Hey guys,
Just got my fermentation chamber mostly complete today. Drilled a hole in the side (no issues, straight through the foam/insulation) and re-spliced wires for both my stir plate and ceramic space heater (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000TKDQ5C/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20). I'm using a Ranco 2 stage wired controller from MoreBeer (awesome product).
I have everything plugged in and powered, and to test I set did the following
68/2 for cooling and 68/2 for heating. My idea here is that it could swing between 66 and 70 but remain at 68 for the most part for ale fermentation.
The only issue is it was switching both heating/cooling off/on quite often. Every few minutes (maybe 5-10minutes). It would heat up really quickly and then cool down quickly and just keep cycling back and forth. I will note that there is nothing in there at the moment. No carboys, nothing to ferment right now, and the probe is just dangling in the corner where it's slotted through the hole.
Is this normal? I'm feeling like it shouldn't be cycling the compressor/heat as much. I've unplugged it all for now, but is this normal and OK? I don't want to damage my equipment (compressor mostly). If not, what am I doing wrong?
Thanks guys!
Just got my fermentation chamber mostly complete today. Drilled a hole in the side (no issues, straight through the foam/insulation) and re-spliced wires for both my stir plate and ceramic space heater (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000TKDQ5C/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20). I'm using a Ranco 2 stage wired controller from MoreBeer (awesome product).
I have everything plugged in and powered, and to test I set did the following
68/2 for cooling and 68/2 for heating. My idea here is that it could swing between 66 and 70 but remain at 68 for the most part for ale fermentation.
The only issue is it was switching both heating/cooling off/on quite often. Every few minutes (maybe 5-10minutes). It would heat up really quickly and then cool down quickly and just keep cycling back and forth. I will note that there is nothing in there at the moment. No carboys, nothing to ferment right now, and the probe is just dangling in the corner where it's slotted through the hole.
Is this normal? I'm feeling like it shouldn't be cycling the compressor/heat as much. I've unplugged it all for now, but is this normal and OK? I don't want to damage my equipment (compressor mostly). If not, what am I doing wrong?
Thanks guys!
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