Power to run stout's 7bbl electric brewery

[Reinstone]

Hi. I'm curious if anyone knows what kind of power is required to run stouts 7 barrel electric brew house. Is three phase absolutely required? How many amps if so? Thanks The system uses 4 15000 watt elements for boil and 4 for the hlt.

Appreciate any help.


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[HR3]

3 Phase

Yes, 3 Phase will be your only choice. It looks like 200A/3Phase is your setup for the 60k system. Information was taken from Kevin Weaver's page on Brewmation.

http://brewmation.com/Turnkey_systems.html

[woohokie]

Yup, we have that system and had to have an entire separate 3ph 208 (if I remember right) run beginning from the power pole to a new panel box to the brewmation control panel. Our local power company provided the upgraded service at the pole for free, which was nice, but the electric bill obviously isn't. All in all, if you do electric, it's an awesome system.

[Reinstone]

Thanks a ton!!!


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[a10t2]

If it's 208/3, each 15 kW element would pull ~42 A. At 480/3, it would be ~18 A per element.

[Thirsty_Monk]

Just in demand charges it will cost you $400-$500 a month to run it.

[eskreen]

For comparison gas is about 1/3 the cost per BTU to run. My 750,000 BTU steam boiler costs about $5/hour to run full tilt. If you are running anything 24/7 I would recommend an demand water system as you only pay for what you use. Our system worked flawlessly when we brewed 7bbl batches.


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[ManSkirtBrew]

I'm in the process of purchasing this exact system. From the quote I have:

Control Panel Power Requirements: 208VAC, 3 Phase, 200 Amps.

OPTIONAL: 208VAC, 3 Phase, 150 Amps (3 elements/45kw per kettle)

So if you have to upgrade, go with the 200A service, since it will cost the same to upgrade. If you already have 150A service, you can squeeze in by using only 3 elements.

John from Stout has been extremely helpful and responsive to emails and phone calls throughout the whole process. From answering my dumb questions at the start, to the technical ones at the end. I highly recommend you get in touch if you've got more questions.

[jdheinrich103]

208v 3 phase

I don't know if anyone mentioned this or not, but you won't be able to run both HLT and BK at the same time with a 200 amp service. I'd bet there is a good chance the municipality will require some type of lockout to prevent this(hlt can run but bk is locked out or vise versa). I'm setting one of these up and I'm installing a 75kva transformer to up my voltage to 480. This way my heating elements are on 20 amp breakers(I think).
JDH