German Brewing

Really. Keep it simple. It switches on and off, no?

So you can control it with a switch that triggers. You can forget auto-tuning though. The only way to get them to work is by manually adjusting the PID. I posted them earlier on IIRC

Not that simple, really. When the induction plate turns off, it resets. When it is turned back on the plate is unheated, until you manually press the button to turn it on again. A PID would not work in that set up, but I have never had issues with temps/times with a direct fire set up, so I am not going to worry about it. The cost of getting some 240v in the garage is the issue.

MANUAL. You need a MANUAL induction plate (or shall we say analog?)

Hahahaha, now I know what you meant. Sorry for not understanding immediately.

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Getting 240V in a Garage when the grid is a 110V doesn't sound like a good solution to me. Considering the expense you might just as well go 3 phase and 400V and get proper gear.

The Hendi plates were the simplest solution for my constraints and what was available to me. If I were to do the same thing again I would probably recirculate like many here do, but that's the gear I had available so I kept re-using it.

So where would one find a manual induction plate in the states? All I find have a manual dial but auto off fetures.

I am afraid I won't be able to help you there. But you don't need to use induction.

If I were to start again, I would have no problem doing this in a re-circulation fashion.

I started out with what everybody seemed to do in Germany, and that is replicate a brewery with agitators etc... Hand to my heart, it's not necessary. Considering the volumes we deal with it's not an issue at all. I would go for the simplest most effective method you can find.

Mashing won't make you the great beer. Great water and great fermentation, will.