Hey, currently in the planning and research stage of my SS herms plan.
Anyway my first question is in regards to elements I am thinking of a 100l system using the Bergland stockpots as the basis. But I was wondering about elements I know that the tesco kettle element is popular for the smaller coppers and hlt's but I don't particularly want to be having to cut more holes than I need to and was wondering if anyone had used larger elements and if so what? I was thinking of something between 4 and 5KW but what?
I realize that a by using a larger element I'll need to wire in a new breaker board etc.
The next question is in regards to PID's I was considering ordering a few of the Rex's however from what I have read on here I realize that is probably a terrible idea? In that case I thinking of using these instead: (erm ok really sorry I can't seem use offsite urls, ummm try this eBay item number:231060729618)
Also if I am using a larger element should I be looking at using a 40A ssr if going with 5kw element?
Anyway my first question is in regards to elements I am thinking of a 100l system using the Bergland stockpots as the basis. But I was wondering about elements I know that the tesco kettle element is popular for the smaller coppers and hlt's but I don't particularly want to be having to cut more holes than I need to and was wondering if anyone had used larger elements and if so what? I was thinking of something between 4 and 5KW but what?
I realize that a by using a larger element I'll need to wire in a new breaker board etc.
The next question is in regards to PID's I was considering ordering a few of the Rex's however from what I have read on here I realize that is probably a terrible idea? In that case I thinking of using these instead: (erm ok really sorry I can't seem use offsite urls, ummm try this eBay item number:231060729618)
Also if I am using a larger element should I be looking at using a 40A ssr if going with 5kw element?