[Hey guys....is this subject off topic? I have been following the forum, reading and researching all the old entries involving the construction of electric boilers and how to build them but there is nothing that touchs on wiring the dimmer switch? Maybe I should have titled the subject 'rum and what constitutes dark brown sugar?' to get a response. I appreciate all the assitance I have received to date, thanks. stephen]

[Elricko, appreciate the response, i am going to have one of my talented/handyman type friends read you're directions as i am still scratching my head....Pictures would be a great help....please post them whenever ya got a chance.. Hope the move went well, that the alligators are keeping their distance, and i was just kidding about the dark brown sugar......i get it!!!!!!!! Peace. stephen ]

"Does anybody have pictures of their wiring for the dimmer switch, ie where one ends goes from the keg/ boiler to the 1500 watt dimmer, then from the dimmer to wall outlet? Appreciate any assistance, as i am trying to get ready for a run.

stephen"

"hi, if you purchased your dimmer in it's original packaging it should show you a basic wiring diagram. but, in case you didn't, i'll try to walk you through it. i don't know how much electrical knowledge you have so i'm going to try to keep it very simple. if it sounds like i'm talking down to you, i apologize.
ok you're going to run a cord that will be plugged into a wall outlet. you should have a black wire ( this is your hot wire ), a white wire ( this is your nuetral wire ), and a green wire ( this is your ground ). you will bring your black wire (hot) to the switch and attatch it either under a terminal or wire coming out probably black or red. attatch your green (ground wire to the wire on the switch that's green or terminal that is indicated as the ground. now you will need to run a wire from the other wire or terminal on the switch to one terminal of your heating element. i would use black or red wire. now do you remember that white (nuetral) wire. lets wire nut it to another piece of white wire and attatch it to the other terminal on your element. if you want to be really safe, i would suggest that you run another green wire from the other green wire on your switch to the keg. attatch it with an alligator clip, or at the base, or top of the kep drill a small hole where you're not penitrating the inside cavity of the keg where your mash will be boiling and use a wire terminal that you can crimp on the end of a wire and attatch it with a small screw to the keg. i hope this helps.
buzzman"

"could you give me any information you have on your dimmer, like model number or type. lutron makes several types of dimmers. but honestly it's been my experience that you have a hot coming in and a switch leg going out. if you attatch your nuetral to the other side of the switch then you'll short it out and trip a breaker. now this has been my experience. i've been doing electrical work fer over 10 years. but maybe this model is different than anything i've ever seen. if you give me more info maube i could find some literature on this one in particular. if i'm wrong i don't mind admitting it. i just don't want you getting hurt. i've tried to attatch a iagram but don't know if'n i did it right. maybe i've been into my on sauce a bit too much tonight. but if it does come through, maybe you can get an idea of what i'm talking about. i'll help you anyway i can.
buzzman"

"hey i'll stick to what i first said. i would not hook a nuetral wire up to the switch. i researched the info and it seems that this switch has 3 wires coming out of it. a hot, a switchleg and a ground. a switchleg is just a hot after going through the switch. you used the words coming from the wall, which makes me think you may have removed this switch from a wall and found white wire to white wire. contractors take shortcuts so they can make more profit. sometimes it takes less wire to go to the light then to the switch. so they would have to use the white wire for something other than a nuetral. i would run my nuetral straight to one side of the heater. and i would take a wire (regardless of the color) from the white coming out of the switch to the other side of the heater. but be my guest and google lutron c 1500 dimmer. and you can find wiring instructions. i had a nice pdf file i was going to send you but it was too large fer brewhaus. and i couldn't figure out how to just send the info you needed. and i screwed up and lost my first response so i had to do this whole reply over again. but i wish you the best of luck.
buzzman"

"buzzman,

Here we go.....i got some ojt from a friend who educated me on the what a neutral wire is.....let me lay it out for ya....coming from the wall, three wires, white/neutral, black/hot, green/ground.....dimmer switch(has 3 wires coming out), hook up one of the legs with the black wire and run it to the terminal/heater element. Green/ground from the wall to the ground on the dimmer switch...the remaining leg, run wire from it to the other terminal/heater element. now with the white/neutral wire from the wall, i run it directly to the terminal heater element, opposite of the black wire.......just want to confirm that the heater element has two terminals...when i am done, one terminal will have one black wire, the other terminal will have two wires, 1. white/neutral wire, and wire coming from the other dimmer switch leg, opposite of the black one......???? yes... do i have it?

thanks for your patience......stephen"