Sad Change of Events

So before my deployment I started working on a brand new 10 gal system. I made a control box using arduino and the ability to link to an android device as well. When I got back I got two stout tanks (a 15g brew kettle and mash tun) and finished the build.

The thread can be found HERE

So heres the problem, I was expecting to live in Arkansas for another 1-3 years before I had to move. I bought a house a year ago and installed a 240V outlet in my garage for my new system.

When I returned from deployment I found out that I had received an assignment change (do to crazy happenings) and now Im moving. 240V outlets arent very common to find these days (especially the 4 prong versions). So now Im afraid that when I get to my new location (Grand Forks, ND so if any brewers are up there feel free to send me a PM) that Im gonna be living in an Apartment (as Im not buying another house for this assignment). And I wont have the ability to install a 240V outlet at my new location and wont be able to use my new system.

Will your new apartment have an electric range or dryer?

If you do, you may have power options for your rig.

Yeah, thats what im hoping, though will be a pain to setup inside, its kinda a big rig

Yeah, if it has a large foot-print it could be awkward to work around.

Good luck.

This will pass.

Obviously, see what ends up actually happening, but if your fears prove grounded, that set-up in an apartment would be ridiculous.

Stow it and do stove top PMs until you can move.

Thanks you for your service, and sacrifices!

Get/make a realllly long extension cord. I run my eHerms system in my garage from my dryer outlet inside the house. Have about a 30' extension cord that works perfectly.

Durhamite said:

Get/make a realllly long extension cord. I run my eHerms system in my garage from my dryer outlet inside the house. Have about a 30' extension cord that works perfectly.

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I do the same for my MIG welder, making the extension cords is easy and cheap.

That is one of the options I was looking into. Either the dryer,stove, or hot water heater outlets depending on where I end up living

Adeering said:

That is one of the options I was looking into. Either the dryer,stove, or hot water heater outlets depending on where I end up living

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I have never seen or heard of a water heater being plugged into an outlet.
Usually they get hard-wired into a J-box.