stilly_bugger wrote:Can I ask a serious question? :angry-soapbox:
Should we distinguish between what's reasonable advice for a hobby distiller or weekend warrior (like me and many others) and what's reasonable advice for someone who wants to produce a tonne of swill?
A lot of people come to this forum, I suspect, looking for advice on how to improve the hobby kit they have within the limits of their existing infrastructure.
Is it therefore worth separating the advice on what's the best they can do within the limits of your average 10A home circuitry from the advice on what's the best they can do if they're prepared to call in a sparky and pay him or her $200 to put in a 15amp powerpoint?
I understand that there will be people who already have 15amp circuits and people who are willing to fork out to have a 15amp circuit put in, but I suspect that the vast majority of people just want to do the best they can on one or two standard 10amp circuits, which means (as far as I know, which isn't very far) a limit of 2,400W per circuit.
Plus, are the time savings for your average hobbyist that come from running more than 4,800W really worth the hassle of putting in a 15amp circuit. I mean, is it worth having a 15amp circuit put in to save maybe 10min of heat-up time on a 50L keg reflux run and 45min on a 50L keg strip run?
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stilly_bugger wrote:Sorry. I didn't mean to offend. :oops:
I just thought that a guy who asks for advice about upgrading from a 20L boiler to a 50L keg is probably not running something like a 3" reflux column or 4" bubbler.
But I could be wrong, so I'll :silent:
ticknaylor wrote:Stilly bugger ... I thought the whole idea of this site was for a bunch of blokes to share there wealth of knowledge for the greater good of everyone.
ticknaylor wrote:Yeah been guilty of that trying make things happen before thinking it through . So what makes these weldless connections so dangerous ? Earthing problems?
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