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I’ve been reading posts about Inkbird failures. But mostly people are talking about the beer freezing. That isn’t my problem. For the second time (second unit) in six months, the unit won’t kick on the fridge to cool. The green light kicks on but the fridge doesn’t turn on. The first one lasted me a couple of years but went a couple long periods of time without using it as life got in the way of brewing. This one has been used decently over the last six months doing 5 or 6 batches (some doubles).
I bypassed the ink bird by plugging the fridge in directly and no issue there. The heating side still works. This is the second unit this same thing has happened to me. The first time just normal maintaining of 68ishF temp and this time during the cold crash. Woke up to my cold crash at 57F since the fridge hadn’t been turning on at all during the night. Good thing I was bottling this morning anyway and wanted it to warm up a bit to add priming.
Anyone else have this issue? Any fixes or recommendations? Other unit’s that heat and cool? I know these are cheap ish but I don’t want to spend 30-40 every 3-4 batches of beer. So I have two Inkbird that heat but not cool. I have a brand new one for a different application, but idk if I trust these things anymore.
Thoughts?
I’ve been reading posts about Inkbird failures. But mostly people are talking about the beer freezing. That isn’t my problem. For the second time (second unit) in six months, the unit won’t kick on the fridge to cool. The green light kicks on but the fridge doesn’t turn on. The first one lasted me a couple of years but went a couple long periods of time without using it as life got in the way of brewing. This one has been used decently over the last six months doing 5 or 6 batches (some doubles).
I bypassed the ink bird by plugging the fridge in directly and no issue there. The heating side still works. This is the second unit this same thing has happened to me. The first time just normal maintaining of 68ishF temp and this time during the cold crash. Woke up to my cold crash at 57F since the fridge hadn’t been turning on at all during the night. Good thing I was bottling this morning anyway and wanted it to warm up a bit to add priming.
Anyone else have this issue? Any fixes or recommendations? Other unit’s that heat and cool? I know these are cheap ish but I don’t want to spend 30-40 every 3-4 batches of beer. So I have two Inkbird that heat but not cool. I have a brand new one for a different application, but idk if I trust these things anymore.
Thoughts?
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