Recent content by Maggot1980

One of them is 20-amp, the other is 30-amp. Lowes only had one of the 20 and they were the same price. They are 12/2 wires. The system only pulls 16amps max, so it will never be near the power needs or a full 30-amp draw, and those circuits are dedicated to the two brewery plugs. If I have to...

I searched online and the cheapest I found was $120 from Lowes, so I went there last night. No electrician, I did it myself, as is clear by the lack of conduit. It's an unfinished basement, so I can go back later and clean it up more if it bothers me. I think you could get a duel pole 20-amp for...

Yes, the outlets are 250v 20-amp outlets, they were only single pole before, so only 120v. Huge difference in price; I think the breakers I had before were $5-10 each, these were $120 each. This is a pricey system to get set up.

This got me where I think I needed to be. I swaped out the single pole 20-amp breakers for two double pole 20-amp GFCI. I had about 15 gallons of water in the system that was 61 degrees, In about ten minutes it was at 90. I think I'm good with.

Yes, those 12-2 wires are going straight to the panel. They are only 120v. I've ordered a new 240v breaker, wires, and outlet to get the voltage up.

It was refurbished from MoreBeer!. There wasn't any documentation with it, just a QR code that sends you to the linked site. I do currently have 2-20amp circuits for each plug.

Okay, that gives me the info I need for the wire and breaker, but for the outlet, I'm a little trumped. It's this weird plug. This is what I have currently. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BQKWAQ?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1 I've been searching for one that is 30-amp or higher and I'm...

It is a Brewtools B80 Pro system, they are: Heating elements: 230V, 6000W (2x3000W)

So, sounds like I underpowered it. I guess the question is do I go 50-amp circuits for both, or 30-amp circuits for them? My electrical box is only about 6' or less from where I'm brewing, so not concerned with running the line or the outlets being far from the brewing.

I recently got a refurbished Brewtools B80 Pro and finally got everything setup last night for the first cleaning. I filled it up to about 8 gallons of water, just past the elements. I think it took about two hours for the water to heat up to 150 to dissolve the PBW. It took me way longer than...

Yesterday, I made a starter with DME that was at least 4 years, maybe 5 years old. The stuff was rock-hard. I hit it with a hammer, and the hammer bounced off it. I didn't think it would even work. I had 3 bags of this stuff sitting in my buddy's basement. It took about 90 minutes for it to...

Well the Duvel strain was originally from the UK so technically its possible. Maybe ferment warmer?

I'm getting back into brewing after a 4 year sabbatical. No local homebrew stores are open in Philly so have to go the online route for almost everything now. I'm hoping I can get a grain hook-up from a local brewery but for now, my question is about all the new yeast labs to choose from. What...

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