Recent content by Durango_Doug

You could, but you'll be limited in how cold you'll be able to cool to. It's unlikely that you'd be able to cool lower than 50 degrees. And you'd definitely still have to use a heater on the fin probe, or control the compressor directly.

A little late, but yes there are some problems. If using the heater plug to trick the AC into running, you must use specific ac units; namely, those suggested by coolbot. Other units will have such a long delay using that method that it's essentially ineffective. I would just plug an electric...

This guy does the same thing: https://archeryrob.wordpress.com/2017/11/07/deer-cooler-with-a-diy-coolbot-clone/ His controller doesn't have a compressor delay though, which helps with defrosting.

I also played around with a Century Short Period Repeat Cycle Timer and heat lamps as a defrost method, but the defrost cycle times need to be altered based on changing run times, and it didn't work well. Fin frosting is largely determined by ambient temps, rh, and needed run times, so...

It took some tinkering to figure it out, but i refused to buy into the coolbot with all the cheap temp controllers available.

I apologize for bringing this from the dead, but I have found that the coolbot is not necessary if you are willing to do some easy wiring. An Inkbird ITC-308 would be more appropriate than the WIN-100. I have both. The WIN only cools down to 45 degrees, which is fine in your case, but the...