EZboil, Power Regulator for Boiling DSPR110

[Islandboy85]

Just ordered my DSPR300 and DSPR400! I'd better finish wiring up all the guts so I can hook it all up when they arrive.

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

this is why I love mine, never happened to me with any pid

 

[swimIan]

Very curious if someone was able to determine from the instruction how one might set up the relays to trigger a pump. Process alarm? Thx.

 

[Islandboy85]

Very curious if someone was able to determine from the instruction how one might set up the relays to trigger a pump. Process alarm? Thx.

Auber said they are still working on the instruction manual for the new products. I would assume it's a very low current relay, so you may want to use it to trigger another relay at your pump that can handle higher amperage. Again, that's an assumption.

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

look near the bottom for alarm details

http://auberins.com/images/Manual/DSPR300_manual.pdf

 

[Islandboy85]

Well, Auber certainly didn't waste any time there. That email I got regarding them working on a manual was from yesterday. Bravo!

 

[jmrybak]

this is why I love mine, never happened to me with any pid

Thanks for the input! Looks to do the trick!

Anyone else have any thoughts on using the EZ Boil with this setup! Opinions greatly appreciated!

 

[BeardedBrews]

Thanks for the input! Looks to do the trick!

Anyone else have any thoughts on using the EZ Boil with this setup! Opinions greatly appreciated!

The ez boil will work great, but if you are planning to recirculate and heat, be sure to get something to hold the bag off the element.

 

[swimIan]

Any thoughts on whether or not the extra features of the dspr 300 are worth it over the dspr 120? Running pumps whole heating strike water, mashing, and chilling seem neat. Not sure about running a buzzer or extra heating elements.

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

the 120 has an alarm and buzzer built in, not sure whats different yet other than a hookup to an external alarm system

 

[BeardedBrews]

Any thoughts on whether or not the extra features of the dspr 300 are worth it over the dspr 120? Running pumps whole heating strike water, mashing, and chilling seem neat. Not sure about running a buzzer or extra heating elements.

If you have anything else in your system that you want to automatically turn on and off based on the programming in the DPSR, then I suppose yes.

The most obvious use is the one Auber describes, using additional elements to heat and then turning them off at boil. If you were limited to 120v this might be useful. You can also program it so that the backup element turns on if your temperature starts to drop too much.

Other options:
At 60 minutes, cut the boil and turn on the pond pump that you're using to recirculate ice water in your wort chiller.
Turn on your basement brewery's exhaust fan automatically once the wort reaches a boil.
Turn on an 8-track player with volume set to 11 playing We are the Champions as soon as your boil is finished.

 

[angrybits]

Turn on an 8-track player with volume set to 11 playing We are the Champions as soon as your boil is finished.

I can get on board with this.

 

[Islandboy85]

Any thoughts on whether or not the extra features of the dspr 300 are worth it over the dspr 120? Running pumps whole heating strike water, mashing, and chilling seem neat. Not sure about running a buzzer or extra heating elements.

You have two external relay terminals. They can be used to add an additional circuit for running a relay or contractor to run additional heating elements for faster heating, a buzzer, pump, etc. they are able to be customized a little bit from what I understand. I just got my 300 and 400 in the mail he other day, but I've got family in town. I'll mess with it later next week to let you know. I think it's worth the extra couple of bucks just for the peace of mind hat (like all of us always do) you can expand your brewery bells and whistles down the road.

 

[BeardedBrews]

Turn on an 8-track player with volume set to 11 playing Hell's Bells (and Whistles) as soon as your boil is finished.

You can expand your brewery bells and whistles down the road.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etAIpkdhU9Q[/ame]

So true

 

[jeremy2027]

Is there any advantage of the EZBoil compared to the 2362 PID Controller for a three vessel electric HERMS setup? They are basically the same cost and although I am not very familiar with PIDs it seems like you get more for your money with the EZBoil. Any suggestions?

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

in my experience with it, but I only have a few brews on it, it holds the temperature right on, no highs or lows

my pids always had a swing up and down

 

[jimyson]

in my experience with it, but I only have a few brews on it, it holds the temperature right on, no highs or lows

my pids always had a swing up and down

Agreed. This thing is awesome.

 

[jeremy2027]

I'm considering just using one ezboil and a dual pole switch for the elements. I haven't quite figured out the best way to set up the rtd sensors in the hlt and boil kettle yet. I was thinking to just use xlr connections and swap them at the control panel when switching elements. Or find a way to rig them up to a switch as well.

 

[Islandboy85]

I was thinking to just use xlr connections and swap them at the control panel when switching elements. Or find a way to rig them up to a switch as well.

Use a $3 three pole double throw toggle switch for switching the RTD probes. Can you solder?

 

[Beernip]

Where are people getting their RTD sensors and XLR connectors?

 

[Islandboy85]

Where are people getting their RTD sensors and XLR connectors?

I got my temp sensors from Auber, and already had the XLR connectors from Amazon.

 

[BeardedBrews]

Where are people getting their RTD sensors and XLR connectors?

I did a ton of shopping and ended up trying two different options from Amazon to save some cash. In the end I saved very little and wish I had bought the unit from Auber. It comes with everything, including the panel mount stuff.

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

your not alone, don't buy the cheapest stuff you can find, buy the best and buy it once, otherwise youll have hundreds of dollars of parts laying around not being used...like me

 

[jeremy2027]

Yes I can solder, just curious if anyone has hooked RTD sensors to switch. How does it effect the sensor and will it the unit need to be calibrated everytime you flip the switch since you are using two different sensors.

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

the easy boil isn't as sensitive to calibration as a pid, it uses a different on and off algorithm, it pulses so fast my activity light doesn't even change, you do have to set the + or - to boiling but unless you have a temp probe way off from the other I think you'll be good

 

[clearwaterbrewer]

Here is my setup, DSPR400 running a 15 gallon still for making Gin. I have standard 10A 120v coil relays powered by the DSPR's internal 3A relays. need to put in some circuit breakers to keep magic smoke from escaping, but it works great...

Only using one of the relays at the moment, to turn on the cooling water pump when the vapor temp in the tube is over 160F. I have some uses for the other relay thought up, but no time...

edit - sorry about sideways pics, I always forget to to take them in landscape mode.

Here is the youtube video: [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35LrsKcuCgU[/ame]

 

[jimyson]

So cool

 

[gotbags-10]

Will that unit do cooling? Wanting to ferment in my boil kettle. New anvil kettle with the ferment gasket. It would be nice to do all 3. Mash,boil,ferment control.

 

[jmrybak]

Has anyone got the alarm on the dspr300 working in deviation mode? I have no trouble with process mode but no luck in deviation mode.

 

[Beernip]

I'm having issues getting my DSPR300 working with my SSR (uxcell® SSR-40DA-H DC-AC 40A Solid State Relay 3-32VDC/90-480VAC). I have terminal 6 connected to the negitive (4) of the ssr and 7 to the positive. The power light of the SSR fails to come on. I have 120v between SSR terminal 1 and ground but not on terminal 2. Did I get the wrong type of SSR?