Yeastie Beastie
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I just thought I would just share this with AHB members thinking of going electric like I did and was confused by the amount of elements avaliable etc etc.
I recently sold my Italian Spiral to "ampy" (enjoy) to go electric a number of reasons.
I recently bought one of THESE 3600W elecric elements from evilbay for a measly $38.00.
I was limited to an element lenth of 375mm as this is the diametre of my pot. My mash tun being the new conversion victim. Now to find another tun.
Installation was very very simple but found a thicker rubber seal a necessity to take up the curvature of the pot itself.
I did a test boil and there were no leaks so I proceeded to search around for a suitable cover.
I found a cover off an old hot water service I turned into an outdoor fire a while ago and cut that down to suit. Add one cable gland and job complete and even looks nice and tidy, and of course safe, my main priority here.
Here are some stats from 2 water only test runs.
50L Pot. LID OFF entire run
5:10pm - 30 litres of 20 degree tap water added to pot - element on.
5:20pm - 30 degrees
5:35pm - 50 degrees
5:45pm - 60 degrees
5:50pm - 70 degrees
6:00pm - 80 degrees
6:10pm - 90 degrees
6:20pm - 100 degrees
6:25pm rolling boil achieved.
7:25pm element off.
Measured water straight away to calculate loss. 24 Litres left.
OUTCOME - 1 hour 15 minutes to achieve rolling boil, boil held for 1 hour. Lost 6 litres to evaporation.
50L Pot. LID ON entire run.
11:30am - 30 litres of 20 degree tap water added to pot - element on.
11:40am - 40 degrees
11:45am - 50 degrees
11:50am - 60 degrees
12:00pm - 70 degrees
12:05pm - 80 degrees
12:10am - 90 degrees
12:20pm - 100 degrees.
12:25pm rolling boil achieved.
1:25pm element off.
Measured water straight away to calculate loss. 26 litres left.
OUTCOME - 1 hour 5 minutes to achieve rolling boil, boil held for 1 hour. Lost 4 litres to evaporation.
Future - PID and SSR addition to control the boil temp as it is extremely vigorous, and maybe a 1800W or 2400W element to achieve a faster initial boil, pretty happy with it now as it will be on a timer and turned on while im still in bed. It would have to be immersion type as there would be a maize of obstacles if stirring is required.
I recently sold my Italian Spiral to "ampy" (enjoy) to go electric a number of reasons.
I recently bought one of THESE 3600W elecric elements from evilbay for a measly $38.00.
I was limited to an element lenth of 375mm as this is the diametre of my pot. My mash tun being the new conversion victim. Now to find another tun.
Installation was very very simple but found a thicker rubber seal a necessity to take up the curvature of the pot itself.
I did a test boil and there were no leaks so I proceeded to search around for a suitable cover.
I found a cover off an old hot water service I turned into an outdoor fire a while ago and cut that down to suit. Add one cable gland and job complete and even looks nice and tidy, and of course safe, my main priority here.
Here are some stats from 2 water only test runs.
50L Pot. LID OFF entire run
5:10pm - 30 litres of 20 degree tap water added to pot - element on.
5:20pm - 30 degrees
5:35pm - 50 degrees
5:45pm - 60 degrees
5:50pm - 70 degrees
6:00pm - 80 degrees
6:10pm - 90 degrees
6:20pm - 100 degrees
6:25pm rolling boil achieved.
7:25pm element off.
Measured water straight away to calculate loss. 24 Litres left.
OUTCOME - 1 hour 15 minutes to achieve rolling boil, boil held for 1 hour. Lost 6 litres to evaporation.
50L Pot. LID ON entire run.
11:30am - 30 litres of 20 degree tap water added to pot - element on.
11:40am - 40 degrees
11:45am - 50 degrees
11:50am - 60 degrees
12:00pm - 70 degrees
12:05pm - 80 degrees
12:10am - 90 degrees
12:20pm - 100 degrees.
12:25pm rolling boil achieved.
1:25pm element off.
Measured water straight away to calculate loss. 26 litres left.
OUTCOME - 1 hour 5 minutes to achieve rolling boil, boil held for 1 hour. Lost 4 litres to evaporation.
Future - PID and SSR addition to control the boil temp as it is extremely vigorous, and maybe a 1800W or 2400W element to achieve a faster initial boil, pretty happy with it now as it will be on a timer and turned on while im still in bed. It would have to be immersion type as there would be a maize of obstacles if stirring is required.