jmrieger
Member
Hello all,
I just finished wiring up my small panel today for my brewery, which currently consists of a single 15-gallon BIAB setup. I have a 240V dryer outlet adjacent to my brewing area, making it quite convenient to hook everything up and brew inside.
Anyway, the problem that I'm having is my heating element seems to stick on. To clarify, say I'm in manual mode (Auber SYL-2352). If I set the level to, say, 5-25%, it operates as I would expect it to, and I can hear the heating element cycle on and off. If I set it to a value barely higher than that, it gets stuck on at 100%, and the only way to get it to turn back off is to kill power to the entire panel (or remove the heating element connector). If I remove the element, then re-plug it in with the manual value at less than 25%, it again cycles as expected.
I have the same issue in automatic mode; basically once I get above that 25% mark the heater just sticks on.
I've done some basic troubleshooting, including making sure that there are no exposed wires that would be randomly shorting out. I know the SSR isn't permanently failed in the open position, as it functions correctly at lower manual values (or stays completely off if I set the manual percentage to 0%).
Any ideas as to why it would be sticking open? Bad SSR? Did I mess up my wiring somehow (diagram attached)?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Joe
PS: My parts list is:
PID: Auber SYL-2352
SSR: Fotek SSR-40DA-H (w/ heat sink)
Heating Element Wired Through a Switchcraft HPCC4F (from another thread here)
RTD probe: Auber PT100-C (Tri clamp w/ pre-wired quick disconnect)
I just finished wiring up my small panel today for my brewery, which currently consists of a single 15-gallon BIAB setup. I have a 240V dryer outlet adjacent to my brewing area, making it quite convenient to hook everything up and brew inside.
Anyway, the problem that I'm having is my heating element seems to stick on. To clarify, say I'm in manual mode (Auber SYL-2352). If I set the level to, say, 5-25%, it operates as I would expect it to, and I can hear the heating element cycle on and off. If I set it to a value barely higher than that, it gets stuck on at 100%, and the only way to get it to turn back off is to kill power to the entire panel (or remove the heating element connector). If I remove the element, then re-plug it in with the manual value at less than 25%, it again cycles as expected.
I have the same issue in automatic mode; basically once I get above that 25% mark the heater just sticks on.
I've done some basic troubleshooting, including making sure that there are no exposed wires that would be randomly shorting out. I know the SSR isn't permanently failed in the open position, as it functions correctly at lower manual values (or stays completely off if I set the manual percentage to 0%).
Any ideas as to why it would be sticking open? Bad SSR? Did I mess up my wiring somehow (diagram attached)?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Joe
PS: My parts list is:
PID: Auber SYL-2352
SSR: Fotek SSR-40DA-H (w/ heat sink)
Heating Element Wired Through a Switchcraft HPCC4F (from another thread here)
RTD probe: Auber PT100-C (Tri clamp w/ pre-wired quick disconnect)