I'm reviving this thread because after days of agonizing over my current propane setup and me wanting to do NG as a stepping stone over to electric (bc it's in my garage) I just said F it after hours of looking at burners and said "I'LL GO ELECTRIC ALREADY!!!!"
I've been fighting it for so long but today I got a nice fat check from Uncle Sam for my tax return and it's going towards this.
I still want to keep it simple though.
to review: 3 stage brewing process (and it's staying that way because I love my little cooler and all it's wonders). I mainly brew 5 gallons, once in a blue moon a 10 gallon.
Equipment has changed a bit:
10 gallon aluminum HLT (soon to be outfitted with sight glass and therm, thanks Bobby)
10 gallon cooler MT with manifold (soon to be grain bag to take advantage of pump and double ground grain)
15 gallon keg BK
One 12v DC pump in a box with PWM to control flow
Brewspace will be in the middle of the garage maybe 10 feet from my wall (fuse panel)
My thoughts for the panel are:
Simple enclosure with on/off switches for elements.
PID for HLT, SSVR for BK
RTD to HLT. Manual therm with sightglass on keggle
Emergency stop
After thought, I'll go with a 4500W element. The difference heating x gallons for me was like 3-5 minutes, but this keeps me under 40A. Since the 50A spa panel is pretty universal here, that gives me 10A of wiggle room in case I want to put my pump's power through this CP, or whatever else
pdf shows my gear projections (ignore the gas stuff on the left)
So because I'm no electrician, am I missing any parts (ANY AT ALL) or the theory behind what I want to do?
Questions:
If a SSVR controls voltage, how can I do that with a switch? I was thinking it'd be like my PWM with rotates. I couldn't find a switch like this on Auberins.
View attachment Gear.pdf