Stir plate recommendation

[blasterooni]

Hey y'all,

I currently have a magnetic stir plate with a heating element, but no temp control. I might have ruined a starter last night because I got busy doing stuff and spaced that the heater was on. It reached about 110f.

So, I am looking for recommendations for a stir plate with fairly accurate temperature control so this doesn't happen again. $100 is my budget, maybe more if it seems worth it.

Thanks in advance!

 

[VirginiaHops1]

I got a cheap stir plate off amazon for like $30 and it works great(obv no heating element). Why do you want the heating function?

 

[day_trippr]

Laboratory stir plates commonly came with heaters. Perhaps the OP came across one of those.
But it's easy enough to simply not use the heating - or even open up the unit and cut the red wire
Not sure I'd replace the unit if the stirring function is viable.

I've been running a pair of home-built stir plates for years, neither has a heater. I don't see the need, if one has a fermentation chamber, stick the stir plate in there if there's no warm-ish spot elsewhere in the home...

Cheers!

 

[Robert65]

if one has a fermentation chamber, stick the stir plate in there if there's no warm-ish spot elsewhere in the home...

Cheers!

In the months when it gets chilly in the basement area where I use the stir plate, I warm things up with an incandescent bulb in a reflector type work lamp (brooder lamp.) The "greenhouse effect" of the flask makes this especially effective.

 

[blasterooni]

Well, thanks folks. I guess I was over thinking the whole process. Keep it simple stoopid should be my mantra. No need for fancy stuff. I do have a fermentation chamber, and I could easily make another out of things around the house, even better if its temporary.
Problem solved

 

[blasterooni]

Laboratory stir plates commonly came with heaters. Perhaps the OP came across one of those.
But it's easy enough to simply not use the heating - or even open up the unit and cut the red wire
Not sure I'd replace the unit if the stirring function is viable.

I've been running a pair of home-built stir plates for years, neither has a heater. I don't see the need, if one has a fermentation chamber, stick the stir plate in there if there's no warm-ish spot elsewhere in the home...

Cheers!

DIY stir plate...I saw a thread about this. I'm going hop over there and see what's up

 

[Jag75]

I was gonna do the DIY stir plate but I found one on morebeer on sale for like 50$ with the flask and DME and couldnt pass it up. I've been doing a lot of the shaken not stirred starters lately.

 

[blasterooni]

DIY stir plate...I saw a thread about this. I'm going hop over there and see what's up

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I was gonna do the DIY stir plate but I found one on morebeer on sale for like 50$ with the flask and DME and couldnt pass it up. I've been doing a lot of the shaken not stirred starters lately.

I think I am going to make one just for fun. I have a few cigar boxes laying around the house that would make nice stir plates. Need a few "round tuits" to get this project off the ground tho! Got any you can spare?