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Going to brew this for my birthday and was just wondering, do you guys add the rum that you soak the chips in or just the chips. Not sure if this question has been answered but there's no way I can read through all of this.

I've had a change of heart that's why the sketch does not match my last post.

One of the elements will just be plugged in and on all the time and the other our controlled.

That's exactly what I was thinking also. I've found many videos explaining how to make it work but I've decided against doing 220v and planning to run two elements 120v. Just for the sake of simplicity and the ability to easily adapt the system to my new home in a couple of months. I'm going...

It's also a good idea to keep the beer on the yeast until done fermenting because it give them time to clean up after themselves. You'll have a better tasting beer in the end.

I will be using the 2352 pid. I didn't know there were different models lol. I feel confident that I can do this know. I need to get gfci protection out there so I was thinking of going with a spa panel. I don't feel confident opening up the breaker box. With a four wires it should be...

I was trying to keep it simple as possible and remove all in need parts to understand how everything works. I'm going to revise my drawing and add a two position switch to power the element on and off. I will be adding a fuse inline with the pid. I now see that I wired the neutral and the...

Is it that bad? I can take some criticism people, come lets go.

Here my little drawing, it's a work in progress.

If I used propane to boil I wouldn't really be saving much. I want to cut the cost of propane pretty much and stick with a simple system with one element and only two pots. So I found a wiring diagram on the forum that looked like it could be reworked to fit what I need. It was originally...

So I've decided to just throw in the 5500 watt burn into the boil kettle and just use propane to get my strike and sparge water to temp. This way I just have to use the burner very minimally and can start boiling while I'm doing the sparge with the first runnings. I've been doing some...

What would the power usage look like if I do full electric. I would hate to run up the power bill past the cost of just getting propane. I was planning on putting some kind of heat sheild to protect the wires that come from the pot. I need to do some more research on that part though. This...

ok I think I understand. The two 120v wires are not bonded but will power what ever you are trying to power through the two separate wires. Two more wires are need the neutral and the ground. So I looked at the box again and I have 4 wire in there. Found the circuit breaker and its...

I'm going to pop open the box again a little later to see how many wires there was. This was actually going to be the next question after reading some of the primer. So if four wire I can put a four prong plug and safely run 120 and 240 because I will have tow hot wire both at 120 each. Run...

Sounds reasonable, I'm going to read up on it then come back on this tread to see if I've learned what I need.

Also have a box outside that has some wires that are not connected to anything. Maybe I can use this to setup a outlet there. Will 220v outlet be feasible here.

So to start off ive been brewing for almost two years now and absolutely love this hobby. I especially love how great my brews have been getting as of late because of improved processes. Now that ive gotten my brew day down to a science I want cut down on the cost a little by cutting down my...

If you bottle now you it will be fine. I've bottled a batch at 4 volumes no problem. What always do to insure I never pick up any trub is by putting a nylon bag that I used to use for biab over my auto syphon. If you get a little bit of trub in the bottles it's really not a big deal either...

^^^^^^^very interested about this question. I lobe the ability to carb quicker.

It looks like a good option for me right now. Cleaning looks like it will be difficult. Do you need any special tool to remove the top of it to get to the spear.