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I use 2 5500W elements in a 1 Bbl system. They are installed at roughly 10 and 2 and pointing towards the center. One is installed about an 1" higher than the other as they overlap. I have also bent the wavy element, separating the two layers horizontally and vertically. They are installed above...

Any chill option you are comfortable with is fine. I prefer a plate chiller and it's not hard to keep from clogging or get it clean (with the right cleaners and a pump). Keep in mind, commercial breweries use plate chillers. If you are emulating their beers or styles, use a plate chiller.

Heating all your strike water in the HLT is fine. If you don't have a sight glass to determine volume you will need to make a measure stick. Some sort of stick which is taller than the kettle interior, marked at measured increments. Make sure it's visible when you are mashing in or only put your...

Three elements seems like overkill. My 1Bbl commercial nano setup used two 5500W elements. Both at full power to achieve boil and then one is reduced using the Still Dragon dial controller. I can manage the boil in any batch size by using either or both elements. Main control panel has simple...

I use the still dragon dial in a secondary box to control my boil. I have two elements in each of my HLT and BK. The primary switches for these are in one panel with four switches. One of the BK lines running to the elements is interrupted with the still dragon dial box. I need 100% of two...

What kind of head space do you have in your keg? If you have next to no space, it won't matter how high the pressure is. Either leave sufficient space in the keg to get a higher quantity of CO2 in there or agitate the keg while applying the pressure. Rolling the keg on it's side will increase...

Depends where you're starting from. When I added my stilldragon kit, I already had an electrical system wired. The stilldragon kit was to allow fine tuning of my boil. I originally started with propane and converted to electric. Tell us where you are at and we can try to point you in the...

+1 The StillDragon site had some ordering issues but I think they are sorted out now. I picked up a DIY kit and it is working beautifully to control the output on one of my kettle elements. I was initially concerned about the heat in the plastic box but it is perfectly fine.

A "beer gun" is not the same as a counter-pressure filler. A "beer gun" fills into a atmospheric pressure container with no seal; a counter-pressure filler seals the bottle and pressurizes. A counter-pressure filler is the optimal product for filling. A "beer gun" works but is subject to...

If you have any way to try it on a nitro tap, you can get a creamier mouth feel than with CO2.

Only slightly off topic but check out Stilldragon. Their DIY boil controller will fix your over-powered problem. Run full tilt to get to boil and then dial back the power to maintain the boil you want. I have one on one of my elements and it works great.

I have a 1000L tank sunk 10 feet under ground. A pressure pump pulls water from the tank and pushes it through my plate chiller. The output from the chiller returns to the tank. Running 135L batches @ 1.5L chill water/L wort, I use a bit more than 20% of the capacity of the chill tank. I...

I have a 1000L tank sunk 10 feet under ground. A pressure pump pulls water from the tank and pushes it through my plate chiller. The output from the chiller returns to the tank. Running 135L batches @ 1.5L chill water/L wort, I use a bit more than 20% of the capacity of the chill tank. I...

I don't think you'll be able to really waterproof drywall. You'd be better with aspenite or some other essentially waterproof hardboard material. The aspenite will give a solid place to screw in shelving etc. You can go to more expensive frp panels but that's probably overkill and doesn't have...

You will get heat from your vessel and mass but, as thefost mentioned, you lose a lot of heat from a gas burner to the environment (aka your apartment). When we switched our 1Bbl system to electric the heat output drop was huge.

I had one small leak on the top of my brite tank (on the 1/4" mpt fitting). I contacted Stout as soon as it was discovered. On their recommendation I found a local stainless welder and they fixed it. Stout covered the cost of the repair. The repair looks just fine and, more importantly, allows...

Thanks guys. Might be worth a try.

I use thermal paste ordered of amazon. It's typically used on computer chips and isn't food grade but it sits inside a sealed environment isolated from the tank interior by the thermowell. I have a couple of small tubes which will do a couple of thermowells each.

I will be installing two new 1Bbl fermenters and a fancy new growler filler in addition to brewing.

Thanks. I assumed it would work but this is the first electrical modification I will be making by myself. Had an electrician build the basic controller panel to my spec. I'm confident I will be able to sort out the connections for the secondary variable switch.