gregkeller
Well-Known Member
So I'm in the middle stage of planning my electric brew rig, I've settled on a basic idea, have most of the parts figured out and am now trying to work out some of the "nice to have" things in addition to the already figured out "need to haves"
I'm wondering if anyone has incorporated a clean way of showing the temp of the wort out of my chiller. I'm currently using a plate chiller, but will probably end up using a CFC. I like to know the temp of my wort as it exits the chiller. I've got a simple set up now with an thermopen that plugs into a coupling on a t.
Thinking about it came up with a few different ways to skin a cat:
A: I figure the easiest way to incorporate this into the panel is to just unplug my mash tun temp wire and plug it into another sensor that's in my chiller output.
B: Are there any other ways of having a discrete chiller output "screen" on my panel without having to use a separate PID? It wouldn't be a big deal, but seem like overkill since it won't be controlling anything, just displaying the temp (same would go for the mash tun I guess), so if I could find something like that, I might also use it to show mash tun temp instead of a dedicated PID.
C: Is there a way to have two separate temp probes tied into a single PID, either at the same time and toggle between probes or have a switch to alternate between them?
D: Add a 4th PID to the enclosure, rig it up similar to the mash tun for wort output, this way I can tie it into the buzzer alarm to sound once the output is at pitching temp (when recirculating/whirlpool)
Ideas?
I'm wondering if anyone has incorporated a clean way of showing the temp of the wort out of my chiller. I'm currently using a plate chiller, but will probably end up using a CFC. I like to know the temp of my wort as it exits the chiller. I've got a simple set up now with an thermopen that plugs into a coupling on a t.
Thinking about it came up with a few different ways to skin a cat:
A: I figure the easiest way to incorporate this into the panel is to just unplug my mash tun temp wire and plug it into another sensor that's in my chiller output.
B: Are there any other ways of having a discrete chiller output "screen" on my panel without having to use a separate PID? It wouldn't be a big deal, but seem like overkill since it won't be controlling anything, just displaying the temp (same would go for the mash tun I guess), so if I could find something like that, I might also use it to show mash tun temp instead of a dedicated PID.
C: Is there a way to have two separate temp probes tied into a single PID, either at the same time and toggle between probes or have a switch to alternate between them?
D: Add a 4th PID to the enclosure, rig it up similar to the mash tun for wort output, this way I can tie it into the buzzer alarm to sound once the output is at pitching temp (when recirculating/whirlpool)
Ideas?