Flaviking
Well-Known Member
So I found a F calibrated single stage ebay temp controller on ebay and it just arrived yesterday. being the total noob that I am, I have no idea how to wire this thing. I was thinking I could wire the temp controller directly to the compressor in my fermentation chamber as the fridge I took it out of already a temp controller of some kind.
The original setup has a grey wire coming from the power cord, which I assume is hot, then a white wire that came from the old fridge temp controller into the compressor, then a Brown wire that came from the compressor back to the power cord.
Seemed like a pretty simple closed loop. so I was I was thinking I should do this:
RED = Positive/Hot
Blue = Neutral
Black = Temp probe
The red (grey) would come from the pwer cord into the temp controller, the blue (white) would eventually come out of the temp controller and go into the compressor, the brown would remain as is and go from the compressor back to the power cord.
If thats incorrect, if you could let me know what to do that would be awesome... If that is correct, Im not sure where to ground this thing... there is a green wire coming from the power cord itself and the compressor already has a ground wire from it to the base of the compressor... Shoudl I just screw down the green wire coming from the power cord to the wood? does wood work as a ground?
As you can see.. I need some serious help Thanks in advance for your time and knowledge.
The original setup has a grey wire coming from the power cord, which I assume is hot, then a white wire that came from the old fridge temp controller into the compressor, then a Brown wire that came from the compressor back to the power cord.
Seemed like a pretty simple closed loop. so I was I was thinking I should do this:
RED = Positive/Hot
Blue = Neutral
Black = Temp probe
The red (grey) would come from the pwer cord into the temp controller, the blue (white) would eventually come out of the temp controller and go into the compressor, the brown would remain as is and go from the compressor back to the power cord.
If thats incorrect, if you could let me know what to do that would be awesome... If that is correct, Im not sure where to ground this thing... there is a green wire coming from the power cord itself and the compressor already has a ground wire from it to the base of the compressor... Shoudl I just screw down the green wire coming from the power cord to the wood? does wood work as a ground?
As you can see.. I need some serious help Thanks in advance for your time and knowledge.