Brew Panel Troubleshooting

[sillbeer]

Greetings all,

I purchased the 30 amp 240 volt Brew Buddy DIY kit from Auberins and have it all finished. I followed their troubleshooting tree to verify I had 120 volts at all indicated locations. When I turn the switch to the boil kettle heating element everything works fine. When I select the hot liquor tank heating element the contactor makes a loud growling noise. I'm hesitant to leave it on for troubleshooting so I thought I would ask. The flag on the contactor trips indicating it's getting power and the light on the front of my panel turns on with a positive indication. Seems like it may be a contactor issue but I am not sure.


Any ideas?


Thanks,


- Destin

 

[sillbeer]

I switched contactors between the boil kettle and the hot liquor tank and now everything works as advertised. Strange. I'll do a test with 10 gallons of water and see how things go.