Bonus Season... time to upgrade the brew rig (50A 2 tier RIMS)

[Lucky_Chicken]

Something else i learned while testing the other day... phone wires are crazy... if you wire up a plug on each side and use a phone cord to connect them, the colors dont match, the cord reverses the wires on the other side... talk about a PITA another issue is that not all phone cords have 4 wires some only have two... oops once i got the wires fixed, found the other cord to only have 2 wires it was working like a champ!

 

[eryk4381]

So... we got a bonus this year, so the wife said I should do something for me. That means building an all electric rig so I can brew indoors in bad weather. I will keep this updated with my progress.

What I am thinking so far:
5500W keggle for the boil run on a PWM circuit
2000W? RIMs tube run on a PID from my current plastic cooler MT
5500W keggle for the MLT on a PID circuit

I may try to control the output to the two 5500W elements so I can run them both at partial power?

I will be building the stand out of wood and sealed with some deck stain. I thought about using an old computer case for the control panel (but it wont be water proof) not sure if I will, but that would allow low voltage controls for cheep since it already has a power supply.

So far the only things I have on order is the stuff to set up the PWM circuit. I am working on a wiring diagram and a brew stand layout, I will post them when I like them.

Let me know your thoughts or what you would do differently on yours. Thanks ahead of time!

SO Im curious where you got the element parts?
Also, with that much wattage im assuming it's 240V?
Did you just wire all the elements in parallel on a block and then run one 240 wire?

 

[fc36]

Subbed... Just scoping ideas for my upcoming build.

 

[BayerischBier]

grant/ rims

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Have you thought about adding one of those liquid-level-sensors to have an automatic disconnect of i.e. your ssr control wire when the wort level drops below a certain mark? Would avoid an element burn out.