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**JuanMoore** · 02-03-2013, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by weirdboy

Ah, I didn't know that. How long is the delay?

See my edit above. IIRC factory setting is 3 min.

**Hang Glider** · 02-03-2013, 12:30 AM

I don't have the STC (using the love TSS2) but with any controller -

use a couple of lamps - and have some warm water and ice water - then move the probe from one to the other and see if the lamps come on appropriately - that way you're not hard-cycling your compressor during the test/troubleshoot phase.

weirdboy · 02-03-2013, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Hang Glider

I don't have the STC (using the love TSS2) but with any controller -

use a couple of lamps - and have some warm water and ice water - then move the probe from one to the other and see if the lamps come on appropriately - that way you're not hard-cycling your compressor during the test/troubleshoot phase.

Was this advice directed at me? Of course I was using a lamp to test it.

**catmandu1999** · 02-03-2013, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by weirdboy

Ah, I didn't know that. How long is the delay?

As Bugs Bunny would say, "What a Maroon!"

I, too, was a dumbass today. Finally figured out the bloken engrish of the instructions, and waited the required 3 mins, heard a click, saw a light, got power to the plug! All is well, hope that is your only problem as well.

weirdboy · 02-03-2013, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by catmandu1999

As Bugs Bunny would say, "What a Maroon!"

I, too, was a dumbass today. Finally figured out the bloken engrish of the instructions, and waited the required 3 mins, heard a click, saw a light, got power to the plug! All is well, hope that is your only problem as well.

Yeah, that was the issue. I tested it again after finding that out and it worked like a charm. Now I feel stupid for wasting all that time trying to fix a problem that didn't exist.

**Spinrathen** · 03-23-2013, 02:27 AM

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jman · 06-06-2013, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Revvy

Mine is wired up to have one set of sockets always on, so I'm not tying up my wall socket all the time. I can run the vacuum if I want. Then one 2-sided outlet for heater and one 2-sided outlet for cooling.

this diagram is excellent and extremely helpful, as i plan on giving both the hot side and cold side their own set of sockets, as well as an 'aways on' set of sockets. one question though:
how could i add a switch to ONE of the 'always on' sockets? i'd like to have some rope lighting in my fermentation chamber that i can turn on with an external switch.

at the very least, i know i need to break the plate between hots on the 'always on' set of sockets, i'm just not positive whatelse needs to be done to add the switch.

anyone have a diagram for this addition? is this possible?

**Hang Glider** · 06-06-2013, 10:08 PM

You would break it on the rope light, not on this schematic. Break ONE leg of the rope light with a switch.

jrodder · 06-17-2013, 06:12 PM

Stupid question, but in an install like this, you are plugging in the chest freezer to the cooling outlet, and the lamp/heating to the hot right? I was thinking about trying to mount it all internally and have the compressor just run right from the STC, and then heat from an outlet, or maybe even wire in a wall mounted light socket directly from the inside.

LowNotes · 06-18-2013, 06:46 PM

Stupid question time: Does this automatically cycle back-and-forth between heating/cooling depending on the temp the probe is exposed to, or does it requier a manual switch to change it back and forth? Seems like it would be stupid and not worth it if it ISN'T automatic...and I am 99% sure that is exaclty what was being discussed with the 3 minute delay...but I didn't see it explicitly stated (admittedly I only read piecs of the thread) and the descriptions online are terribly written. I am hoping this is "set-it and forget-it", as I might actually start making plans to make one...but if it doesn't work automatically it is definitely not going to work for me.