LoresonDE
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It's the same setup as theelectricbrewery.com did, but with 10 gallon kettles and 4500w elements. 4500w elements would work fine, just take a bit longer to heat. I went with lower watt to avoid scorching.
In my guess, going to 20 gallon kettles would require some fittings for inlet/outlets, since they are soldered on to the 10 gallon kettles. You could weld/solder fittings like I did (I'm including the pull-through tool if you choose to do that) or go weldless. Everything else should work fine to transfer over.
Stand dimensions are,
64" width
24" depth
36" high at the top of the stand
56" high at the top of the control box
So you welded TC ferrules onto your kettles, correct? And then ran your elements through them? Are the elements bare elements, 2 wire elements that are hard wired or can I remove them from wiring by unscrewing 2 screws etc? I ask fir upgrading purposes. Thanks.
They are soldered in, you drill a whole through the kettle smaller than the fitting then use a tool to pull it through creating a mechanical joint then solder that joint. It is quite easy to do if you are familiar with soldering. https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/ptbulkheadmf.htm
There are some more pictures and directions on there if you'd like to look.
For the elements, I used this kit(https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/etc4s.htm) and soldered the fitting on. If you wanted to solder you could use this(same fitting on my kettles) https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/tc15fsf.htm Otherwise, yes 1.5" triclover ferrule would work if you welded in.
Yes, the elements are bare, Stainless Camco 02955. The elements are screwed into those pods above and can be unscrewed(along with the ground and (2) 120v leads).
if it doesnt sell, and you change your mind, of course, I would buy the control panel. It does cost alot to build a system, but you can buy a turnkey brand new setup with 15 gallon kettles from high gravity for 26-2800. My system im picking up now, is all 20 gallong G2s, riptides, etc for 2800 out the door.
Just dont know if i want to do High gravity controller configuration, as i like having independent xontrol of boil hlt and mlt. With PIDS in all 3. Let me know.
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