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So without wanting to drill another hole in the kettle, should I just add a T fitting with thermowell just after the ball valve? And recirculate when heating strike water AND recirculate mash? I just received my BrewHardware False Bottom and Wilserbag from you... Thanks

So after some more reading, I can do full volume BIAB mashes in my 10 gallon kettle up to about 10% ABV... For anything more than that, I can always use my 10 gallon cooler mash tun and transfer wort back to the boil kettle and do a 10 minute batch sparge to get to pre boil volume. After...

Well, I guess the answer to my question is gonna be to mash in my eKettle while recirculating the mash for temp control and then figure out my sparging..... Prolly just use my cooler as an HLT to hold sparge water and then batch sparge to get to my full volume....

So is a full volume mash vs a batch sparge or pour over sparge better? When I mash in my cooler MT with a bag, I always just pull the bag out and set it on a strainer that fits over my cooler and pour 170 degree water over it to rinse it.... Now I'm reading that I don't even have to use 170...

Another pic with element installed...

Here is the inside of my kettle...

So I went ahead and bought the false bottom and wilserbag from Brew Hardware.... I'm leaning toward brew in a bag... My temp probe is is in the middle of the pot, I need to either a) move it lower b) get a shorter probe c) put the temp probe in a T fitting exiting the ball valve. Any...

So I recently picked up a 10 gallon electric fired brew kettle with controller. I was originally thinking I just wanted to go electric for the ease of operation and precise control. But now that I added the eKettle to my setup, and I have learned a lot more, I am kind of torn on what I want to...

That is good to know... I have a few of those on my current controller, so I think I'll use that... I'll go with the PID Controller LED Selector switches for: Main Power Element Power 2 Separate Pumps And a small light for the "Element Firing" indicator.

So when you're mashing or boiling, when your small green light is flickering off and on, is,the red one doing the same? I'm assuming your red one is wired in parallel with the output to the element, correct?

Can anyone show a video or a pic of an element firing lamp on their brew controller? I understand the importance of having a separate firing lamp, but I am trying to build a compact controller and space is at a premium, so I would like to see a functioning "element firing light" if it's...

Doug, for the contactors for the "main power on" switch and the "element" switch, should those contactors be 240v contactors? I think the diagram shows 120v 30 amp.... I'm just learning about all this wiring up, so just thought I'd ask. EDIT: Ok, I think I answered my own question... the...

Thank you, doug293cz, I will start gathering parts.....

Cool... And the Main Power On switch doesn't have to be a key switch, right? Is there any benefit to using a key switch vs an LED selector switch? Also, I was considering an E stop... Any pros or cons to having one? Thank you so much for your help and advice!

Wanting to do something similar to the Wort Hog but using LED selector switches. I am trying to use as much of the items I currently have, but I realize I'm gonna have to buy a few things. I already bought the new box. It's an 8x8x6 plastic enclosure.