CS223

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Just got around to taking a few pics of my build. I used the Radio Shack box and mounting everything inside box instead of to the cover. I used black Decora recepticals, easier to machine the openings. I have one each for the heat & cool side and one pass through on the bottom. The indicator lights let me see from a distance what mode it's in, if I had to do it again, I wouldn't bother. Of course I had to engrave the nomenclature, one day I might fill it with white paint.








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tre9er

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very clean

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jholen

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Last day of the sale - mixtea (I believe a recommended seller here on this thread) has these going for $21.59 w/ free shipping.

I purchased two more of these for two ferm chambers I'm putting together. Already bought my keezer one from mixtea and it arrived in about 2 weeks to Seattle area.

Here

Huaco

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I wanted to let you guys know of a great product I came across. (I have no affiliation with this company by the way...)
Over at StainlessBrewing.com he is selling these 1/2"OD thermowells. I have had mine just over a week. It is already on it's second fermentation. Here is a picture of mine the day I got it in the mail.


Here is a good picture from this morning showing that the carboy cap seals up NICELY. This was quite active and blew off quite a bit. No krausen came out of the carboy cap around the thermowell.


The sensor probe on the STC-1000 has PLENTY of room and inserts down the I.D. of the tube with no problem at all.

jholen

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How did you sense the temp before? Taped to the side of the carboy?

bryix

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Thanks. I focused my drunken brain and figured it out. At the time, I was paranoid that it might not work properly... And having a slightly clearer diagram would have only helped.

It's currently helping me brew a 10 gallon batch of Ed Wort's hefeweizen. I'm a proud papa.

Huaco

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Yes.
-Tape
-Folded kitchen towel
-Sensor
-Glass wall of carboy

tre9er

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Just read around and it seems that many prefer to try and keep the beer temp in check over ambient. I have my ambient set to 64 right now, US-05 repitch (w/starter) in a session PA. I think the internal ferm temps will still be fine, but next time I will tape it to the side of the FV with insulating material covering it. I may also install a small fan in the FC.

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Huaco

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How were you measuring temps before? If you are controlling with an STC-1000 you really don't want that probe in open air. It will cause too frequent cycling because the air cools so much faster than wort.

tre9er

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In a beer-bottle full of water. It buffers a lot of the temp change but again, it only controls "ambient" as it affects a liquid...but doesn't take into account the exothermic reactions inside the beer that cause the internal temp to rise.

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