WAFFLE
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I've been wanting to make the move to all grain brewing for quite some time, but I'd like to build something decent based on the area I'd like to make my future brew room.
I recently moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba and now live in a place that was once a duplex but remodeled into a house. This gives me two laundry areas, (one much nicer than the other - which is the one that is used for actual laundry). The other one is located in the basement, and from what little I know, could make a fantastic brew room with a little TLC. Mainly, I don't see myself wanting to do my brewing outside in -40 during the Winnipeg winter.
Here's a pic of the room. I'm sorry about crappy quality but I can't find my digital camera charger (may be still boxed up from the move) so I had to use my Macbook camera.
Since the washer/dryer isn't being used down there there are a couple good things that I think would make it nice to be a brew room. (and if I'm wrong please tell me!)
-- It has hot/cold water pipes and a drain (currently being used for a washer). Would be easy to install a nice SS sink.
-- Theres dryer tubing for the vents running through there. With a simple bathroom fan I'd be able to vent all the moisture from the boiling right outside.
-- And then there's this:
This was the plug the dryer was hooked up to. again sorry for the bad quality but it has print that reads as:
30A - 125/250V R6D6
What could be some cool ways to set this up for electric brewing? Money is a little bit of an issue (I don't have thousands to play around) but I can get what I would need to get a decent setup going.
I've done a little research on heatsticks and have listened to the podcast on how to make them, but I'd like to know a little more on what I could use this outlet for. Is a 240v heatstick the way to go? What would I need to stop it from killing me if there was a leak?
If anyone has a better idea than a heat stick please let me know. I don't have access to do any welding unfortunately so mounting elements into a SS boil kettle would be a bit difficult.
Thanks for the help. Any and all comments are greatly appreciated.
I recently moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba and now live in a place that was once a duplex but remodeled into a house. This gives me two laundry areas, (one much nicer than the other - which is the one that is used for actual laundry). The other one is located in the basement, and from what little I know, could make a fantastic brew room with a little TLC. Mainly, I don't see myself wanting to do my brewing outside in -40 during the Winnipeg winter.
Here's a pic of the room. I'm sorry about crappy quality but I can't find my digital camera charger (may be still boxed up from the move) so I had to use my Macbook camera.
Since the washer/dryer isn't being used down there there are a couple good things that I think would make it nice to be a brew room. (and if I'm wrong please tell me!)
-- It has hot/cold water pipes and a drain (currently being used for a washer). Would be easy to install a nice SS sink.
-- Theres dryer tubing for the vents running through there. With a simple bathroom fan I'd be able to vent all the moisture from the boiling right outside.
-- And then there's this:
This was the plug the dryer was hooked up to. again sorry for the bad quality but it has print that reads as:
30A - 125/250V R6D6
What could be some cool ways to set this up for electric brewing? Money is a little bit of an issue (I don't have thousands to play around) but I can get what I would need to get a decent setup going.
I've done a little research on heatsticks and have listened to the podcast on how to make them, but I'd like to know a little more on what I could use this outlet for. Is a 240v heatstick the way to go? What would I need to stop it from killing me if there was a leak?
If anyone has a better idea than a heat stick please let me know. I don't have access to do any welding unfortunately so mounting elements into a SS boil kettle would be a bit difficult.
Thanks for the help. Any and all comments are greatly appreciated.