120v RIMS help please

[cooldood]

I am looking to start my build of this system.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f36/mash-bucket-system-399490/
I want to use 120v heating element. so a couple of quick questions
Does anybody have a link to a SS clad element? 120v 1200 watt?

controller
1 120v in
2 120v in
3????
4 to SSR 3
5???
6 alarm
7 alarm
8
9 thermocouple
10thermocouple

SSR 1 120 in
2 120 out

Maybe this?
http://www.amazon.com/Camco-02143-Screw-In-Heater-Element/dp/B0006IX89Q/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405869926&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=camco+12v+1500w+water+heater+element

or this
http://www.amazon.com/Camco-02853-Screw-In-Foldback-Element/dp/B000KKVZUO/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1405870018&sr=8-2-fkmr1&keywords=camco+12v+1500w+water+heater+element

 

[trnitz]

PID 5 --> SSR 4

If that is an Auberins PID, you can find the manual on their website: http://www.auberins.com/

The size of the element is dependent on the size of your RIMS tube (assuming you're using a RIMS tube...)

 

[cooldood]

Yes I plan on building a tube.
My concerns are the plating on the heating element. should I go with a "plain" element or something plated or Stainless steel.

 

[trnitz]

I'm using the first element you listed in my RIMS tube.

If you have hard water, you may be better off with the second element you listed, although depending on your RIMS tube, you may or may not be able to fit a bent element into your tube.

 

[cooldood]

Thanks

 

[jpalarchio]

Keep in mind you can still use a 240v element on a 120v circuit.

The power will be divided by 4 so a 5500w/240v element would be 1375w @ 120v (11.5 amps).

4500w/240v = 1125w @ 120v

 

[dyqik]

BTW, the picture for the second CAMCO element there isn't particularly accurate. I have that one, and the element is much shorter than it looks in the picture, and the fold in the element only just turns back on itself. The element is short enough that it will completely fit inside a single 1.5" SS tee.

I bought all the parts to make a full length RIMS tube from 1.5" SS pipe (2 tees, 1 6" length, but ended up only using one 1.5" tee and immediately adapting it down to 1/2" at the ports of the tee (1" on element port), and putting my temperature probe and outlet in via a 1/2" tee. This was so I could reduce the volume of the tube as much as possible to avoid having too much of the mash liquor in the RIMS system. Plus it would have been about $20 cheaper if I'd known that before I bought the parts.

 

[cooldood]

How did you cover the wires and ground it ?

 

[dkmag]

Get one of Bobby_M's element kits. http://brewhardware.com/rimsherms-parts-93/176-elementparts


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[cooldood]

Those look great but I did not see one that would work for using SS threaded pipe fittings.

 

[dyqik]

I'm using one of Bobby's housings with a 1.5" to 1" pipe fitting. I JB welded the top to the outside of the element flange, rather than trap the top in the seal on the threaded side of the element.