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I was thinking that if I added a second 2000w heating element on a second 20A circuit, it would help keep the water at temp. It took probably 5 hours to bring the water to 150 degrees, and the water would drop 10 degrees or so after every dozen birds, which would require another 30-45 minutes...

So I built an electric scalder, 110V 2000w element in the remnants of a 55 gallon white plastic drum and Ranco thermostat. I followed the same basic guidelines as everyone here. I filled the scalder to about 30 gallons and tried to keep it at about 150 degrees during last weeks butchering, but...