Temp controller

kjball · Post by **kjball** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:17 am

Those of you that are interested in building a temp controller, here you go:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008KV ... mbrefin-20

I have this one and it works well. Heat and cool settings, and it's pretty adjustable to do what you want it to. The only catch is that it is in Celsius, but Google will convert to F pretty easily. This is the same unit used in the BYO article a couple years ago. Pretty good deal with free shipping for orders over $25.

carrisr · Post by **carrisr** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:19 am

This is the same model that I bought. I've got 2 of them and have been running them 2+ years with no problems.

On 07/22/2013 10:17 AM, kjball wrote:

Those of you that are interested in building a temp controller, here you go:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008KVCPH2/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B008KVCPH2&linkCode=as2&tag=hombrefin-20

I have this one and it works well. Heat and cool settings, and it's pretty adjustable to do what you want it to. The only catch is that it is in Celsius, but Google will convert to F pretty easily. This is the same unit used in the BYO article a couple years ago. Pretty good deal with free shipping for orders over $25.

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Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 1:38 pm

I bought the same one a few months ago. I spent 1$ more so I could get it with Prime shipping... Did not want to wait the hole weekend to get it.

Post by **JimPotts** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:03 pm

Anyone using this model for an electric kettle? If so, what probe are you using?

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whitedj · Post by **whitedj** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:18 pm

These actually use negative type resistors as a 'temperature sensors' as opposed to the traditional bi-metallic [J, K, T,etc.] types.

I'm not too sure what would happen if you ever needed to replace the temperature sensor as it could be difficult to find a sensor with the same response to temperature.

Also, mine was a little off. Just make sure to check the temperature with these. There is a temp offset built into it that you can change.

Post by **JimPotts** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:32 pm

Yeah, I knew they used thermistors, like all the cheap kitchen probes. Doing some googling, people appear to like these http://www.ebay.com/itm/111057221128 as probes.

Apparently, the original probe is one of these http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/KTY81%2F110,112 in a rubber jacket.
-Jim

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