cheetrowe
Member
Hi all,
So I picked up an old chest freezer on Craig's List and a new Johnson Controls A419 temp controller from BrewInternational.
I have my set temp at 65° and the differential at 1°, but temp on the controller has stayed around 50° today (won't go up to 65).
I have had a lab thermometer in a flask of water in the freezer for a few hours and it also reads around 50.
I'm just dangling the probe in and closing the lid on the freezer (probe is in the air, not touching the sides or anything), so there is a small space created by the wire. I'm wondering if this space, combined with the fact that my freezer is on my apartment balcony, is the problem (it's been about 45-50° today so maybe that's why--there is an overhang and it doesn't get direct sun or rain).
Anyone have ideas of what might be the problem and how to fix it? I was thinking maybe some electrical tape over the space where the wire passes through, or maybe I can do some sort of pass-through shank, but I was hoping not to drill into the freezer if not necessary.
The temp controller came prewired and is new, so unless something went wrong in the fabrication, it was supposed to just be plug and play. Any ideas would be welcome!
So I picked up an old chest freezer on Craig's List and a new Johnson Controls A419 temp controller from BrewInternational.
I have my set temp at 65° and the differential at 1°, but temp on the controller has stayed around 50° today (won't go up to 65).
I have had a lab thermometer in a flask of water in the freezer for a few hours and it also reads around 50.
I'm just dangling the probe in and closing the lid on the freezer (probe is in the air, not touching the sides or anything), so there is a small space created by the wire. I'm wondering if this space, combined with the fact that my freezer is on my apartment balcony, is the problem (it's been about 45-50° today so maybe that's why--there is an overhang and it doesn't get direct sun or rain).
Anyone have ideas of what might be the problem and how to fix it? I was thinking maybe some electrical tape over the space where the wire passes through, or maybe I can do some sort of pass-through shank, but I was hoping not to drill into the freezer if not necessary.
The temp controller came prewired and is new, so unless something went wrong in the fabrication, it was supposed to just be plug and play. Any ideas would be welcome!