[Shuie]

Just finished the first two shakedown runs of my upgraded AG 10gal home brewery. I went electric. The eBrewery uses two vessels, a heat exchanger coil for recirculation & cooling, and a single pump for recirculation, cooling, & transfer. I still need to tweak a couple of things, but it's working really well so far.

The control box is wired for 240V & 120V and fed from a 30A GFI. The 240V 4500W heating element is switched through a temperature controlled solid state relay. The desired temp is dialed in on the PID and the element gets switched on/off base on the readings. So, if I want to mash at 151 degrees for 90 minutes, I just program the controller and wait for 90 minutes. No more compromised mash schedules, overshooting temps, and no more propane!