Electric Heating Element Current Supply Concept

[wihophead]

Ah, it's more power you need and not more current. You'd need a rack of car batteries to get that done. It would be a cheaper to go with two elements and run it off two 120 circuits. I think my next setup will be propane.

Power (W) is the product of voltage (E or V) and current (I). If you raise the the voltage in a resistive circuit you inherently raise the current in turn producing more power.

 

[bandit77]

I think with steam you will have alot of hot spot in your mash. Stirring will help but I think recirculating throw a 120vac heating element is a better method and won`t disturbed your grain bed.

Here a clip of a RIM setup that I'm getting Ideal from.

I don`t think it worth heating a HLT. But to kept your MLT temp consistant, it a excellent ideal.