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So... my March 809 pumps came with 3' power cords on them... light reading on the interweb suggests that I should use a junction box to extend these cords to the control panel. Thoughts?

Pooobah - cutting the sight glasses is on the list, for sure. Also still have to mount the pumps, and complete the heating element electrical wiring. Parts for control panel should arrive mid-week, so I could be assembling CP next weekend!

tovelo - this is a great board! Post up a thread about your build, as you get going, and I'm sure you'll receive all kinds of thought provoking feedback. Also, searching for RIMS in the electric forum should turn up some useful builds from other folks. Good luck!

But, if the 1A fuse is blown, your E-Stop is just a nice plastic red button that does nothing.

I like the idea of e-stop killing the contactor coil and tripping the GFCI. May have to rewire mine like that. Feels like a good backstop incase either the contactor fails closed, or the GFCI fails to trip.

Good points, fellas. Updated again...

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Great point, Garyr2973! Going to drop that LED from the plan.

Here's what I'm envisioning for the CP front view. 16"x16"x8" enclosure (drawing is not to scale, obviously).

Really excited to have the wiring diagram complete... Time to start melting the credit card again! No surprise, but P-J is the man! :rockin: -Gus

Gus, I took out the pause/reset circuits on the timer. I set up the timer alarm circuit to the common buzzer. I also added the fuse for the PIDs. On your follow up e-mail (quoted below), you mentioned the missing neutral to the PID. I totally missed that and fixed it with the attached...

Hey BadNews - The only reason I want the 3-way switch is that I'm not comfortable with a panel that would allow a 92% draw on the 50A service. My process will not include back to back batches, but since I'm not going to swap out the 5500W elements already installed in my kettles, I feel...

Hadn't thought about that, castermmt. The end of the RTD probe is practically in the kettle (2.5" probe). I'll need to do some testing on this. Happy T-day!

Installed the three sight glasses today, and punched two additional holes in MLT for ball valves. RTD probe leaked at first, so pulled, retaped, reinstalled and ran another leak test. Everything looks good now. Also, got female disconnects from morebeer.com today, so got to test out a hose to...

Here's another "turn of the crank" on what I'm looking to build for the control panel. At this point, I'm planning to source parts for this directly, rather than go with the ebrewsupply.com kit. First .jpg is a P-J diagram for a 50A setup with two 5500W elements, using 3 PIDs (monitor only for...

Another delivery yesterday. PIDs, RTD probes, timer and two 40A SSRs. :D

Hey BadNews - Subbed... I'm building something very similar. Will follow your control panel build. P-J is the man, by the way.

P-J, I will hold off on the ebrewsupply order. MadGus came from my first all grain brew, which was a clone of Troeg's Mad Elf, btw. I brew it every year, and it's fantastic. Appreciate and value your help thinking through this.

+1... interested in what didn't make sense, and also what size enclosure you'd recommend. -gc

OK - I've placed the following order from Auberins.com: 3 1/16 DIN PID Temperature Controller (SSR control) Item # SYL-2352 3 Liquid tight RTD, 2 in, 1/4 NPT Deluxe Cable Item # PT100-L50NPT 2 40A SSR Item # MGR-1D4840 1 Easy Timer with Dual Settings Item # JSL-71 And am about ready to...