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Is this a good element?

Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 9:33 am
by lustreking
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It claims to be made of a stainless steel alloy. I'm planning on running it at 120v in a 5 gallon boiler. I know that I can maintain a boil of at least 6 gallons with 1500 watts, so I hope that 1375 should be more than enough. If it takes too long to come up to temperature, I have a 1000w hot plate that can help out.

Re: Is this a good element?

Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:23 pm
by jholmz
shopping in springfield huh, thats the element i was told to use on my 15.5 keg i havnt got it switched over yet so i dont know how long it will take

Re: Is this a good element?

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 5:41 am
by lustreking
Cool, I'll go with it then!

Re: Is this a good element?

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 5:52 am
by Bushman
That is the one I am using, works great.

Re: Is this a good element?

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 9:11 am
by buddha52
Been using same one for the last 4 years. Running 220 and 110v. Good luck. :thumbup:

Re: Is this a good element?

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:51 am
by lustreking
For beer brewing, I've used zinc coated copper elements, and I soaked them in acid to remove the zinc. I don't need to do anything with these, other than the cleaning runs, right?

Re: Is this a good element?

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 12:37 pm
by Bushman
lustreking wrote:For beer brewing, I've used zinc coated copper elements, and I soaked them in acid to remove the zinc. I don't need to do anything with these, other than the cleaning runs, right?
Correct!