Recent content by jhollist

Missed the post earlier, but there is a homebrew club in RI, The Rhode Island Fermentation Technicians, aka RIFT. There is a web site with details: http://www.riftbrew.org. Click on the About RIFT link to find a link to the Yahoo Group (where most correspondence happen). We have monthly...

samc, Where is your temperature probe in your set-up? I could see there being some problem if it is up above the false bottom. Cheers, Jeff

I will admit I am not familiar enough with my steel gauges to know intuitively, but the Update International kettle I have is VERY sturdy. I have an older turkey fryer combo that still serves as my small system (I BIAB). The gauge of that smaller pot is definitely thinner. The Bayou Classic...

All, Hoping to get my new sub-panel and outlet installed in the near future and was wondering where most people have these installed relative to the brew stand? Above? Below? Left? Right? Would love pics of general layout too. I have a good idea where everything is going to go, but...

While I have not yet used my 80qt as electric (still in the process of converting and will do my small kettle first), I plan to do so at some point. I know not terribly helpful wrt your question. But thought I would share this with you...

I don't have any experience with the particular stove, but I did try this on our old stove top. It was a glass smooth top electric similar to what you have linked below. I, like you, was curious what it could do. I had a small kettle which I filled with about 4 gallons of water. I cranked...

Burglar, Sounds like a picture perfect BIAB efforts (except the chilling screw-up. Your not the first to do that!). FWIW 80% is not unheard of with BIAB, but that mostly depends on the crush. Since you don't have the problem of a stuck sparge with BIAB, you can crush really fine and bump...

I agree about the probe location. I assume your receptacles and power cord will be coming in from the back. You could put your probe back there as well. That will keep the front nice and clean looking. My panel is not yet built, but I have though about doing the same as you with the probe...

One of the things I do to keep the wife happy is to show her all the systems out there that are way over the top than mine. Makes me seem a bit more tame in comparison. Kal's set up is the one I most often use for this and I had thought Kal's was the be all end all. I always wondered if he...

Brewing sequences - Mash time, boil time, etc. I do like the idea of a timer to start heating strike water. That could be added though at any time, presumably. Cheers, Jeff

All, I am looking for some thoughts on using timers. Please respond to the poll! Cheers, Jeff

Although one of the issues I mentioned was cost, looks like that is not a big deal either. Here's a l6-30 cord for 20.00. Seems pretty good to me. Anything wrong with this cord for up to a 5500W element? http://www.stayonline.com/detail.aspx?ID=14865

Thanks guys! I was leaning towards the l6-30s anyway, but just wanted to get some other opinions. The argument for having the different plugs is a good one. Cheers, Jeff

All, I am starting to work on a design for converting my brewery to electric. One issue I am thinking about right now is the plug for the element. Kal uses L6-30 plugs and receptacles and I have also seen many using the older NEMA 10-30 plugs. Also what about using NEMA 14-40 without using...

Another quick question (and sorry to Hi-jack GRHunter!): What plugs are best? I was thinking either NEMA L6-30, NEMA 10-30, or NEMA 14-40 without using the neutral (are any of these unacceptable?) from element to panel and then a standard 4 wire plug (ala The Electric Brewery) from panel...