ATC 800 suppliers

[Jim]

Has anyone bought one of these from Sunnycamstore on ebay? If so were they an OK company?

They seem a lot cheaper than Monitors_direct, though MD claim to be 'the only supplier to provide rust-free plastic probes'.

[roger the dog]

I got mine from Sunnycamstore & had no problems Jim (although I haven't done anything with it yet )

[Jim]

Ta, RTD. What does the probe look like? Does it look as if it will rust (seems unlikely since these are meant for aquariums!).

[Stonechat]

The first company offers to supply plastic probes as well

[Reaper]

I just bought one last week, delivered within a few days, no problems.
Paul

[Jim]

The first company offers to supply plastic probes as well

You're right. I hadn't noticed that!

So are plastic probes better - they say you only need them for salt water, so presumably I don't need one to sit in my cabinet.

[Garth]

Jim,

bought mine from Sunnycamstore as well, no probs and fast delivery

[StrangeBrew]

I bought mine from Sunnycamstore too and it was delivered 2 days later. Good comunication, received a thank you and notification of item being posted.
They also have excellent feedback of 99.6% with 1335 transactions so they must be doing something right!

I haven't done anything with mine yet either, hopefully I should have it installed by next weekend...fingers crossed.

[Jim]

OK, ta for all the responses. I've put an offer in on this one.

IT ends in just over 3 hours, so we'll see what happens.

[Bongo]

Good to know where to get these i want one myself sometime,is there much difference by having the probe in or out of the wort,is just in the fridge or cabinet good enough.

[Aleman]

And I've just Bid on This one it seems that he has put most of them onto Buy It Now

As I heat and cool my wort directly, I put the probe in the wort, so that the temperature controller is responding to the changes rapidly. I'm buying the ATC to replace the PID device I'm using for my fridge controller. The PID Works very well, I just want an ATC 800

[timb]

Had mine delivered Friday having ordered Weds pm. Seems OK, will have it connected in a couple of days. The probe is only about 1 1/2" long, how far into the wort do you think will be enough

[Jim]

Good to know where to get these i want one myself sometime,is there much difference by having the probe in or out of the wort,is just in the fridge or cabinet good enough.

I won't be putting the probe in the beer, just inside the cabinet in a suitable spot away from the cooling/heating sources. Generally the beer will be inside a sealed barrel anyway, though I'll also use the cabinet to ferment in the hot summer months (that'll be next year, by the look of it! ). Of course while fermenting I won't be able to bring it down to serving temperatures unfortunately, but that'll only be for a week or so, so I can survive on bottles.

[Jim]

And I've just Bid on This one it seems that he has put most of them onto Buy It Now

As I heat and cool my wort directly, I put the probe in the wort, so that the temperature controller is responding to the changes rapidly. I'm buying the ATC to replace the PID device I'm using for my fridge controller. The PID Works very well, I just want an ATC 800

Yeah, I've already lost the one I was bidding on, supposedly to a 'buy it now' bid. I've bid on the one ending tomorrow instead, but if that one goes the same way, I'll just pay up, as I'm sick of controlling the fridge by hand.

[Aleman]

Sorry I should have said that for a 'cellar' then having it in the air is more than good enough . . . . I have measured temperatures of upwards of 5C between air temp and Fermenting wort hence the probe , heater and cooler goes in the wort.