I am in the planning stages for building a control panel for my 3v HERMs system. My wife and I are seriously looking at moving to Europe in the next few years, so I'm hoping to be able to bring it with us and be able to adapt the controller. Am I able to build a controller that I can use now, but adapt to Europe's 220v?
I currently use a rheostat to control the elements. It is connected to a subpanel that has 2 x 240v 30amp breakers and one 120v 15 amp breaker. The subpanel runs off a 50 amp spa panel. When I brew, I unplug the HLT when done mashing and then plug in the boil kettle. I also run 2 MKII pumps that are 120v.
My ultimate wish would be to have a controller where I could run possibly both kettles if budget allows. I was looking at something similar to Auber's 50 amp brew buddy: Brew Buddy 240v. I like its capability and that it is DIN based. I would be putting it together myself. Could I build something similar and change it to European power without major changes? Is it at all possible to reduce voltage in the panel to be able to use current pumps or should I look at purchasing 220-240v pumps? If I built the panel with all 240v to start, would I mainly just be replacing the input plug and removing the neutral wires?
I currently use a rheostat to control the elements. It is connected to a subpanel that has 2 x 240v 30amp breakers and one 120v 15 amp breaker. The subpanel runs off a 50 amp spa panel. When I brew, I unplug the HLT when done mashing and then plug in the boil kettle. I also run 2 MKII pumps that are 120v.
My ultimate wish would be to have a controller where I could run possibly both kettles if budget allows. I was looking at something similar to Auber's 50 amp brew buddy: Brew Buddy 240v. I like its capability and that it is DIN based. I would be putting it together myself. Could I build something similar and change it to European power without major changes? Is it at all possible to reduce voltage in the panel to be able to use current pumps or should I look at purchasing 220-240v pumps? If I built the panel with all 240v to start, would I mainly just be replacing the input plug and removing the neutral wires?