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A few of you have helped me get my second hand diy 50A controller up and running. It’s done probably 8 batches without a hitch since I got it going earlier this year. I installed a hop stopper from Kal this week—moving my element slightly (I’m talking the end of it away from the TC fitting less than 1/8”). Last night when I filled up the kettle it had a slow leak so I removed the element (it has a TC fitting on it) and tightened down the port and the nut. Today my brew day went great until I got the kettle full and I noticed it wasn’t heating up (it stopped around 195). After a quick check with the multimeter I lost power through the circuit breaker before the SSR. I’ve got 240 coming in at 16 going out. I double checked the element with the HLT PID and it seems to be working right. Does the voltage drop through the circuit breaker mean that the breaker is toast or is there something else going on downstream that could cause this? Once the beer is out of the kettle I’ll try to trouble shoot some more tomorrow. Luckily I was able to hold at 195 and it’s a NEIPA so I’ll try out the no boil/hop stand technique. Thanks in advance!