kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 11122 Location: Ottawa, Canada
Drinking: Pub Ale, Electric Creamsicle, Mild, Pliny the Younger, Belgian Dark Strong, Weizen, Russian Imperial Stout, Black Butte Porter
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Hi and welcome to the forum!
Is your 5500W Camco element in the mash? Can you post a few pictures on how you did this? You can't have the element in direct contact with grain as it'll burn. You want something indirect. Normally HERMS or RIMS are used for this. Our design as per this website is HERMS. More on the two here: https://shop.theelectricbrewery.com/pages/faq-herms-vs-rims
A controller that is only rated to 10 amps cannot be used with a 5500W element that runs at 240V as that sort of element draws 22.9 amps. (Current = Power / Voltage)
You don't set the wattage of a controller. It's the device you're driving (the heating element) that dictates how much current is drawn. This is because current is pulled and not pushed. This is not something to do with brewing or controllers but just how electricity works in general. To stay under 10 amps at 240V you'd want a heating element that is maximum 2400W.
Less power means slower heating. For 15 gallons I'd recommend 5500W. 2200W will take more take 2.5 times longer to heat.
To build your own controller see our alternate control panel builds for 240V only countries here: https://shop.theelectricbrewery.com/pages/building-your-brewery
Cheers!
Kal
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