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I had the same thing happen, but while sanitizing. I painted my spigot handles so I could easily see Open or Closed. My next one will be painted green for closed and red for open!
Has anyone added a second heating element to their Brewfather? I'm wondering if there's enough clearance between the bottom and the grain basket. I could do a drop in since I only need it for the boil, but it would be a much more neat installation permanently installed in the bottom. I'm...
Watt's Law. A 1600 watt heater pulls over 13 amps at 120 volts, but less than 8 amps at 240. Amps x Volts = Watts. The amperage is what ends up overloading the connections and melting them. That's why you need larger diameter wire for a 20 amp circuit than for a 15 amp circuit even though...