My Insulated Electric Keg

[bgrizzle]

I just completed my electric keg. I insulated it by wrapping it 4 times with some reflective bulb wrap insulation I bought at Lowes. If you look at my other posts you will see that I was able to solder in a drain on the bottom, 3 legs to raise the keg enough for drain clearance, a threaded fitting for the 5500W heating element, and a filler neck on the top... I used the Harris Liquid flux, MAPP gas (becareful NOT to burn flux-heat inderctly), and plumbers solder.

I bought a 2 gang electric box at Lowes and cut the back out of it. I then used JB Weld to glue the box on to the keg. It feels VERY secure, and according to the box it can handle up to 300+ degrees. I have a cover that I am going to put over the box for safety.

I grounded the keg on the bottom, and I secured the plug on the keg with a 3/4" n/m connector.

I bought the heating controller from our very own MuleKicker! I can go from 0 to 5500 watts with simple turn of a knob! I attached a female outlet where the keg will plug in to it, and I installed 20ft of 10AWG flexible cable with a male plug that plugs in to the wall. This gives me plenty of room to run my still anywhere in my garage...

Finally, I installed a 40AMP power outlet where all this plugs in.

Here are my pictures... I look forward to feedback, questions, pros/cons...

-bgrizzle