I am after some advice on element sizing though, it seems that on a standard 10A power circuit the biggest element I can go for is 2400W, if I have say 42L of water in the pot how long would this take to get to mash temperature (ball-park)?
Is it worthwhile having a fixed 2400W element mounted plus a second immersion element to get the wort to the boil faster?
Is it worth the expense to get a 15A or 30A socket put in to support high wattage elements?
I haven't ruled out a gas fired system but given the cost difference of gas vs electric there is a lot more value in the electric from what I can determine.
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Post #3 made 12 years ago
Hi mate
Am new to this as well and have just put 2 elements in my boiler.
Planing on using both to reach a boil faster and they switch 1 off
Did a test run and using a 2.4 kw and 2.0 kw it took half hour to reach boil for 30lts
Am new to this as well and have just put 2 elements in my boiler.
Planing on using both to reach a boil faster and they switch 1 off
Did a test run and using a 2.4 kw and 2.0 kw it took half hour to reach boil for 30lts
