A little progress last night..
I got a sealed plastic 4x6x6 inch electrical box. It will house the electrical end of the heating elements. I'll test it out today to see if it will withstand boiling water and stay dry inside.
Picked up the 16gal/min pump. It is a plastic pool pump. I'm testing it today to see if it likes boiling water. It was only $10 on Craig's list so not a big loss if it won't work. It has a PVC housing, PVC impeller, a sealed motor bearing, and a 120V GFI in the cord. It disassembles enough that I can hit all surfaces with a cleaning brush.
Bought 1 1/2 inch soft hoses and 1.5 inch PVC Tees for the wort heating element manifold. This is instead of solid PVC plumbing that was getting out of hand. The spacing required to work with the plumbing made the electrical box grow too big. Soft tubing will allow the whole assembly to be smaller.
Bought a 1 inch watertight electrical fitting and 6 feet of 1 inch flex watertight conduit.
Bought a 50 amp dryer cord with #6 wire. That will stuff into the watertight conduit.
I bought conduit nuts to secure the heating elements into the electrical box.
That should be all of the parts needed to assemble the wort pump and heating elements. I still need a T and ball valve to manage re-circulation of the wort.
Pictures coming...
I got a sealed plastic 4x6x6 inch electrical box. It will house the electrical end of the heating elements. I'll test it out today to see if it will withstand boiling water and stay dry inside.
Picked up the 16gal/min pump. It is a plastic pool pump. I'm testing it today to see if it likes boiling water. It was only $10 on Craig's list so not a big loss if it won't work. It has a PVC housing, PVC impeller, a sealed motor bearing, and a 120V GFI in the cord. It disassembles enough that I can hit all surfaces with a cleaning brush.
Bought 1 1/2 inch soft hoses and 1.5 inch PVC Tees for the wort heating element manifold. This is instead of solid PVC plumbing that was getting out of hand. The spacing required to work with the plumbing made the electrical box grow too big. Soft tubing will allow the whole assembly to be smaller.
Bought a 1 inch watertight electrical fitting and 6 feet of 1 inch flex watertight conduit.
Bought a 50 amp dryer cord with #6 wire. That will stuff into the watertight conduit.
I bought conduit nuts to secure the heating elements into the electrical box.
That should be all of the parts needed to assemble the wort pump and heating elements. I still need a T and ball valve to manage re-circulation of the wort.
Pictures coming...