temp regulation

Comment by James P on August 4, 2009 at 12:34pm

What type of temp controller is that Dai?

Comment by Dai on August 5, 2009 at 8:01pm

It is a PID temperature controller (model BTC-9090). Very cool as it has 'fuzzy logic' so works out over time how much energy it needs to deliver to keep whatever you are monitoring at a given temperature- so you have less variation in the temperature overall. It just has a cheap theromcouple plugged into it and the other end is stuck to the side of the carboy- worked out that there is about a 1C difference between the temp of the liquid and the outside of the carboy. You just plug the belt heater into it. A guy at work made it up for me as it was just lying around collecting dust!

Comment by Mike Neilson on August 5, 2009 at 8:14pm

Man if I fermented there I would have shit all over the walls and ceiling!!

Comment by Greig McGill on August 6, 2009 at 8:33am

Sexy! My inner gadget nerd is almost physically excited!

Comment by MrC on August 6, 2009 at 10:41am

Greig - Have you been watching the new episodes of Reggie Perrin?

Comment by Greig McGill on August 6, 2009 at 1:53pm

Hahaha, I wondered if anyone would get that. Yes. :)

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