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Yes, very helpful. I will try and keep posting with my decisions on the setup.

So, if I used a 120v outlet for the whole temp control system (PID, SSR, and element) the element would still be receiving 120v. Correct?

I appreciate the advice but I don’t quit follow you. What do you mean a 120v control?

Does this mean that I can be plugged into a 120v outlet, use a 12v PID (120-12=108), incorperate a 40A SSR, and be able to ran my element at 4320 watts (108*40=4320)? Is that how this works?

Thank you for your response. That’s one of the things I love most about this forum. But; 1: I think my element is only 4500 watts at 240V. Is the problem with running the element at around 1125 watts that it will take a long time to heat my water? Are we talking like 2 hours for 5...

Good afternoon Gentlemen, I am trying to get the plans for my HERMS brewery together and since I already have a Ranco temperature controller and a 240V heating element I have decided to go electric on my HLT. The problem is I don’t know that much about electricity and have some questions for...

Everywhere that I've read about diffusion stones it says to only use 2 psi when carbonating. Has anyone tried/ know what happens if you go higher?

I'm building a RIMS and already have a temp probe that came with my Ranco, so I don't wanted to have to get another probe, but I do need some ideas on how to make it liquid tight. My plan is to have a copper tee on my heat chamber with one end for the probe and the other for recirculation. I'm...

Well right now it's just sitting upright full of water. I just want to know if someone would want it before i make an offer on it. My wife would kill me if I bought it and couldn't get rid of it. What would people pay for it?

I'm from the centeral Ohio area, just outside Columbus, and i've seen a 55 gallon stainless steel drum just up the street. It doesn't look like it get much use and I was thinking about making an offer on it. I don't realy have the room to be expainding my brewery right now, and this is just to...

Bobby_M, I see that you have a gard over you're sight glass in the top photo. I've been thinking of doing this with mine and was hoping you could give some details on how you went about it, ie... is it welded to the keg, is the sightglass tube connected to the gard and if so how? Anything would...

sizing the corny kegs to the new 1/5 barrle keg.