Anyone Use a USB Thermometer?

[TopherM]

Anyone ever use a USB thermometer in a thermowell?

The idea of having BeerSmith and a digital thermometer with alerts open on a networked computer sounds REALLLLLLY cool to me! You could also chart and save temperature profiles from each brew session. Not bad at all!

Like this, but with a 1/2" NPT connection for a thermowell at one end:

http://www.thermometersdirect.co.uk/acatalog/USB_thermometer_probe_fast_response.html

 

[bambam190]

You have my attition, I'm looking at the same type of thing. I was going to go datalogger, but if these are accurate and work, they are MUCH cheaper.

I googled USB thermometer and found several different, but none as nice as yours.

 

[GatorDad]

I built my own thermowell - put a thermo sensor in a piece of copper tubing, then filled it with epoxy. I don't monitor it with BeerSmith, but it is monitored via a network (see link below).

Interesting - I have a Fat Tire clone on deck too.

 

[MalFet]

If you are a bit handy with circuits, there are a lot of options discussed in this thread:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/what-would-take-build-web-accessible-temp-monitor-215500/