Having suffered a burn out in my pid controller i have been using my atc 800 to run my HERMS set up. i was told by the supplier (of the pid) that i didn't need a relay. very poor advice as i have now discovered.
Yesterday i thought i would monitor the boil using the atc800. big mistake! i came into the brewery to check on things to find the alarm on. i took the probe out of the copper and thought no more about it.
this morning i drained off the wort and put it in the fermenting cubboard and dropped in the sterilised atc800 probe. to my surprise it read 46degC. i felt the side of the poly bucket and knew that wasn't right. i checked it with a thermometer and it was 28degC.
so have i knackered the atc 800 or is there away of correcting it?
brewing with no pid and no atc800 will be a major set back or a lot of extra replacement cost.
any ideas anyone?
TT
Yesterday i thought i would monitor the boil using the atc800. big mistake! i came into the brewery to check on things to find the alarm on. i took the probe out of the copper and thought no more about it.
this morning i drained off the wort and put it in the fermenting cubboard and dropped in the sterilised atc800 probe. to my surprise it read 46degC. i felt the side of the poly bucket and knew that wasn't right. i checked it with a thermometer and it was 28degC.
so have i knackered the atc 800 or is there away of correcting it?
brewing with no pid and no atc800 will be a major set back or a lot of extra replacement cost.
any ideas anyone?
TT