Hey Dan, quick question (or for anyone) I just picked up an old Grainfather that won't heat up. I bypassed some kind of sensor on the bottom of the unit mounted in the middle of the heating elements and this seemed to solve the problem. Question is, what is this thing and what does it do. I...
Thanks guys. The water is getting less muddy. Ultimately on my boil comment, the "out" light on the controller and the SSR were both off which has to = bad. I installed my sight glass last night. I'll calibrate (graduate?) My HLT volume tonight and wait for the heat sink to arrive.
I don't think it's completely shot yet. It seems to work as designed once it's cooled and I run a simple lamp through the system with the sensor next to the light bulb. I wasn't able to get through the auto adjustment since it apparently overheated the SSR. ("Hey, why's my water boiling?")...
Hey all, I just wanted to continue on this thread. I purchased the Sestos package with a 25A SSR about two weeks ago for my HLT project. Im designing it with a 1500w element since I dont have access to 220. The package did not include a heat sink (ordered it last night) which is the start...