Recent content by asthepenguinflies

For the record, I got my controller from mixtea. It came with the probe. However, it seems to have shipped somewhat more slowly that it did for other people.

Your diagram looks good, but I'd double check all of your connections and make sure the hot tab is broken off on the outlet. Also, make sure you're using the right controller (110 for north america, 220 for other english speaking countries). If you have it wired properly, and it's still not...

Alright, well I've taken some pictures of everything I could (I'm not worried about my connections to the controller itself, so I didn't bother taking those). Unfortunately the 1/8" jack is pretty hard to take pictures of, but I did my best. All the pictures, including those of the finished...

Sorry, I wrote a couple versions of that post because the first one didn't post for some reason. Apparently, I left out the important bit the second time around. I've updated the original post, but basically: The display would read EE and the alarm would go off. From what I can tell, that's the...

Alrighty, I seem to have everything wired up and working for the moment, but some strange behavior (the display would read EE and the alarm would be going off) when I was still tinkering with everything has me a bit worried about the sensor. I decided to wire up the probe with a 1/8" mono jack...

Since I've seen a bunch of people asking, I did a little bit of research into how big the hole for the temp controller ought to be cut. Since it was near impossible to search this thread to find the answer, please excuse my bit of SEO at the bottom. According to this page, the controller's...

Sorry to drag this back up, but I figured I'd update the info somewhat — the Liquor Barn "sells" keg shells for a $35 deposit. I asked them for some clarification on this, and was up front about the fact that what I wanted it for meant I was not going to be returning it, and the response was...