Temp control for a Burco Boiler.

[Motorbikeman]

Just got a 20l burco for sparge water heating. 

Has anyone attempted to accurately control the temperature on such a device?    Would be handy to just set it and forget it   .. 

[dcalnan]

Here's everything you need http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie/forum/index.php/topic,6884.msg87224.html#msg87224

[Leann ull]

A pump would really be the icing on the cake or give it a good regular stir avoiding stratification

[Motorbikeman]

Thanks dudes..     How did I miss that post!!   

I had to google stratification

[Motorbikeman]

So I did it my own way.

     Im still waiting on a thermowell which will be coming up from the bottom. 

No relay.  Ignore the wire coloring. Bad form, but I ran out of brown and black and had a bit of earth wire to use up. 

[armedcor]

Is the stc rated for that high amperage? I wouldn't have thought so.

[Motorbikeman]

Yes you are correct..   There is a 2500w  element in the burco.  It would fry an stc1000. 

What you see is a HM1230A   ,  not as catchy a name as the stc but does the same thing with a 30a relay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400706605077?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT


The burco really needs a thermowell though.  The probe is taped to the bottom with a bit of insulation shielding it.  After the power cuts the temp keep rising.     Its makes me think that this method is shite, yet its widely used on fermentation buckets.

[armedcor]

Oh nice! Pity about the name