SeanS86
Active Member
My name is Sean, and I'm refrigeration impaired.
Today I got my Johnson A419 in the mail and picked up a used 7cu.ft. chest freezer right in time for me to brew an IPA this afternoon. Looked at the instructions, thought I figured it out, plugged it in at noon, and set it to what I thought what was going to give me a steady 66 degrees. Taped the probe to the side of a water jug with the probe between the jug and a towel. My problem is the meter reads a constant 57 and my other thermometer reads 59. No idea what I'm doing wrong, hopefully someone on here can help. Right now I have the setpoint at 66, 3 degree differential, 12 minute anti short cycle, and no temperature offset. I also switched the unit to cold cut out instead of cold cut in (thought it might help). If anyone knows what I need to do/how to use this thing I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
Today I got my Johnson A419 in the mail and picked up a used 7cu.ft. chest freezer right in time for me to brew an IPA this afternoon. Looked at the instructions, thought I figured it out, plugged it in at noon, and set it to what I thought what was going to give me a steady 66 degrees. Taped the probe to the side of a water jug with the probe between the jug and a towel. My problem is the meter reads a constant 57 and my other thermometer reads 59. No idea what I'm doing wrong, hopefully someone on here can help. Right now I have the setpoint at 66, 3 degree differential, 12 minute anti short cycle, and no temperature offset. I also switched the unit to cold cut out instead of cold cut in (thought it might help). If anyone knows what I need to do/how to use this thing I'd appreciate it. Thanks.