DERNORD 1.5" Inch (OD50.5mm) Tri-clamp Foldback Heating Element Stainless Steel Immersion Water Heater (120V 1500W)

found it easy to wire and set up. used it in my 2bbl SS BrewTech unitank to warm it up during colder months. kept it right on temp. glad to have it.

Works exactly as atvertised, so much better than the water heater element I was using before!

WORKS AS IT SHOULD, FAST DELIVERY

The cord strain relief is way too big for 12-14 gauge power cords that a 1500w element would use. Had to search for and purchase the correct strain relief. If it was a 240V element and you had a 10 gauge cord maybe but not these 120V elements.

I used it to use my conical fermenter as a boil kettle for a distillation apparatus. This combined with a variac allowed me to control the rate of heating. The distillation proceeded smoothly. The amperage draw was as expected. It requires wiring and care should be taken to use an appropriate power cord.

The 2500W element is best for 5gal batches. It has the ability to heat up the wort very rapidly. I will recommend some form of insulation around the boil kettle if you are brewing outside in the cold. That is the only time I have seen the 2500W struggle. Now the 1500W 120V version is good only for 1 to 2Gal batches. It simply does not heat up a 5Gal batch quickly. It will take more than an hour to bring 5Gal to a boil so I would recommend that one only for small batch brewing.

Needed this for a project and the tri-clamp fitting is what drew my attention. Note that the cable gland is a PG-21. It is too big for any cable I am using on 120V. To achieve a sealed entrance, I used 3/4" x 1/2" reducer bushing and a 3/4" electrical locknut on the inside of the housing. I then bought some 1/2" NPT cable glands to thread into the reducer.

Element came as described, had screw to wire in ground, has worked great at bringing 5 gallon mash to temp!

This is perfect well wrapped