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In reading through this forum and seeing some of the issues with using one 30A 240V supply to power everything you might want (and also not wanting to pay an electrician to come drop in another 240), I decided to see what could be done with something that almost anyone with an electric dryer...

Several times in my life I've tried to put the magic black smoke back into the box. Never fixes the problem. I suppose there's no sense in being reluctant to increase the cost 1-2% to bump up safety significantly. Thanks grandqueso, after doing some research on contactors it looks like this...

When first getting into this, my assumption was that electrical stuff would have a safety factor figured into the maximum rating just like most mechanical things and it would therefore be completely safe to take it up to the rated limit. A bit of research led me to the 80% guideline. From what...

Awesome, putting it like that makes sense. I should have clarified, I'm using a 40 amp SSR, but I saw in other threads people were getting away with 25. The only things I have rated to 25 amps are a couple of switches, everything else is a minimum of 30 amps. Appreciate the help!

Hi all! Before getting into this post, just wanted to say a quick thanks to such a great community. With the ideas, recipes, and how-to's I've found on this forum I've gone from brewing my first extract batch this previous February to having a full-blown (albeit ghetto) electric AG setup in my...