damrass
Well-Known Member
So after fermenting a British Bitter at 76 degrees during these scorching summer days in Arkansas, and having the A/C go out after priming the same batch, I decided to get one of these:
My question is basically: how do I use it?? The instructions are kind of cryptic. For example, the Set Point is the temperature at which you want the thing to turn on your fridge. But what does the Differential, the Anti-short Cycle Delay, and the Temperature Offset do?
I've set the Set Point to 55 degrees F, and I've noticed that it kicks on when it gets to 56 degrees F. The problem is it keeps cooling and the temperature sometimes gets to 49 degrees F.
I want to have this figured out by tomorrow. I'm brewing a Nut Brown Ale, and I'd like to let it ferment at around 65 degrees (as measured by the wort, not ambient). Any suggestions on how I should configure this doo-hicky?
I'm a computer programmer for a living, so it makes this post that much more humiliating.
My question is basically: how do I use it?? The instructions are kind of cryptic. For example, the Set Point is the temperature at which you want the thing to turn on your fridge. But what does the Differential, the Anti-short Cycle Delay, and the Temperature Offset do?
I've set the Set Point to 55 degrees F, and I've noticed that it kicks on when it gets to 56 degrees F. The problem is it keeps cooling and the temperature sometimes gets to 49 degrees F.
I want to have this figured out by tomorrow. I'm brewing a Nut Brown Ale, and I'd like to let it ferment at around 65 degrees (as measured by the wort, not ambient). Any suggestions on how I should configure this doo-hicky?
I'm a computer programmer for a living, so it makes this post that much more humiliating.