Temperature Control

[irish_goat]

Thinking of incorporating temperature control into my brewing now and I've looking at using an aquarium thermostat.
Aquarium Thermostat on Ebay £23

and then hooking that up to a brewbelt.

That seem reasonable? Anyone got any tips/improvements?

[Jacob]

Why not STC1000? You'll find in on ebay for ~£14

[irish_goat]

Why not STC1000? You'll find in on ebay for ~£14

So one like this? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/All-purpose-STC-1000-Digital-temperature-controller-with-Sensor-thermostat-Relay-/141111795726?_trksid=p2054897.l4276

Is there any extra wiring or anything to be done with that?

[Jacob]

Why not STC1000? You'll find in on ebay for ~£14

So one like this? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/All-purpose-STC-1000-Digital-temperature-controller-with-Sensor-thermostat-Relay-/141111795726?_trksid=p2054897.l4276

Is there any extra wiring or anything to be done with that?

Yes, that's the one, and yes you need extra wiring with it. If you're going to use it just for heating you need one plug.

[LordEoin]

The assembly is half the fun, and it's very easy.
Here's a diagram i made earlier:

[DEMPSEY]

The assembly is half the fun, and it's very easy.
Here's a diagram i made earlier:

Sure even a Derry civil servant could figure out this

[Garry]

Thinking of incorporating temperature control into my brewing now and I've looking at using an aquarium thermostat.
Aquarium Thermostat on Ebay £23

and then hooking that up to a brewbelt.

That seem reasonable? Anyone got any tips/improvements?

If you don't want to do any wiring yourself, that aquarium thermostat does seem like it will do the job. A pre-wired STC-1000 will cost you 3 times that.

[Tom]

This is my next step too. So, on the diagram, the heating and cooling wires go to fridge or brewbelt, as appropriate? Simple as? Make your own junction box etc.

So the plugs 1 to 8 are in the back of the stc?
What about the sensor?

[ColMack]

Can you have two sockets running off the heating circuit?  i.e. two elements on a hlt.
I want to get one of these for HLT control rather than heating/cooling.

[DEMPSEY]

Here is a good video I think though he is related to the swedish chef from the muppets,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30TvX1Zz1-Y

[alealex]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbs64GvGgPU

                                                                                   

                                                                               

[Garry]

Can you have two sockets running off the heating circuit?  i.e. two elements on a hlt.
I want to get one of these for HLT control rather than heating/cooling.

I'm not sure, the total load for the 2 elements will be going through the plug supplying power to the STC. I don't think a 13A plug would be good enough for this. You'd probably have to have the STC switching on and off 2 relays which would supply a separate plug to each element?

I leave my two elements on until the temperature is within 5 to 10 degress of my target. Then turn off one element and let the temp controller control the one element.

[LordEoin]

When it's cold I run 2 brewbelts off it no problem

[Garry]

When it's cold I run 2 brewbelts off it no problem

I was thinking of doing this too. One heat belt is struggling at the moment to stay above 19° out in the garage. And it's going to get colder.

The heat belts are only 25W, so running two off an STC-1000 should be no problem.

[Greg2013]

Here is a good video I think though he is related to the swedish chef from the muppets,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30TvX1Zz1-Y

Actually his name is Glenn Schapink and he is from Holland. You should check out his channel on YouTube called homebeerbrewery.