I have been studying the electrical brewing process and would like to thank all of you who conribute to help nubies like me. I am not that electrically inclined (please don't flame me) and although I would like to build a controller I recently ran across this Clepco temperature controller and heating element. The element is teflon which I know would not work well for brewing but I wanted to get advice to see if the heating element could be replaced with something like a 5000w hot water element. These controllers are apparently used in the finishing industry and this one was never used so I picked it up hoping it might be a "plug and play" control panel for me. I know it should be also connected to GFI. It looks like is has a "J" type thermocoupler but may be able to accept an RTD style also. These things go for several hundred dollars on e-bay. Can somebody please tell me if I might be able to configure it for a HLT or kettle or am I "barking up the wrong tree"? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Thanks!