Let me see that Spa Panel

[MplsUgly]

I'm sure this has been covered but the searching within a subforum isn't possible or apparently, I can't figure it out.

Anyway, Id love to see some of your spa panel configurations and how you hook up to your main panel and then to your controller.

My plan is to install a 50 amp breaker in my panel, run that out to a 50 amp stove socket about 1 foot from my main panel. Then have a pigtail exiting my spa panel with a 50 amp stove plug mounted in the same general area. That spa panel will have a 30 foot run of 6/4 to my brew controller and will be hardwired between the two.

In doing this I will effectively plug in my spa panel to power my system. This way nothing would need to be inspected other than the 50 amp stove socket. Also, if I sell the house nothing would be considered a fixture of the house other than the stove socket. That said I would probably remove all brewery equipment before listing the house to avoid any unwanted confusion or concerns.

Is this what most of you are doing? Is there a better way to configure this set of equipment?

Thanks for any advice!

 

[golfindia]

I did something similar. I need 220 in My garage for welders and mill. I have my 220 GFCI plug next to my main panel in garage. I ran 8/4 through My attic to a wall socket on my back patio. To brew, I unplug the garage stuff and plug in the 8/4 (30a) attic run. Code? The Outlet is, not sure about the attic run. It's only plugged in when I brew and where I live I don't have to have stuff inspected that I do myself. Interestingly, the 2hp motor in mill occasionally trips the GFCI on startup....

 

[rkhanso]

Here's my sub-panel, spa panel and brew controller housing. I can take a picture of the main panel in the house, but that's not very interesting....just a 60A breaker with wiring going to my garage sub-panel. There's both a 240v 30A outlet for the welder and the 50A GFCI for the brew system run off the sub-panel.

My brew controller box has a flexible power cable input to plug into the GFCI protected outlet from the Spa Panel so I can take my system to someone else's house - just in case.

BTW - I'm in Plymouth - not far from you.

 

[Esmitee]

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I'm sure this has been covered but the searching within a subforum isn't possible or apparently, I can't figure it out.

Anyway, Id love to see some of your spa panel configurations and how you hook up to your main panel and then to your controller.

My plan is to install a 50 amp breaker in my panel, run that out to a 50 amp stove socket about 1 foot from my main panel. Then have a pigtail exiting my spa panel with a 50 amp stove plug mounted in the same general area. That spa panel will have a 30 foot run of 6/4 to my brew controller and will be hardwired between the two.
In doing this I will effectively plug in my spa panel to power my system. This way nothing would need to be inspected other than the 50 amp stove socket. Also, if I sell the house nothing would be considered a fixture of the house other than the stove socket. That said I would probably remove all brewery equipment before listing the house to avoid any unwanted confusion or concerns. Is this what most of you are doing? Is there a better way to configure this set of equipment?
Thanks for any advice!

MplsUgly, I did mine just the opposite the way you did yours.

In my garage is my Main House panel 200 AMP. I Have an open 240V 50 amp breaker Im going to swap out and replace it with a 240V 60 AMP breaker. I wired into the Main panel's new 60 AMP breaker using #4 gauge 3 conductor with a Ground romex cable that is about 35 feet long. I then wired the same 4/3 cable to My 60 AMP GFCI sub Panel. Now that's hardwired at both ends.
But instead of wiring a 50 AMP receptacle out side/next to from the GFCI sub panel like one may usually do, I drilled out the side of the GFCI sub panel and placed a 50 AMP receptacle right inside the GFCI sub panel . Then I have a 50 AMP Range cord that is hardwired to the inside of my control panel, and then the moulded plug will plug right into the 50 AMP receptacle that is in the side of the GFCI sub panel. This way, I can detach the whole control panel.
Reason I chose to keep the spa panel pluggable , is because I will be using the 35 feet of romex with the spa panel attached to it, as and "EXTENSION CORD". If I brew in the back portion of my garage in a "can be heated room, when I,m done brewing, I can roll it up back to my Main panel. And when I decide to brew out front of my garage on nice day, I won't have to unroll it. It will be neatly coiled up next to my Main Panel!
I should really just decide where I will always brew?????
Cant really make my mind right at this moment, I might NEVER!!!

 

[Totally]

30A ebiab system.
5 foot dryer cord coming out of the spa panel which sits on my dryer.
20 feet of 10/4 also coming out of the panel ending in an L14-30R that goes a short distance into my garage and connects to my panel.

 

[brewohio]

30A ebiab system.
5 foot dryer cord coming out of the spa panel which sits on my dryer.
20 feet of 10/4 also coming out of the panel ending in an L14-30R that goes a short distance into my garage and connects to my panel.

I know this is an old thread but I'm looking to go electric adding a GFCI for safety on a existing either dryer or range outlet. Looks like a good option. Do you have a build list?