brewmaster89
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Phunhog said:who did you order yours from? I got mine in about 8 days and I am just up the 101 from you in Ventura.
Some place on eBay. I don't remember the name of the seller.
Phunhog said:who did you order yours from? I got mine in about 8 days and I am just up the 101 from you in Ventura.
Actually the STC-1000 displays temperature in celcius so 7.2 Celsius is actually 45 degrees Fahrenheit, so your difference is about 12 degrees. I would recommend doing this test in a glass of ice water to verify which is actually closer, and if you find the STC-1000 is in fact off by 12 degrees you can set that in the variance (I think it's the F3 function when you're in the settings menu...hold down the 'S' button for 3 seconds to bring that up).
I would get an old school analog thermometer to check the temp of the water. I have had very bad errors from those cooking thermometers, especially under 150 degrees F.
Other things to think about for the future:
1) Your photo appears to show the fridge not plugged into the controller.
2) Is the controller showing the temp or the target?
3) Is your fridge able to get the temp down to your desired temp. You may need to disable the internal thermostat to get it down to tems lower than 45deg.
-Sean
Czm said:On the sensor does it matter what lead goes into the controller? I haven't powered on yet but was wondering on pin 3 and 4. Currently the side that has lettering on the shielding is on 4...
Put both of them in a cup of crushed ice water with a little salt. Should read 0c-1c and 32f-33f. I would put real money on your cooking thermo being the one that is off.If it is, this worries me because that means it is very possible my cooking thermometer is off and that sucks because i just used it to brew a few weeks ago
The sensor on these most of the time is not waterproof. When liquid gets between the cable and the metal of the sensor it will cause it to start reading wrong.(cooking thermometer sensor is a little longer)
Put both of them in a cup of crushed ice water with a little salt. Should read 0c-1c and 32f-33f. I would put real money on your cooking thermo being the one that is off.
Put both of them in a cup of crushed ice water with a little salt. Should read 0c-1c and 32f-33f. I would put real money on your cooking thermo being the one that is off.
Yup... Never mind on the salt. Good for getting beer colder faster though.Why would you add salt? That could bring the temp down below freezing.
this controller will just cut off power to the fridge/compressor when the set temp is reached. once the probe determines the temp has gone above the set point, it will switch power back on to the fridge/compressor to get it back to the set point.
first things first, i am building my first fermentation chamber and may have some stupid questions. None of which are intended to be "fresh" or "rude". that said, dont fridge's already temp regulate on their own? if i can find the magic spot of 68 deg can i just leave my fridge alone without using a temp controller? or does the problem lye in the fact that maybe the fridge's temp swings too much to regulate (say 5 deg instead of 1 deg)? please send a message to me if you ever get this. thanks for all your help!
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They also do not burn down the garage.
Bob
They sure don't. Pardon the hyperbole.
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Put another way, if you get it messed up on the load switches, most of the combinations simply do nothing at all. The only one to avoid is black and white from the cord going to 5,6 or to 7,8. That one is pretty dramatic since it trips the breaker and you have to find the box to reset it and get the lights back on ....
Bob
Building brit-spec stuff in NY?
MC
lonepalm said:Sorry to stretch this...i bought single stage controllers, but there are no instructions with it to set it and get it start the power to the outlet...
i can set a temp but can't seem to get it to fire up.
thanks
john
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