So in designing my brewery I am going to use a 120V heating element for my e-HERMS and sparge water, and a 240V element in my boil kettle. I was assuming that I would have the ability to run both of them at once (using a separate wall circuit for the 120V heater than the 240V supply). I noticed most people seem to run one or the other and not both. Is this just because most people's breakers and wiring won't allow more than 30 or 40 amps and they use one power source?
If I power the 120V heater from a separate wall outlet that is rated at 20A, is there anything wrong with running the system this way? Is there any real benefit to being able to run them both at the same time?
I figured I would heat the mash water in the kettle and e-HERMS/sparge water in the MLT at the start of the brewing before mashing in, and then have the ability to hold the sparge water temp constant for fly sparging while simultaneously starting to heat the wort in the kettle. Is this unnecessary?
If I power the 120V heater from a separate wall outlet that is rated at 20A, is there anything wrong with running the system this way? Is there any real benefit to being able to run them both at the same time?
I figured I would heat the mash water in the kettle and e-HERMS/sparge water in the MLT at the start of the brewing before mashing in, and then have the ability to hold the sparge water temp constant for fly sparging while simultaneously starting to heat the wort in the kettle. Is this unnecessary?