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Offline Kyle

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What is the maximum volume you can brew with a 5500 watt element?
« on: June 22, 2013, 12:26:11 PM »
I know 20 US gallons works, but what about a little more? I may be able to squeak ~23g out of the new system in terms of sheer volume, if I can get a good boil on it.
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Re: What is the maximum volume you can brew with a 5500 watt element?
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2013, 05:23:19 PM »
I can get a nice rolling boil on 27-28gal.  If I had to guess 30+ gal with a 5500W element.
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Re: What is the maximum volume you can brew with a 5500 watt element?
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2013, 07:00:16 PM »
Good to know - how long do you take to get that boil up?
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Re: What is the maximum volume you can brew with a 5500 watt element?
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2013, 07:09:45 PM »
Temp starts at roughly 160F and takes roughly 30 minutes to boil...maybe less...I'll have to time it next time.
it's not all that bad with a 5500W element.  I had a 4500W and it just took too long.
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Re: What is the maximum volume you can brew with a 5500 watt element?
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2013, 11:54:06 PM »
good to know. I found 4500 watts just fine for 10 US gallons, but I imagine it would take forever with 20g.
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