kenc_zymurgy
Well-Known Member
I'm planning an Electric Brewery. Here's my next question - from my reading so far, it sounds like a 1650 watt element should be able to bring 3.5 Gallons of wort from mash temperatures to a boil in 20~30 minutes. Does that sound right?
1650 means I can run from a 15 Amp 120V outlet (North America), while the next size up, 2000/2250 (which seem to be fewer offerings with a Tri-Clamp fitting) requires 20A/120V. I'll be moving probably in the next year, so I'd just like to be flexible, and 20A is less common than 15A.
From my calculations from some other posts, 2000/2250 might only knock 10 minutes off the time to get to a boil,
so for me, that's not worth being limited to a 20A outlet. Simple math says: 30 minutes * (1650 ∕ 2250) = 22
, so yes, just knocks off ~ 8 minutes?
For reference, I've copied the details below from my earlier post on a run dry prevention idea:
For years I've been doing 5.5 G batches on the kitchen gas stove, splitting an ~ 7 G boil across two 5 G brewpots and two burners, which has worked OK ( ~ 20~30 minutes to go from mash to a boil with ~3.5 G per pot). So my thoughts are to add a 1650 watt 120V element to each 5 gallon brewpot, with each on a separate 120V circuit (so that I'm not dependent on a 240V circuit).
1650 means I can run from a 15 Amp 120V outlet (North America), while the next size up, 2000/2250 (which seem to be fewer offerings with a Tri-Clamp fitting) requires 20A/120V. I'll be moving probably in the next year, so I'd just like to be flexible, and 20A is less common than 15A.
From my calculations from some other posts, 2000/2250 might only knock 10 minutes off the time to get to a boil,
so for me, that's not worth being limited to a 20A outlet. Simple math says: 30 minutes * (1650 ∕ 2250) = 22
, so yes, just knocks off ~ 8 minutes?
For reference, I've copied the details below from my earlier post on a run dry prevention idea:
For years I've been doing 5.5 G batches on the kitchen gas stove, splitting an ~ 7 G boil across two 5 G brewpots and two burners, which has worked OK ( ~ 20~30 minutes to go from mash to a boil with ~3.5 G per pot). So my thoughts are to add a 1650 watt 120V element to each 5 gallon brewpot, with each on a separate 120V circuit (so that I'm not dependent on a 240V circuit).