Hi,
I'm presently building with a friend a Fermentation Chiller. The construction part is not over, but the electronical part is almost finished. So far, it works great.
My question is about the thermistor. Do I have to put a heat shrink tube over it? I saw this from there : Digital Controller . I'm worried about two issues :
1) If I put the heat shrink tube, wouldn't it result in faulty temperature reading? I mean, I've been thinking about putting the thermistor on the (exterior side of) bucket to have the temperature of the fermentation, but I wonder if the heat shrink tubing is thermal isolator or not.
2) There will be a lot of condensation down there. I'm not expert, but is it reall good to have the thermistor exposed to water like that (if not putting a heat shrink around it).
Thank you for your answers!
I'm presently building with a friend a Fermentation Chiller. The construction part is not over, but the electronical part is almost finished. So far, it works great.
My question is about the thermistor. Do I have to put a heat shrink tube over it? I saw this from there : Digital Controller . I'm worried about two issues :
1) If I put the heat shrink tube, wouldn't it result in faulty temperature reading? I mean, I've been thinking about putting the thermistor on the (exterior side of) bucket to have the temperature of the fermentation, but I wonder if the heat shrink tubing is thermal isolator or not.
2) There will be a lot of condensation down there. I'm not expert, but is it reall good to have the thermistor exposed to water like that (if not putting a heat shrink around it).
Thank you for your answers!
