Element?

Planning a 30gal HLT & BK made from 30gal SS barrels. What do you think about this element vs the more common pair of 4500 watt ripples?


220V 9000W ~10 diameter

Planning a 50 amp panel fed from a 60 amp breaker/Spa panel

 

I assume each pair of terminals feeds 1 of three element sections? Can you provide the link to this more more info? Would be curious on watt density.

Of course this needs be bottom mounted.

 

Can you measure 1) the ohms of one of those elements (there are 3), and 2) put your ohm meter leads together and record what your meter reads.

I'd like to know what exactly these elements are.

[edit] nm, I just realized you don't have the element. Looks like it's meant for 3 phase power possibly.

 

My understanding is that each leg is 9000/3 or ~3333 watts I would just hook them together to make a 9000 watt load. I was just wondering what you guys thought as far as scorching/heat dispersion. I think its probably not a ULWD and more likely LWD, but due to the spread out design would that be an issue?

 

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Why wouldn't you just go with two 4500's or 5500's?

 

The watt density just by looking at that would be fairly high.. plus you have to make sure that replacements are easy to get... this makes the regular uldw elements seem more appealing...

it does look like a cool concept though.

 

Would any of the brass on that thing be touching the wort? Like others have said, I'd stick with what's known on this one...

 

Not that its ideal if easily avoided but You guys do realize brass comes in contact with beer quite a bit right? The copper breweries have quite a bit of it. I mean even 80% or more of beer taps are made of chrome plated (on the outside) brass... The brass here is a non issue and you can easily pickle it in a solution to remove lead if your worried about any surface trace amounts.