Electric BIAB setup - complete!

[Psych]

I thought I read they meet the standards in England or something, at whatever milliamps but the US/Canadian standards are half that. But heck, if it's safe enough for the Britts it's safe enough for me.

But again I'd be tempted to do it without GFCI next time, pain in the butt to get cords and GFCI breakers are hideously expensive in Canada. What could possibly go wrong.....

 

[ODI3]

Most people just get the 60$ spa pool panel from the USA that has a GFCI already installed. I think your crazy to mess with running without gfci

 

[Psych]

That costs $250 or so in Canada, lousy border...

To be clear: I am not running without gfci...

 

[MercMan]

I thought I read they meet the standards in England or something, at whatever milliamps but the US/Canadian standards are half that. But heck, if it's safe enough for the Britts it's safe enough for me.

But again I'd be tempted to do it without GFCI next time, pain in the butt to get cords and GFCI breakers are hideously expensive in Canada. What could possibly go wrong.....

Your dryer and stove run without GFI, so does your water heater if it's electric and all three mix water and electricity.

 

[snowtires]

Hey psych, i really like this setup, this caught my eye months ago, and i was contemplating a 3 tier setup with 2 coolers and a pump to pump to the HLT. But now I'm looking at this again and I'm thinking this is the way to go. The only reason i don't already do biab is because 1) its hard to keep temp outside in the winter 2)well I guess there is no 2 its mostly about keeping mash temp thats why i use a cooler.
Plus sides to this are no more propane, no more having to brew outside i can setup a brew table in front of the window in the basement and have a window fan or something rigged up. now ill ust have to get approval from swmbo.

 

[Psych]

Hey psych, i really like this setup, this caught my eye months ago, and i was contemplating a 3 tier setup with 2 coolers and a pump to pump to the HLT. But now I'm looking at this again and I'm thinking this is the way to go. The only reason i don't already do biab is because 1) its hard to keep temp outside in the winter 2)well I guess there is no 2 its mostly about keeping mash temp thats why i use a cooler.
Plus sides to this are no more propane, no more having to brew outside i can setup a brew table in front of the window in the basement and have a window fan or something rigged up. now ill ust have to get approval from swmbo.

This setup has worked well for me since building two years back or whenever it was. No failures except when I didn't tighten down a maret properly right away it smoked. Has been reliable and consistent. The biggest pain in getting the holes in your pot for the element and getting the right parts shipped in. But looks like there's some places now that stock ALL of this stuff and may cross-border ship (electricbrewery.com or something similar?).

Brewing inside is amazing, especially in the winter, though I don't know the feeling of brewing outside...but yes, venting is very important An open window and a fan blowing across your kettle out said window is sufficient though.

 

[snowtires]

Can you tell me what element from home hardware you used and what parts are needed for the element? Maybe snap a pic of your installed element?
The other thing is GFI. Damn gfi stuff is ridiculous here compared to the states, you would think the government is trying to kill us all by electrocution or something. I like your GFI cord. A GFI breaker for my panel is $299!!! and a spa panel is at leased $250

 

[KPSquared]

The ground fault stuff is just stupid expensive here. Who am I kidding. . . Everything is expensive here. Shipping from Auber is ridiculous. Blah.

 

[Psych]

I think it was this guy:

http://www.homehardware.ca/en/rec/i...att-Water-Heater-Element/_/N-ntja6/R-I3284751

But I found it really collected stuff on it, and it sort of bled off that chrome coating I think, so...not sure if I'd recommend it now. I upgraded to a Camco ripple 5500w element and am SUPER happy with it for more than a year now. Bought it off some dealer on Amazon.com that shipped to Canada, it was well worth it! Homehardware had to order it in so I had to wait for shipping anyways...

Yeah gfci...man...ridiculous. Happy to have been able to score that Xerox 240v gfci cable I got, for sure! Hopefully more come on the market...though again, I think I'd still chance it without gfci hah (note: Psych does not officially condone/recommend/otherwise suggest not using a GFCI in your setup!)

 

[eonsend]

Did you just let your chiller sit on top of the element or do you fix it to something so it never touches? Thanks!

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[Psych]

I kinda slot it in but for the most part it just rest on top on one half of it at least - the half near where the element comes into the kettle.