Is that the bucket you had BH put the ports in for the elements? thinking of doing it to my 8 gal bucket

"internal elements, oh yeah...

beats the shit outof a hot plate huhh......"

Yeppers think it will prove to beat the snot out of the hotplate. Got some good news today of predictions that the controller not be needed for refluxing. Jut leave it running wide open and combat the heat with the water. Thats how I been doing it with the hotplate and it just barely takes a little water to get it in range. Should have a bunch to battle additional heat with. The elements was the only ones at Lowes which was 120volts..least that I could find..the rest were big 220 bad boys. They seem to measure 6" or thereabouts from stem to stern and once they get threaded into the NPT fitting which poke out about an inch they stick out about 4.5" from the bucket wall. Coupla of inches from the bottom on 1..then two is about 2 inches above that. I got a coupla of pics of it but of course I am too dumb to figger out how to post them on here.

Whata Guy! Thanks Doc. I owes ya..lol. Send the bill.

really nice !

what did you use to go between the element and the female plug ?:)

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I BETTER SAY THIS

When you are buying a still have the coupling welded by BH. The weldless fittings are not without down sides. I basicly use them for HLT or mash tiuns. You know, boyou Clasic pots that i want heat built into.

I will eventually use my version of the weldless fitting when installing the second heat elemens. If i go that route.
I already have 6KW 220 volts on my BH 8 gal rig.
The trick is drilling the proper sized hole(( I believe the od fot 1 inch NPT is found at the link below))) and then polishing the burrs off completely with a stone to allow for a good seal


http://www.engineeringtoolbox.c...taper-threads-d_750.html"

Thanks for that info. Did not know that 220 elements be able to swing both ways like that. I could have picked out some of the long snaky looking 220 models..kick kick. Course those prob cost more. I do not like to get nagged out. I already got fifty bucks over budget as we speak:) Hope them fellas at the commie liberal place is right about no controller needed. Or else I fixing to have to go buy one of them things too. That could really get a person in twoble.

"Tried looking that up very hard but not much ceegar. First link took me to a discussion thread about it then I got to main headquarters and it sorta like trying to shop at HD. I got lost in the shuffle. My mind is running wild here. Do it screw into a beer keg some way? Thanks.

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Yep sure did. Being real un mechanical inclined I could not figger out whether to twist the end of the wire into circles or put it in there straight where it attaches to the little screws. To be on the safe side I did it both ways to see which works best. Good thing I found out later is a person can do it either way..whew. Now some prob could crimp little eyelets on it.