Recent content by OldStone

Thanks for the information and link!!

Hello, I have second year hop plants that seem to have produced a decent haul for the year. First one harvested is Zeus. I was hoping my brewing skill set would be a little further along at this point but I have not had the time to study going all grain(still doing partial mash recipes) or...

Hello, I have a 5 gallon batch that I split into two 1 gallon jugs and a 3 gallon carboy. I am ready to bottle. I need to figure out how much priming sugar to put in my 1 gallon batches and 3 gallon batch. I have never done a split batch so how do I calculate how to properly carbonate each? Any...

So after what seemed to be an eternity of research on which beginner brew kit to start out with, you think I was spending 20k on a car, I bought the Premium Fermonster Homebrew Starter kit from morebeer on 2/04/17 which has started what I fear is my next addiction. It just seemed to offer all...

So I went deep in the garage and found 4 wire dryer plug. So now if I change outlet to 4 wire how does it work with the plug for the kettle? I guess I have to change that also? but 10/3 from plug to SD controller only has 3 wires? :confused:

Thanks! I really appreciate you taking the time to explain this to me in detail. This is a weldless tri-clover fitting so it has an o-ring on outside of kettle to prevent leaking. There is metal to metal contact from the nut on the inside of kettle. Would this create the necessary ground...

That is spoken from the heart. That is about the most honest sincere thing in the post. When the boots hit the ground and the cash register has to ring all the planning, preparation and forecast go right in the trash can. There isn't a new business owner that isn't overly optimistic about their...

I bought the stock cord they sell with the element and wired that into the Simple Dragon Controller. I also replaced the old dryer breaker with a GFI Breaker in the box. Wouldn't that shut everything down if anything was out of whack?

does the fix you suggested take care of this issue? I didn't get shocked yesterday. (Thank God!) I have GFI breaker in box. Is that where the ground you speak of is. I don't know what you mean by have it grounded at the kettle?

Thanks BrunDog! Did what you suggested. 6 gallons of cold tap water to full out boil in 22 minutes! That's more like it. Does that sound about right for boil time? I have included a pic of the swap just to make sure I did what you suggested right? The only thing I had to do was swap the wires at...

Thank everybody for all the feedback. I will go get a meter today to double check everything but I figured I would post these pics in case someone saw something glaringly wrong in my wiring that would only make me get 120 to the element. Just out of curiosity would my dryer still work if I...

Thanks! That is pretty cool. Never saw that before.

Thanks for reply. Sorry for my ignorance but what do you mean by "Are you sure you aren't between one keg and the neutral?" The feed from the panel is a four wire to 3 prong plug? Is there a way to test the outlet to make sure I am getting proper output at outlet.

Yes using my dryer outlet. Installed GFI breaker in box so no spa box or anything like that. I think it was weird also? I expected more. Obviously you have more kettle surface on the induction burner but I have seen bigger set ups with the 5500w element and never have seen anybody complaining...

Hello All, First let me say I am a rookie brewer. Before this I have brewed 3 stove top batches. I wanted to brew in full 5 gallon batches. Not brew a concentrate and add water at the end. I quickly realized my stove top was not going to cut the mustard. It was taking forever to heat up 5...