canyonbrewer
Well-Known Member
Hello all from Sunny Charlotte, NC.
i am interested in prepping my garage for electric brewing. Been reading the electric brewing forum alot lately.
My house has 200 amp service. I have a breaker box in my garage with 2 open slots. My goal is to mount a receptical on my garage wall about 15 feet away from my breaker box.
I brew 10 gallon batches in keggles...and am looking at RIMS. I plan to have a 5500 watt element in my HLT and my BK. Not sure what size I should run in my RIMS tube.
questions:
1. Is 50 amps enough? I think I will be running the HLT and RIMS tube at the same time, and then run the BK alone after mashing.
2. what size element should I put in my RIMS tube?
3. I see alot of people buying SPA panels with built in 50 amp GFCI breakers. Do I need this? Or couldn't I just install a 50 amp GFCI breaker in my existing box? Is there a cost consideration here?
Thanks All!
i am interested in prepping my garage for electric brewing. Been reading the electric brewing forum alot lately.
My house has 200 amp service. I have a breaker box in my garage with 2 open slots. My goal is to mount a receptical on my garage wall about 15 feet away from my breaker box.
I brew 10 gallon batches in keggles...and am looking at RIMS. I plan to have a 5500 watt element in my HLT and my BK. Not sure what size I should run in my RIMS tube.
questions:
1. Is 50 amps enough? I think I will be running the HLT and RIMS tube at the same time, and then run the BK alone after mashing.
2. what size element should I put in my RIMS tube?
3. I see alot of people buying SPA panels with built in 50 amp GFCI breakers. Do I need this? Or couldn't I just install a 50 amp GFCI breaker in my existing box? Is there a cost consideration here?
Thanks All!