rpolzin25
Well-Known Member
So as the title says trying to decide the route I want to take. I like doing things myself and tend to research the crap out of things but not sure how complicated building a controller really is. I really like Brau Supply's setup and was debating, do I buy the set up as is? It seems he is currently discounting his current stock so price may not be too crazy (he was running a 20% off coupon during black friday which would put the full 240V system at price under $700). I currently have a bayou classic 44 qt pot but don't have the basket (if building from scratch I would just put in a pizza grate false bottom).
So if I were building my own setup it pretty much mimic that of the UniBrau. I have 3 routes I could see taking.
1. Just buy the unibrau as is and not worry about having to put things together.
2. Buy the unibrau setup minus the controller and then build my own controller
3. Build everything from scratch as I already have the same kettle (would still need to do the hole for the element and recirculation return in the lid and would need a false bottom to prevent bag from sitting on the element)
My big concern is trying to figure out the cost of everything (specifically w/ the controller) and what the cost should be. I saw augiedoggy built his own for $300 which has more bells and whistles since he has a 3 vessel system.
Also, its not like I need or am able to use the system right away. Currently I don't have an available 30 amp outlet but am building a house this spring of which it planned to have the electrician install a 30 amp outlet in the basement. So this fall would be when I would be able to actually brew on the new system.
Basically it would be nice to have a controller that has the EZboil power regulator and I wanted to use 2 illuminated switches. It would probably be nice to have an alarm on it and probably a stop mushroom button. Maybe a hybrid between ebrewsupply biab controller and the brausupply controller. Thanks in advance.
So if I were building my own setup it pretty much mimic that of the UniBrau. I have 3 routes I could see taking.
1. Just buy the unibrau as is and not worry about having to put things together.
2. Buy the unibrau setup minus the controller and then build my own controller
3. Build everything from scratch as I already have the same kettle (would still need to do the hole for the element and recirculation return in the lid and would need a false bottom to prevent bag from sitting on the element)
My big concern is trying to figure out the cost of everything (specifically w/ the controller) and what the cost should be. I saw augiedoggy built his own for $300 which has more bells and whistles since he has a 3 vessel system.
Also, its not like I need or am able to use the system right away. Currently I don't have an available 30 amp outlet but am building a house this spring of which it planned to have the electrician install a 30 amp outlet in the basement. So this fall would be when I would be able to actually brew on the new system.
Basically it would be nice to have a controller that has the EZboil power regulator and I wanted to use 2 illuminated switches. It would probably be nice to have an alarm on it and probably a stop mushroom button. Maybe a hybrid between ebrewsupply biab controller and the brausupply controller. Thanks in advance.