New way for electric brewing?

[IslandLizard]

I would use the standard socket for those surface element, they are cheap and easy to find. That's the reason for this design, all the parts are easy to find and cheap so far.

For sure the positioning is wrong, it was just meant to look nice (symmetrical) for now.

I am thinking about the surface and support right now. I have a few ideas but I am trying to find an easy and cheap solution.

In a regular stove the wiring is in the hollow space underneath the top, shielded from the heat. There are also spill/reflector bowls underneath the elements.

Make sure your wiring can handle the heat from the elements since there's a lot more in your scenario than underneath a stove top.

 

[IslandLizard]

Years ago a local guy was selling his electric brew rig on Craigslist...
He had a 15 or 20 gallon straight-sided stainless welded vessel. He used several spiral elements, ripped out of old stove tops, welded onto the sides of his "kettle" with brackets. Wires going everywhere. Modern ghetto style brewing!

 

[carpathia]

Years ago a local guy was selling his electric brew rig on Craigslist...
He had a 15 or 20 gallon straight-sided stainless welded vessel. He used several spiral elements, ripped out of old stove tops, welded onto the sides of his "kettle" with brackets. Wires going everywhere. Modern ghetto style brewing!

Jesus, and here I am somewhat terrified of my tri-clamp welded water tight element connected to a twistlocking 30 amp because of that tiny, barely preceptible gap between the cable and the prongs.

 

[virtualpaul]

I am still thinking but here is my updated design:

The blue rectangles are ~1" square metal bars that will support the element metal bowl (not shown) underneath the elements. The green rectangle is the same bars but underneath the blue bars. The grey would probably be an aluminum plate with 3 holes for the elements. I have a few ideas for the legs but nothing final.

 

[carpathia]

Are you basically making a custom stove top? Have you thought about induction? While it wouldn't work with a keggle, you can use steel plate and guarantee extremely efficient heating without having to worry about manually balancing three different burners that have a solid lag time with heating up/cooling down.