OK, been searching, drinking, drinking, and searching. To buy a stc1000+, what is a reliable site? I am comfortable going the DYI route.
There's a lot of non-flashable versions for sale out there. If you want to be sure to have one that works, without having to do a bunch of trial and error ordering, you will be best served by getting one from Will Conrad http://www.blackboxbrew.com/ or Greg Smith https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f41/brewsbysmith-diy-pre-assembled-stc-1000-temp-controllers-494475/
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Amazon has them cheap.
there are things you can look for to help get the right versions compare the stickers and probes carefully as well as contact placement if the pics show it....
I ordered 5 and 3 were the right versions. the first wrong one was before I did my homework. I also ordered a non flashed one from on of the members here buying and reselling them which cost me $26 shipped.....the 5 I ordered on ebay cost me $75 total.... Even with 2 only being good for Celsius and single setpoints I came out ahead with the other3 vs the 80-100% markup the guys buying them in bulk for $10-12 and marking them up to 20-22 and adding shipping to that are charging.... Everyone wants to make money with minimal effort , I get it... I just dont like to give it away as easily. Its fine paying an extra 10 bucks or so if you only need one but I need 5 of these.
ok so your point is? the point of this thread is someone was looking for a good source suitable a400 versions of the stc.. anyone who has read the stc 1000+ knows they can buy them for more by going through another additional middleman such as blackbox or the like... Your the one who seems to have an issue with someone not seeing things your way here and do just that..Relax Augie. People are asking where to get known flashable units. They don't want to play e-bay or Amazon roulette. (Just because you got 3 good out of 5 once, doesn't guarantee that you, or anyone else, could always depend on that ratio.) Greg has gone to the trouble of finding a reliable source (I don't believe Will is still in the game), and is offering to act a distributor for others. All distributors take a markup for their effort. There are labor and inventory carrying costs involved with being a distributor. No one is forced to buy from a redistributor if they don't like their prices. But for a lot of people, it's worth some extra money to not have to worry about whether they got the right part or not, or to not have to do all the searching to find a suitable source.
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