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It is bronze or brass either of which presents the usual concerns about lead. I use brass willingly in my rig but I also use some SS stuff as well. For me it depends on the price difference and the SS pump head was not worth it and chugger was back ordered. I read lots of stories about the...

Just throwing this out there: march has a very reasonably priced brass headed high flow center inlet pump. I use it and am quite happy thus far.

Paypal? those are all 1/2"? Full port?

cwi, I mean this in the absolute nicest way so take this advice as constructive criticism and not as a personal attack. Your attitude here doesn't appear to be winning you any friends. You seem to be smart and well informed but your posts are typically formatted in such a way as to showcase...

You're joking right? I mean it would work on theory but in practice I think the glass carboy would burst. You could do it if you were fermenting in a keg though. Of course you could just naturally carb in the keg using a spunding valve, there's a lengthy thread around here to that effect which I...

Sorry, I was referring to the mcmaster carr cords and outlets. You snuck your post in there...

None of those are capable of carrying 30 amps. If you find a non-hardwired solution I would be surprised. I would be outright shocked if that solution were cheaper than the home depot spa panel at $50.

Interesting. How exactly are they welded together? Top to bottom? Do they cut the top and bottom skirts off with a plasma cutter? A photo would be nice.

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People selling them on craigslist are doing so because the distributor they rented it from won't take it back. It's a problem created by the distributors not the people selling them. Furthermore, you not buying the keg does nothing to get the keg back to the brewery. It can either sit in their...

That is pretty much my understanding as well. The pid, though, incorporates a temp sensor and intelligently adjusts the pulse width to obtain and maintain the set temp.

You are greatly increasing cost by using multiple breakers, elements, and line to feed each outlet. 240v outlets are about $10 and the SSR from Auber is less than $20 and the heatsink is about another $20. You only need 1 ssr. And you could do with a single outlet for the element. Just...

I would go with 1/2" if you can afford it, you future proof yourself with that. You could use it on 10 gal batches. The 1/2 id is also big enough to not restrict flow on a pump so you could also use it as the heat exchanger coil in a herms setup. Coppertubingsales.com has good prices. Make sure...

Interesting. I would add that I look forward to winter for the cool crisp air with that smokey note from everyone's fireplace. My point is that perhaps he was tasting what he was smelling. Taste and smell are inextricably linked.

You are right, but in practice a 5500watt element pulls less than 30. You would only overload the wire in the event of a short and that's why you have the breaker in the first place. As I said before, if you are really concerned then put a 30 amp fuse in the line. This wiring isn't going...

A 4500 watt element will be more than sufficient for a 5 gal batch (7 gal boil). But if you go that route then you could run 2 4500watt elements on a 50 amp circuit. So there's one good reason to go 50 amp instead of 30 amp, if you can that is. 2 elements running simultaneously would allow...

Looking around I found a report at Electrical Wiring Faults – Fire Hazards It suggests that overloading the wire results in fire when the current is at least 3 times the rating for wire. Here's the quote, "Experimental studies on the gross-overload ignition mode are meager, but they indicate...

I respect that position but I would point out that 8 gauge is overdoing it, really you could get away with 10 gauge, that will carry 55amps chasis wiring. I would also point out that if you plan to use the convenient and cheap 3 wire dryer cord to run from the element(s) to the plug(s) on the...

I think you are ok with 8 gauge inside the control panel if you are only running 30 amps to the outlet, which you will be if you use a 5500w element. 8 gauge will handle over 50 amps for chasis wiring applications such as this and it will never even see that unless you have a short. The risk...

You're overthinking this. Buy the 50 amp spa panel from Home Depot, it comes with a gfci breaker 240v in it. This is the cheapest way to get a gfci breaker and it comes with a panel to boot. Then put either a 50 amp or 30 amp breaker in your main box (I went with 50 but I have a 150 amp...