 watt element. That would keep me under 45 amps.
The 5500 elements would each pull 22.9 amps and the pump, pids, contactors and indicator lights should be well under 3 amps. So I should be under 49 amps - is this cutting it too close??
I guess another option would be to use one 4500 watt and one 5500 watt element. That would keep me under 45 amps.