Recent content by JackBeam

Good point, this is an old post, and the floating heating element I'm talking about is pictured on the first page. It isn't actually a heating stick.

I thought I'd post an update on this since I finally had a chance to test this out last weekend. I got up early Sunday morning, and went out to the garage to hit the switch on the floating heating element to start heating. (I was afraid to leave it heating overnight on its first trial, but I did...

Okay, this is a great question, and while I haven’t used a heat stick, I’ll take a stab at this. This will stick out of the water by the same amount no matter the container size. A heat-stick built for a 10 gal kettle won’t fit the same in a little 16 quart cooler. But a...

Okay. All good points. So how about this. The OP said he would Maybe I was premature in posting my progress so far, my plan is to seal the lid on to the Glad container with some silicone, and put the cord through a hole in the lid and seal that too... Or what's a good resin to fill in around...

Thanks for your feedback, but for others that might read this that are like me and want to know the reason this is the stupidest thing you've ever seen, can you explain how this is different from the bucket heaters, or bottom-installed heating elements that many home brewers put into coolers...

A similar idea occurred to me, and I found this post when searching for others that have done the same thing. I'm sure it's been done but I wanted to post my proof of concept attempt. I went with a 1000W Camco heating element. It was $13.00 on Amazon, and I bought the Nut that Amazon...