First All grain brew in my new electric system....

mindless2 · Post by **mindless2** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:48 pm

Hey All,
I just finished all my electric brew gear, and this week I'll be making my first brew in the new system!!
I used brew in a bag before, on the stove, so this is all new....
I just would like to know if there is anything I should look for (or measurements to take) in my "water" test run tomorrow???
so far I know the following... (Glad I have Beersmith to help!)

Kettle Dead Space 1.8l
Kettle boil off 9.65l/hr
HLT Dead Space 2.65l
Mash Tun Dead Space 4.4l

also If you have any tips.....

Cheers
Todd

GuingesRock · Post by **GuingesRock** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:55 pm

Can't think of anything except get on and brew and get to know your new system. Looks exciting! What are you making?

mindless2 · Post by **mindless2** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:57 pm

Anchor steam clone with marris otter as the base

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GuingesRock · Post by **GuingesRock** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 9:03 pm

Good choice!

RossBee · Post by **RossBee** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:37 pm

2.5 gallon/hr boil off, seems quite high?

mcgster · Post by **mcgster** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:44 pm

Yes i average 1 gallon / hour. That is quite a bit of boil off!

mindless2 · Post by **mindless2** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:48 pm

That was with a setting of 80% power on the controller ... Maybe I should drop it a bit more

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mcgster · Post by **mcgster** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 8:08 pm

When i upgraded my element to the 5500W one, i tested my boil at 5% levels until i found the lowest one that would boil it... then i bumped it up by 5 to be safe.

mindless2 · Post by **mindless2** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 8:16 pm

I'm using a Digital SSR Power Regulator for Wort Boiling Control on a 5500w element at 240v. Time to boil from cold is about 30min......

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mcgster · Post by **mcgster** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 8:17 pm

I ramp mine up to a boil at 100%, i only dial it back once it gets there.

Glad to see the new system worked out for you too.

mindless2 · Post by **mindless2** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 10:30 pm

How much do you dial it down??

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mcgster · Post by **mcgster** » Sat Oct 10, 2015 5:49 am

When i'm doing a 5 gal batch mine boils between 70-75%, 10 gal batches 80-85% so i take it down to either 75 or 85.

mindless2 · Post by **mindless2** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 6:11 pm

mcgster wrote:When i'm doing a 5 gal batch mine boils between 70-75%, 10 gal batches 80-85% so i take it down to either 75 or 85.

Found the issue my ssr was bad. Had no control... new one on the way!!

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mcgster · Post by **mcgster** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 11:30 am

mindless2 wrote:
mcgster wrote:When i'm doing a 5 gal batch mine boils between 70-75%, 10 gal batches 80-85% so i take it down to either 75 or 85.
Found the issue my ssr was bad. Had no control... new one on the way!!

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That will do it!

What brand was it?

mindless2 · Post by **mindless2** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 12:06 pm

Fotek

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