CoalCracker
Well-Known Member
Happy Friday all!
So I have been brewing with my new panel for a few months now, since the beginning my PID was not shutting off the element. Well, last night I figured it out.
Seems as though only one PID is actually controlling anything. For example. If i'm heating my strike water. I set my PID, and switch the 3 way switch to HLT. Water heats. Fast forward to the boil, I set the PID to boil and turn the switch to boil, water boils in the boil kettle. However, this is all being controlled off of the one PID. The other one just seems to be reading the temp. So the switch is working the contactors correctly to switch the elements.Is this a simple SSR snafu? Do I have my leads coming off the PIDs wrong therefore not switching control to the other PID or is there something else going on here? If I can get it so that the PIDs work with their perspective element, I'll be golden. Just not sure where I'm running into the issue. Brewing tomorrow so I'd like to try and get it resolved tonight.
Cliff Notes:
- "HLT ON"
- HLT PID is reading temp, BK PID is controlling.
- Boil PID is controlling power to the HLT element
-"BOIL ON"
- Boil PID is reading correct temp for BK
- Boil is being controlled by the BOIL PID.
So the BOIL portion is working correctly. Just not sure how it's controlling both..
So I have been brewing with my new panel for a few months now, since the beginning my PID was not shutting off the element. Well, last night I figured it out.
Seems as though only one PID is actually controlling anything. For example. If i'm heating my strike water. I set my PID, and switch the 3 way switch to HLT. Water heats. Fast forward to the boil, I set the PID to boil and turn the switch to boil, water boils in the boil kettle. However, this is all being controlled off of the one PID. The other one just seems to be reading the temp. So the switch is working the contactors correctly to switch the elements.Is this a simple SSR snafu? Do I have my leads coming off the PIDs wrong therefore not switching control to the other PID or is there something else going on here? If I can get it so that the PIDs work with their perspective element, I'll be golden. Just not sure where I'm running into the issue. Brewing tomorrow so I'd like to try and get it resolved tonight.
Cliff Notes:
- "HLT ON"
- HLT PID is reading temp, BK PID is controlling.
- Boil PID is controlling power to the HLT element
-"BOIL ON"
- Boil PID is reading correct temp for BK
- Boil is being controlled by the BOIL PID.
So the BOIL portion is working correctly. Just not sure how it's controlling both..