North Wall Brewing Electric Brewery Build

[SookeBrewing]

Hey. Sweet space man. Can you do me a huge favor and take a photo of how that volt/amp meter was installed? Did you extend the wires on the little coil doohicky and just run one main hot leg through it? I guess if you answer my questions I don't really need the photo... My panel is nearly wired and I want to be sure these last pieces are done correctly. Thanks!

Sorry for the late reply - and maybe you've already done yours, but it was really easy. Just put the donut (you'll have to extend the wires if you got the same one as I did) around the HOT wire coming out of the MAIN power relay. There is a good picture here (not mine):

http://www.theelectricbrewery.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=300001#300001

Anyway - it's a great little meter - works well and east to install. The fact that it doesn't match my standalone meter doesn't even bother me anymore.

 

[SookeBrewing]

Success! I completed the tile work over the last week or two and my electric brewery is officially, officially complete.

This project was a lot of fun to put together over the past year (almost to the day). I brewed my first "official" beer with the completed system last night and it is just a dream to brew on. My workshop has never been so clean because instead of stressing over temperatures and manually sparging, I had a lot of spare time!

Big thanks to Kal and all of you forum folk for the plans and advice and answers to my many question

CHEERS!

 

[ImNoExpert]

Looks fantastic! Do you have any issues with water condensing on your hood and dripping?

Great job!

 

[kchomebrew]

I like the vent hood. Nice look to it.

 

[SookeBrewing]

Do you have any issues with water condensing on your hood and dripping?

It condensed a little bit, but only in one corner where it dripped harmlessly on the concrete floor. Where I have a real condensation issue is in the fan itself. It drips like Niagara Falls when the boil is on. And it's still summer and my garage is warm. I understand this is pretty common though.

I also reduced the vent from 6" to 4" (have you ever priced out a 6" hole saw?!) but I am thinking I may have to redo this to get more flow, as there was a good bit of steam that escaped the hood as I was boiling.