Hello to my fellow brewers in the Americas. Several years ago a set out to build a better mouse trap. I found on this forum that my idea of an Electric Kettle could work. So I set about building a better Mouse Trap and I now hyappy to say that I have succeeded. Because of the ideas that I took away from your boards to build my electic kettle I would like to share them with you. I apoligize in advance because all of the measurements are in imperial not metric. You see the Americas have not decided to join the normal standards of measurements.
Several years ago I came upon a BruHeat bucket and started to use it and fell in love with it. I then decided to try and build a better one and ultimately succeeded.
My biggest hang up was controling the water heater element. I did some research and came upon a controller called a simmerstat. Further research convinced me that this would work and I set about building my electric kettle.
I am currently on my third generation of my electric kettle. All have worked flawlessly and I have brewed more then 100 5 gallon batches using my electric kettle.
So after reading the different boards and seeing all the different ideas on building a electric kettle I decided to share mine with my fellow brewers. I have written up very detailed instructions on building one. These include pictures, written instructions, parts list, and diagrams. I have compiled it into PDF format and I am now comfortable releasing it. I would like to post it on this forum but I do not think I can.
So if anyone is interested in receiving these instruction you can download the attached files. If you have any questions I would be more than happy to try and answer them.
TD in Iowa, USA
View attachment The_Electric_Kettle.pdf
Several years ago I came upon a BruHeat bucket and started to use it and fell in love with it. I then decided to try and build a better one and ultimately succeeded.
My biggest hang up was controling the water heater element. I did some research and came upon a controller called a simmerstat. Further research convinced me that this would work and I set about building my electric kettle.
I am currently on my third generation of my electric kettle. All have worked flawlessly and I have brewed more then 100 5 gallon batches using my electric kettle.
So after reading the different boards and seeing all the different ideas on building a electric kettle I decided to share mine with my fellow brewers. I have written up very detailed instructions on building one. These include pictures, written instructions, parts list, and diagrams. I have compiled it into PDF format and I am now comfortable releasing it. I would like to post it on this forum but I do not think I can.
So if anyone is interested in receiving these instruction you can download the attached files. If you have any questions I would be more than happy to try and answer them.
TD in Iowa, USA
View attachment The_Electric_Kettle.pdf