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Thermostat control for Electric HLT or Kettle

Discussion in 'Equipment/Sanitation' started by Boodlemania, Mar 20, 2009.

 

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    Boodlemania

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    Posted Mar 20, 2009
    Anyone ever thought of using/modifying a water heater thermostat for use in a EHLT?

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    Seems like a ghetto-way to get temperature control. I'm sure the hysteresis, etc with this thing is ridiculously bad. However, I'm sure it would beat manual adjustment of a Variac.
     
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    HomebrewJeff

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    Posted Mar 21, 2009
    It looks like the max temp on that is 150, which is too low for an HLT, and would be really limited for a MT. I think there is a quite a few options out there for temp control, however price does go up with ease of use / accuracy.
     
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