ATC800+ Be carefull!

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ATC800+ Be carefull!

Post by jubby » Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:51 pm

I have just swapped my ATC 800 for an 800+ on my fermenting fridge to enable me to get down to largering temperatures for my just brewed Pilsner Urquell. I pitched at 22C and waited for positive signs of yeast activity before lowering the fridge temperature to 11C. Shortly after lowering the temperature, I noticed that the fridge temperature was going up 8-[ I took another look at the ATC800+ connections and the heating and cooling outputs were cross connected. My mistake , but the manufacturers have swapped the heating and cooling connections, so be careful if you replace your 800 for an 800+ because the connections are not the same. Luckily i caught it before any damage was done, otherwise, the heater would have increased the temperature to whatever the 800+ maximum limit is whilst the ATC 800+ was thinking it was cooling!

I'm an avionics engineer by trade. Scary isn't it :oops:
Mr Nick's Brewhouse.

Thermopot HLT Conversion

Drinking: Mr Nick's East India IPA v3 First Gold & Citra quaffing ale
Conditioning:
FV:
Planned: Some other stuff.
Ageing:

adm

Re: ATC800+ Be carefull!

Post by adm » Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:12 pm

jubby wrote:I'm an avionics engineer by trade. Scary isn't it :oops:
Isn't it? Thank fcuk the Eurofighter doesn't have a beer chiller.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTmuteEFQjs

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Re: ATC800+ Be carefull!

Post by jubby » Wed Sep 30, 2009 11:32 pm

:lol: :lol:
Mr Nick's Brewhouse.

Thermopot HLT Conversion

Drinking: Mr Nick's East India IPA v3 First Gold & Citra quaffing ale
Conditioning:
FV:
Planned: Some other stuff.
Ageing:

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