I want to make a super simple electric system and then slowly upgrade. I'm not electrically inclined and was wondering why I couldn't buy the following two components to create a rudimentary electric system with some controllability (not just off or on).
I want to take two elements like this http://www.theelectricbrewery.com/heating-element-kits (one for my liquor tank and one for my brew kettle) and splice in a controller like this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B018LUX1SS/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 between the element and the plug. Would this not give me a controllability of the element e.g. run at 10% 50% or 100% just by turning the knob?
I'm sure this is super flawed and if it wasn't I would have seen a post about it by now but I just wanted to see whats wrong with this idea before I proceeded to more complex solutions.
Thanks
I want to take two elements like this http://www.theelectricbrewery.com/heating-element-kits (one for my liquor tank and one for my brew kettle) and splice in a controller like this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B018LUX1SS/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 between the element and the plug. Would this not give me a controllability of the element e.g. run at 10% 50% or 100% just by turning the knob?
I'm sure this is super flawed and if it wasn't I would have seen a post about it by now but I just wanted to see whats wrong with this idea before I proceeded to more complex solutions.
Thanks
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