EliW
Active Member
Hey everyone. So I've read (and read, and read) these forums for months now, and I'm ready to 'pull the trigger' on making myself an eKettle.
But here's the catch. In reading these forums, it really seems that everyone goes one extreme or the other. Either they are making a very basic 120v system (and using lots of readily availble parts for that). Or they are making a very complicated full power system with pumps and multiple stages.
My situation is thus: All that I want, is an eKettle for boiling. I mainly make Mead, Wine, Cider, and Extract beers. My location where I want to be using this, happens to be in my basement, and happens to be where an old Dryer was, and therefore I have a 220v outlet there. Which excites me because I can make a proper eKettle that goes 'full power', and can do a 6 gallon boil in short enough time.
But can someone point me to some instructions (or just help me through them), for what I need exactly for doing this? It really doesn't have to be a fancy PID temperature controlled version (and it seems that most of those only want to run 120v anyway). A simple 'temperature dial' (IT GOES TO 11!) would be fine.
But mostly just wanting to do this simply and cheaply.
I've got an eye on a $40 8gallon kettle. The 220v heating elements are pretty cheap, as are the power cables. So the real question is: "What can I put in the middle?"
Thanks,
Eli
But here's the catch. In reading these forums, it really seems that everyone goes one extreme or the other. Either they are making a very basic 120v system (and using lots of readily availble parts for that). Or they are making a very complicated full power system with pumps and multiple stages.
My situation is thus: All that I want, is an eKettle for boiling. I mainly make Mead, Wine, Cider, and Extract beers. My location where I want to be using this, happens to be in my basement, and happens to be where an old Dryer was, and therefore I have a 220v outlet there. Which excites me because I can make a proper eKettle that goes 'full power', and can do a 6 gallon boil in short enough time.
But can someone point me to some instructions (or just help me through them), for what I need exactly for doing this? It really doesn't have to be a fancy PID temperature controlled version (and it seems that most of those only want to run 120v anyway). A simple 'temperature dial' (IT GOES TO 11!) would be fine.
But mostly just wanting to do this simply and cheaply.
I've got an eye on a $40 8gallon kettle. The 220v heating elements are pretty cheap, as are the power cables. So the real question is: "What can I put in the middle?"
Thanks,
Eli