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I did see the pictures you posted and I greatly appreciate them. It sounds like even with the cost of shipping from the supplier to infection, shipping from infection to me, and the unit itself, it is still cheaper than a new controller and much faster! Time to brush up on my soldering skills.

Thanks for the tip. I've PM'd him. Any idea how much the cost? Debating just buying a new unit (110v!) instead of buying the replacement transformer.

The sticker says 220VAC next to the 1&2 terminals. Sounds like that's my problem. I am taking the compressor delay into consideration when testing. From my testing there isn't the delay on the heat side. I do wait until the compressor delay ends on the cooling side before testing the connections.

Sorry is my terminology isn't perfect. My experience with electronics is limited. I'm not sure exactly what you're suggesting. You seem to know more about this than I do, so perhaps if I provided more information on the way it's wired, you could help direct me. Currently, I have it wired the...

I thought that the auctioneer would send the appropriate voltage version based on country, but looking back at the auction, it seems that it was not actually spelled out that way. The description lists the "Relay contact capacity" as 220v, so it sounds like I do indeed have the wrong voltage...

Sorry, I guess I should have included more information. The brand is Elitech and the model number is STC-1000. EDIT: (More info) Using a voltage meter, I get power between the ground and pins 5 & 7. I do not get power between ground and 6 or 8, regardless of heating or cooling being on.

I recently picked up one of the eBay temperature controllers to build my own thermostat unit. Shortly after it arrived in the mail, I wired it up inside of a project box and I was so excited when I powered it up and the unit was working right away! At least, I thought it was working...

Win please!

Thanks very much for the help! I guess I noticed it this time because I was brewing in a clear container, rather than my normal brew pot. I know that the hot break and cold break happens in a full size brew, but it never occurred to me that it would happen in my starter.

I've been searching for answers to this issue and I haven't had much luck so far. Last night, I made a 1L starter with 105g of Extra Light DME. I noticed in the boil that I could see particulate all throughout the wort. It was very light in color, like the DME I was using, small like the tip...

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Than you everyone very much for the responses!! I certainly came to the right place to ask. From the sounds of all the advice, I should be fine. I checked it this morning, not 12 hours after taking the picture, and it's a continuous color from top to bottom. I'm breathing a heavy sigh of...

I screwed up when making my batch of mead last night and I need to know if I can fix it or if it will be fine as is. After putting three gallons of water into my five gallon better bottle, I realized that I had no container to heat water to dissolve the honey into. I put the honey container...

Thanks for the help everyone! I don't think he's really interested in selling it, just making sure I don't inadvertently destroy any value it may have. From the sounds of it, there really isn't much resale value in it anyways. I think I am going to clean it up a bit. Even if I don't get a lot...

My father-in-law recently dug out an old bench capper that used to belong to his grandfather that he's had stored in his crawl space. It's seen better days and is missing the handle but it still works. Before I can really get to cleaning it, he asked that I reach out to the community to find out...