Need to go electric...

[day_trippr]

And I was born in New Jersey.

Thoughts and prayers

 

[mac_1103]

I got better.

 

[Deadalus]

Just so you know, I do in fact have electricity in my home. And I already own a pump and several ball valves. And I was born in New Jersey.

Well more ebrew-curious than I thought, not that I had you pegged for a Luddite! You mentioned not having a pump to me not too long ago. As an admitted cheapskate, if the price was right, perhaps as low as free, you would reject an ebrew solution? Like your electrician friend quits drinking and not only gives you their electric system but installs an outlet for you. You'd take it right? At that point, money out of the picture, with high probability, I too think you might find it transformative. As a scientist, it removes a lot of the noise from the variability introduced by the equipment, and allows you to focus on the variables of interest in your experiment of producing beer. Like temperature control for instance. Hey I've got a mini-fridge I hacked the door and its temperature dial out, it's going in the trash unless I find a homebrewer for it...

But you didn't grow up in Jersey. It's definitely beer thirty now!

 

[mac_1103]

You mentioned not having a pump to me not too long ago.

Longer than you think. Time flies. But it's a really cheap pump.

And while I do generally like free stuff, I don't particularly need anybody's trash. I've got plenty of my own.

 

[Deadalus]

Longer than you think. Time flies. But it's a really cheap pump.

And while I do generally like free stuff, I don't particularly need anybody's trash. I've got plenty of my own.

To a nonbrewer it's trash, to a homebrewer View attachment 849871 . The stickers on it alone are worth the price in gas! Works fine but the inkbird died on it and I got a gycol chiller. Plus it's small and I have two other ones. I'm marginally part of a semi-close club so I will see if anyone might want it there. They haven't been active much since Covid.

 

[wepeeler]

Sorry for revisiting an old thread, but I'm excited to finally brew on 240v! I bought a house 12/31/24, and I FINALLY got everything in working order. Plumbing + utility sink in the basement? Check. New 20A 2 pole breaker with 240v outlet? Check. I'm ready!

I already brewed my first batch in the house, but it was still on 120v. The last piece of the puzzle was getting an electrician in to install and run wire to an outlet dedicated for brewing. My first brew day was actually the best brew day I ever had in 8 years of brewing. Everything was within a 15ft radius! I didn't have to run up and down stairs. My sink was within 3 feet of my Anvil. My fermenter was within 10 ft of my Anvil. Had a glorious brew day! I'm running the 240v brew day this Sunday. Can't wait!

Just wanted to thank everyone for their advice in this thread.

 

[Willy]

Sorry for revisiting an old thread, but I'm excited to finally brew on 240v! I bought a house 12/31/24, and I FINALLY got everything in working order. Plumbing + utility sink in the basement? Check. New 20A 2 pole breaker with 240v outlet? Check. I'm ready!

I already brewed my first batch in the house, but it was still on 120v. The last piece of the puzzle was getting an electrician in to install and run wire to an outlet dedicated for brewing. My first brew day was actually the best brew day I ever had in 8 years of brewing. Everything was within a 15ft radius! I didn't have to run up and down stairs. My sink was within 3 feet of my Anvil. My fermenter was within 10 ft of my Anvil. Had a glorious brew day! I'm running the 240v brew day this Sunday. Can't wait!

Just wanted to thank everyone for their advice in this thread.

The first batches at 220 v are glorious. The speed. The power! The glory!

 

[Cheshire Cat]

120v and Imperial Measurements you poor people

 

[Agent]

120v and Imperial Measurements you poor people

We honor our heritage by keeping the BTU alive and well!

 

[Cheshire Cat]

We honor our heritage by keeping the BTU alive and well!

When I did my Mechanical Engineering degree we had a mixture of Imperial and SI units in Thermodynamics and other disciplines including BTU’s. An absolute nightmare converting using a slide rule.
You guys went metric on currency 200 years before we did.

 

[garzlok]

This thread is costing me some serious cash Back in May, I installed a 240V/30A GCFI Circuit Breaker so I could heat my strike water in my, then new, HLT. Welp, I Just got done installing a 240V/50A GCFI Circuit Breaker for my eventual Control Panel Build that I just started collecting components for.

 

[wepeeler]

The first batches at 220 v are glorious. The speed. The power! The glory!

Just ran a test and I went from 50F to 82F in 8 min. Can't wait for the morning

 

[shoengine]

New house? Were you able to ditch the CC&Rs?

 

[Willy]

We honor our heritage by keeping the BTU alive and well!

Michael Keaton from Mr. Mom...
"220, 221 - whatever it takes."

 

[wepeeler]

New house? Were you able to ditch the CC&Rs?

New house. Split with my fiance, so I bought my true love, my dog, a house. Brew day was FAST!!