Mini Digital Temperature Controller

[dynamic dave]

Am joining the club too only going to use it for cooling is the sensor that comes with Temperature Controller any good ? and thanks for the maplin links they save me hour two looking myself.

[befuggled]

I used a these on a couple of mine:
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[dynamic dave]

ordered from maplin arrive next day wish Hong Kong post was that quick.
I could really do with it in this heat at the moment am using timer switch which comes on 15 mins per hour during the day seems to have got my bottles and cask down to 10c in open top chest freezer what would you temperature would you use for bottle beer before drinking?

[dynamic dave]

Controller arrived last night which I wired up and got running OK the only issue I have with it is turning it form cool to heat mode, I have managed it once but cannot find which buttons to hold down any one help please?

[chris_reboot]

the sensor should be taking care of that

[WishboneBrewery]

Once you set your Hot and cold points and the temp drop it turns hot or cold all by its self

[dynamic dave]

thanks I thought they where turned on manualy and after reading the pdf manual l was lost .

[WishboneBrewery]

I consider myself to be average when it comes to reading instructions, I always have and always will try to do things without Reading the Manual and generally within 5-10mins I know why I never read the manual.
The way I thought it would work was...
Press a button to cycle to either Heating or Cooling, Press the Up & Down buttons to set the Temps.
Though it doesn't work like that!

[Russ]

OK I've had a look at mine and tried to write a easy to understand guide. Hope you can follow it and find its correct

To set the desired temp on a STC-1000

Press and hold S for 3 seconds.
F1 will appear. This is function one which is the temperature set value.
Press S again and hold down.
While you have S pressed down, use the up or down arrows to set the temp you want.
Press the button with the on/off symbol when you've done.

The unit will now automatically switch on or off the heating or cooling circuits when it moves out of the set temp range.

To change the other values (F2 is Diff, F3 is compressor delay, F4 is temp calibration) Select which F number you want by pressing S for 3 seconds.
Then use the arrows to cycle through F1-4 as required. Once you have the F number you want press S and hold down while using the up or down arrows to select the set point you want. Once you have the set point you want let go of S and press the on/off symbol key.

Hope that helps

Cheers

Russ

[dynamic dave]

Thanks Russ got it up running and calibrated today even added external connection for heat sensors I have two one for the boiler other for chiller.

[Russ]

OK mate glad it helped. Your not using it to control a boiler are you? I'm sure if you are your exceeding the rating of the unit

Cheers

Russ

[dynamic dave]

No not for controlling the heat just the temp reading and for cold break would not like fireworks if I did.

[dynamic dave]

[leedsbrew]

I've just ordered one of these bad boys to control what will become my fermenting fridge. Will normal 1.5mm 3 core flex be ok to use for wiring this up?


Cheers LB

[mdex]

I ordered one of these too and it has arrived!

Just need to find a fridge now. Absolutely nothing on freecycle for the past month or so.