Never had wheels on mine - it was a handy imports jobby. Had to lop about 10cm off the legs to get it down to a good brewing height (800mm). Previously the top of the pots was around shoulder level, which was rather awkward and caused at least one decent burn...Mikeyr said:I have the same bench, only I left the wheels on .... this of course now a blueprint, what a sensational set up, fantastic attention to detail on the cabling!
Also that pump set up is awesome, been trying to think of the best way to attach mine to the bench and still be able to drain!
Probably good terms with the missus, followed by sobriety and the subsequent grey matter something potato.dannymars said:How much roughly did this build set you back?
Hey you have a whole 2amps to spare for pumps and control piece of cake.DJ_L3ThAL said:Is that duty control pulse width modulation or an agricultural method similar to it? It'd be nice to have a fixed boil off for singles, doubles and triples to make recipe calcs and repeatability easier
Think I can get 32A total to my garage (confirming this weekend) which may be challenging for 2x 3600W
Well, I have a PC, sound system, fermenting freezer etc also to run, so thinking 2x15A elements in the kettle may be cutting it a bit fine. Sure I can turn fermenting fridge off for boil duration, but sound system? Hell no I need my brewing tracks pumpin`! I do have a 10A point detached from the garage I could run extension from, but gets messy turning everything off and switching to that for every brew day.MastersBrewery said:Hey you have a whole 2amps to spare for pumps and control piece of cake.
I'm naughty I run 2 2400w over 2 circuits(10amp each) with pump and control (brauduino) I guessing but I recon I might be 1.5 amps short on the supply side. Both cables are rated for 15amps with standard plugs and more than 5m long. Now I've used this for just on a year in two houses and haven't noticed anything even get warm.
32amps should get you real close. Good luck with it.
My electrician reckons it's OK to run pretty consistently at near full load, because it's not doing this 24/7, but really at most once a week, but likely once or twice a month each brew day. What size kettle you got? I saw 7200W (3x 2.4kW) boil 40L in an 80L kettle and it got close during hot break stage of the boil but still had a couple inches, we did turn one element off for a minute or so. I like the idea of a potentiometer dial to tune it up/down accordingly, but flicking a switch manually just to get past hot break stage is also OK.mofox1 said:Yeah - I'd rather have a few amps "in reserve"... I had to turn a 70L boil down to 80% (with a 5.5kW element) on the weekend because it kept threatening to boil over... you'd be good with the 6kW total.
As for the boil off - I run the elements at 100% after the hot break has settled down. Boil off is fairly much a constant - I get 5.5L/hr from a 48m(?) dia pot regardless of whether it is at 70L or 20L. Heh. Once I worked out it was 5.5L/hr and not 5L/hr as per my first rough guesses I stopped being short on the cube fills.
Open offer to come have a look at the rig on a weekend if you want.
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