3400 watts enough?

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Vellum

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Hi there. Just wondering if 3400 watts is enough energy to boil 11-12 gals wort for a final batch size of 10 gallons. My electric kettle is built and does well with five gallon batches. I could do a boil test with the ten gallon volume but thought I'd ask in case someone has already tried. Cheers all and thanks!
 
I've done 40 litres with a 3kW element, it's slow to bring to a boil but otherwise OK.
 
Awesome, thank you. I'll proceed with a test then to find out how my system handles it. Also had fun converting liters to gallons, I love the maths!
 
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