billysparrows
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Thanks a ton and congrats!
Tell us a more about your setup. What type temp probe are you using? Is the PID configured correctly? Can you confirm that your SSR is working properly? What are the output lights doing on the PID and SSR?
A couple of issues that I've read about that resemble your issue is 1) the SSR is bad. Usually, when SSR's burn out, they do so in the closed position passing current regardless of what the control circuit is doing and 2) if your probe is a thermocouple and your PID is in an unvented control panel, the reference temperature circuit could be getting hot enough to cause the temp to continue to rise.
Something to think about.
gregkabob said:Success!! I called Auberins today and talked to a guy there about what was going on. He suggested that I turn all the settings back to factory and set the temp to 160 and see if it would hold.
I thought I had all the settings to factory but when I went through the menus I had the A-M set to 0 (manual) instead of 2, the factory setting.
I heated the water with propane until it reached 159 and then turned on the RIMS. It ran great and kept the temp at 160.
I then turned off the heat and let the temp drop to 158 then turned heat back on and turned on the Auto Tune.
Auto tune was completed in less than 10 min and the temp stayed rock solid at 160.
Thanks everyone for you help and support. I'm glad that it's up and running correctly. Now I'm ready to try it out on a brew. It will be a couple of weeks until I'll be able to brew as I have to be out of town next week.
Greg
make sure manual mode is OFF
I thought I had all the settings to factory but when I went through the menus I had the A-M set to 0 (manual) instead of 2, the factory setting.
I am so jealous of your planned Blue Moon. That is just plainly an awesome beer that I frequently order at restaurants whenever I can....
I have a 10 gl batch of Blue Moon clone ready to brew for my wife.
Greg
I used the same element and was plagued with scorching any time I used the RIMS to bring the temp of the tun up. I don't claim to understand all of the math behind it, but you need a longer element. Spread the heat over more surface area, i.e. reduce the heat density. CAMCO makes the same element in a 5500 watt version for about $20. That said, I brewed two batches with the 5500W element with no issues. I then used it to do a wheat and had a lot of scorching. 120 -> 143, then 143 -> 157, finally 157 -> 168. I did reduce the flow because I was worried about a stuck mash. So this could have been operator error.
Was wondering if i ordered the right stuff
1 x 25A SSR (MGR-1D4825) = $15.00
1 x Liquid tight RTD sensor, 4 in, 1/2 NPT Thread (PT100-L1001/2NPT) =
$45.35
Cable Option Deluxe Cable
1 x 1/4 DIN PID Temperature Controller (SYL-43X2) = $59.50
Output Configuration Option SYL-4342 Relay Contactor
stlbeer said:You need a PID that supports SSR output, such as the SYL-4352. The SYL-4342 supports RELAY output.
You can probably call Auber and have the order changed.
... I wonder if the op can list the proper pid on his diagram since he has the 4342 shown on it....
Dgonza9 said:I've cycled through a few elements in the past year. The first one said it was 120V 1500W ULWD, but I came to find out (as others did) that this 4 1/2" element was definitely not ULWD. I changed it out and went to a 9" element that was 120V and 1500W. Said LWD, but was much longer.
Well, I recently did a pilsner and had some scorching when ramping up for a mashout. I did do a protein rest and that created quite a lot of protein gunk.
So I went to amazon.com and bought a 220V ULWD element that was 4500W. I figured I'd run it at 120V and avoid scorching. Thing is, the element is shorter than a 220V 4500W LWD element I have in my BK running at 220V.
WTF? Does amazon and Camco just lie about these things? The new one is a lime life element, but it's 10" long and the other one is 13." Can't see how it can have less watt density, can you? Thinking about sending it back.
One other question, does anyone successfully do temperature ramps with their RIMS tube? I never have scorching issues just maintaining temps. But I have twice gotten some scorch when doing ramps from a protein rest or for mash out. I get good flow. I'm not measuring it, but it's solid.
Cheers.
heat tape?
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