gt's e-biab build

[gtmaus]

well, the basement brewery build was officially started back in October of 2013. It's taken quite some time to acquire the parts and pieces. Most of the material/components were extras or left overs from various job sites that I've worked on.
The brew area is a pretty small space that's about 10' long by 8' wide. It's connected to my utility/laundry room which has the slop sink. So water and a drain are just a short hose away.
Thanks to my trade(electrician) wire is readily available. I ran a 2 phase 240v 30a for the heating, a 120v 15a for the panel controls, a 120v 15a for the ferm fridge and a 120v 15a for general purpose items(stir plate, radio ect.)
I started off installing some FRP panels that I was given after a hospital OR remodel. They should make any spill or splatter clean up pretty easy.

 

[gtmaus]

next up was tackling the exhaust hood. would love a blinged out stainless hood but couldn't justify the cost. So I went with a 10" x 32" x 32" wooden box I constructed out of 1"x10"s and 3/4" plywood. The inside is sealed up extremely well. I coated the the entire inside with a roll on bed liner. Then painted it white with a plastic spray paint and two coats of clear protective sealer. The inside coating ended up about an 1/8" thick. I trimmed it out with some corner bead, painted my logo and quite a few poly coats

 

[gtmaus]

I picked up the exhaust fan for Christmas and was able to install it during my holiday break. It's a Tjernlund 6" 530 CFM inline fan. With only one 90 in a 10' run it should do the job I hope.

 

[gtmaus]

Construction work has been pretty slow this year. I had some extra time off so I finished off a couple projects.

here's the chiller I fabbed up. The plastic hose adapter on made it one brew session before I changed it out.



My brew table made from extra hardwood flooring. Painted my logo in the center and MANY poly coats.



And my stir plate

 

[gtmaus]

The control panel build
I was fortunate and able to acquire the enclosure and most of the components for the control panel. The PID and lighted switches had to be purchased.

panel layout


all of the holes are cut


components installed


and some panel tags

 

[gtmaus]

and the inside
10awg for the element
14awg for controls
20awg for the temp circuit

 

[iijakii]

You do great work man. Everything looks great.

 

[bsperr]

Super clean wiring. Looking great so far!

 

[huntb]

Do you have a schematic for this setup? It's exactly what I'm looking to do

 

[gtmaus]

Do you have a schematic for this setup? It's exactly what I'm looking to do

No I sure don't. It's basically the same concept as the diagram PJ created. It is the first one listed in this thread

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f170/list-pj-electrical-diagrams-382286/

The only changes I made were to the 120v portion of the diagram. I kept the 240v circuit strictly for the heating element and used a separate 120v circuit for the e-stop and controls.