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Yea, my thought is just that the two lines are there, and (assuming it's all ok the way it's wired) just make a Frankenstein box that has two 120v plugs that go into my existing outlets, and wire those through controller/ssr to a 240v outlet that I could plug a rims or hlt element into so I...

You are correct, but those slots won't allow tandem breakers. Also, I already have a 30a 240v outlet for the brewery, I just thought I could use these dedicated lines to have an extra 20a 240v outlet for use with a lower watt element for rims/hlt.

The problem I see with using those two 20a lines is that they are not on a common breaker/switch, otherwise I don't see any issues with creating a two plug special control panel to put those two hots to a 240v outlet to have more capacity for another 240v element.

AnOldUR, I believe your edited comment is correct, sorry for my poor explanation!!

The top and bottom are encased in a 12/3 plus ground wire that goes to a 4 outlet box, with the two outlets on the right/left each getting one of the hots. This gives me two dedicated outlets on each 20a line. I didn't wire that part, but nothing seems inherently wrong, you can have multiple...

Also, I'm 99% sure it's 12g wire, I'm just not at home to verify.

Sorry, I should have been more specific, the breaker in place is a dual tandem breaker (again, sorry for terminology). So the "laser printer" hot wires come from the independent top and bottom of the dual-tandem breaker. The middle is a double throw that goes elsewhere in the house. Maybe...

The previous owner of my house ran an office out of the basement and had used a tandem breaker to provide two-20amp/120v outlets for laser printers. These were run using a 3-wire plus ground wire to a 4 outlet box, with the two outlets on each side belonging to it's own 20a circuit. I know the...

I just made a portable GFCI from a 50amp Eaton spa panel from lowes. It's only wired for 30a, though. I can't find a link, but I think it was about $59 for the panel. As far as 2x 2000w elements, what size batches are you making?? Google "electric-heat.xls", that will give you an idea how...

Awesome, thanks for following up. It really doesnt make sense for me to have two outlets where my dryer is, as there isn't enough room to brew there. But it also sounds like it might be ok to have a dpdt switch on that line, ill look into it further, but that sounds like a decent option for me...

Thanks for the input about the NEC code, although Auggies input makes sense, dedicated lines like that seem like they would have different requirements...I'll have to research further if a switch would violate code.

When you say electrically it is ok, are you referring to running two outlets of that existing dryer line? And then just not using the dryer when brewing?

Ok, I'm seeing your point now. Essentially I could put as many "outlets" on that line as I want, it's not going to pull more than 30 amps or the breaker would trip. I trust myself to not run the dryer while brewing, but that's because I generally don't do the laundry ;) but I wouldn't expect...

I actually bought a 30a DPST switch from Home Depot for killing power to my element from my control panel, but I was looking for a cheap way to use that dryer line without running a sub panel, and I thought this would be a fail safe solution as I wouldn't be able to possibly overload the wire if...

Has anyone used a DPDT contactor to switch a 30a dryer line/feed to a separate 220 outlet for brewing?? My thought is that a small electrical box with a DPDT contactor (maybe connected to a power on switch like the key at theelectricbrewery) could switch whether my dryer is getting power or my...

Are you sure you aren't just talking green beer?? Like I said before I thought when I burst carb I get bigger bubbles initially, and they become more fine over time (I remember that also when bottle conditioning, you need to keep them in the fridge for a couple days and the carbonation sets...

What I usually do is purge the air out of the keg after racking to it. Rack to keg, hook up co2 gas, let sit for few mins, purge, repeat 2-3 times. When you hook up the gas the heavier co2 goes to the bottom of the headspace and oxygen goes to the top. I'm not sure what people who keg...

I'll have to try that method next time...that sounds better than bursting. I'm surprised at all the people saying not to burst carb, I'm not the most experienced kegger (about 5 batches so far), but I had NO problems whatsoever burst carbing, and carbed up my Tripel in an afternoon last time...

I'm pretty sure it only works one way, so just guess and check...or maybe use a voltmeter if you have one. I don't think you will hurt anything plugging it in briefly to check.

That link is for the final product from the stirstarters.com website I referenced earlier in the thread...that dude used to just sell them through his site, looks like he's selling through distributors now!! :) The link to his site is actually in the details on that distributors page...