LUX Programmable Outlet + Love Temp Probe

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I'm in the beginning stages of making a fermentation chamber and saw these Lux Programmable Thermostats.

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I think the temp ranges would work okay for most beers I make and it would work for cooling and heating. I'm not crazy about the really short probe, though. Does anyone know if I could solder (or better yet, just splice) a love temp controller probe onto it? Thanks!
 
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IF the temp probe is a simple resistor, i believe you can just solder a longer double strand of 18-24 AWG on there, but you'd have to take it apart to find out.
 
Search the HBT forums, it has been discussed before. I believe it has been successfully modified in the past. I have one that I use for a heater - works well.
 
leboeuf, I looked at that thread but there were no pics or mention of extending the probe. Did you just splice into it? Did you use a different temp probe, or did you just use wire to extend the included one?
 
Yea I didn't really get a good shot of it....
If you take a look at the pic below you can see the temp probe hanging.
Once you pop open the lux you'll see two spade connectors that attach the temp probe. I just spliced in the 6' of wire between the probe and those spade connectors.

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Thank you! I went ahead and bought one of the thermostats and got some 18 gauge wire to just use the probe on it.
 
:) Well, this didn't work out so well. It wasn't really sensing the temperatures very well, so I think I'm going to go back to using the regular length wire for the probe and just making it work somehow with a water bath.
 

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