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How much beer are you guys brewing at one time? Just for giggles, I took Blichmann's formula for rise time and calculated the time savings on a brew day between 4500 watt and 5500 watt elements. Their formula is .0068*watts/gallons. So, a 4500 watt element will increase the temperature of...

I love my Hosehead controller. I've done about seven brew days so far without a problem. It's a third to a half the cost of building your own. It comes with a one year warranty, so if anything goes wrong he'll fix it for free. As far a firing both elements at once, I haven't tried. But being...

Price lowered to $550.

It's been 19 years since I went through electronics technician theory course at 29 Palms. But doesn't 20 amps RMS convert to 28.28 amps peak? And 240 three wire (single phase) is peak not RMS, right?

I emailed Cory and asked why he used the 20 amp connectors. Here is his response: Hi Ron, Using that formula 5500/240=22.9 amps is a great way to show what the amperage draw should be... It is based on assumptions that the Camco 5500 watt elements will give a full 5500 watts at 240...

My boilcoils came with 10 gauge pigtails. My largest coil is 5000 watts. It's probably not the best solution but I removed some strands from the stripped end until it would fit in the connector. I didn't have a choice since the Blackman pigtails are sealed on the other end. No way to replace the...

I've had two respond with interest, but it's still available. If interested, I can toss in a few other items like a copper immersion chiller and maybe some items on my shelves that I no longer use but would be useful to someone getting into all-grain.

Pacolet, SC. In Spartanburg County.

I have a polished 15.5 gallon electric keggle with three piece stainless ball valve, sight glass and thermometer. It has a 240 volt Blichmann 10 gallon boilcoil installed. I have a 10 gallon cooler that is used as a HLT that includes a stainless ball valve. The mashtun is also a 10 gallon...

I remove the probes after every brew day for cleanup. The o-rings will wear out after awhile but I just buy 20-30 extras when I'm placing an order. They're cheap.

I trimmed back the heat shrink on the probes a little. I use two rubber O-rings in the compression fitting. They seal well and do not leak. I thought about thermowells, but went with compression fittings installed in tee-s. I've heard if you use thermowells, you may have to use thermal...

Check YouTube. There are good videos on setup and operation. I'm available if I can help.

I have a 3750 watt Blichmann Boilcoil in my brew kettle. It's the largest that would fit through the opening in my keggle. I use 100% Duty Cycle and 60 seconds Duty time until I reach boil. I then drop the Duty Cycle until I just have a rolling boil. I don't think my coil cycles. It is on...

I use 60 seconds. That's what I was told by the builder.

Congrats. I've had mine for a couple of months and haven't regretted my purchase once.

There is a web interface that allows for a simple installation of apps on the device for those who are not powerscript experts. I've used Linux (Unix) since the 80's, but I am still more proficient with windows and it's command line. It may be more comfortable for the non-technical people...

I received a link from Microsoft to download Windows 10 IoT for developers today that runs on the Raspberry Pi. Wonder how hard it would be to port Strangebrew Elsinore over to it? I know there are some quirks in java even though it's supposed to be cross-platform.

If your wire gauge is appropriate, then wiring the connectors included with the hosehead is a breeze. There's videos on YouTube posted by the maker of the hosehead on how to do it.

Once I achieve a boil using manual mode, I begin to drop the duty cycle down from 100% until I have a reasonable boil rate.

Played around with my Hosehead system today. I purchased a Blichmann G2 15 gallon mashtun to replace a 10 gallon cooler I had been using. Wanted to see how my herms would work with the new mashtun. It's about two degrees difference between the HLT and the mashtun when pumping through the...