BloaterPaste
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Hello!
I have a PID Temp controlled chest freezer that I use for fermentation. I'm in Southern California, but even with our typically mild weather I'm having a hard time keeping the temp in the 60s where I want it.
So, I want to add a heating element. I have an old aquarium heater that I'm planning on putting in a mason jar of water for the heating element. But I'm not sure how to set up my PID to make that happen.
I have a TA7-SNR that runs my setup.
Here's my copy of the datasheet.
And, it's been working great since last summer. I have the OUT1 tripping the SSR to turn the freezer on/off within 2 degrees of my target temp. But, now I'd like to add in the heater and have it warm the space if the temp is lower that the target.
The controller claims to be dual temp, but I'm not sure if that's what I need. It has a setting to set it to heat/cool but not one to do both. I'm thinking that Alarm1 (relay on posted 3 and 4) feature could be used, but I'm not really sure if that will work.
Have any of you used a temp controller like this for heating and cooling? Can you give me any feedback or tips to get me going in the right direction? Did I forget any important info?
Thanks in advance!
I have a PID Temp controlled chest freezer that I use for fermentation. I'm in Southern California, but even with our typically mild weather I'm having a hard time keeping the temp in the 60s where I want it.
So, I want to add a heating element. I have an old aquarium heater that I'm planning on putting in a mason jar of water for the heating element. But I'm not sure how to set up my PID to make that happen.
I have a TA7-SNR that runs my setup.
Here's my copy of the datasheet.
And, it's been working great since last summer. I have the OUT1 tripping the SSR to turn the freezer on/off within 2 degrees of my target temp. But, now I'd like to add in the heater and have it warm the space if the temp is lower that the target.
The controller claims to be dual temp, but I'm not sure if that's what I need. It has a setting to set it to heat/cool but not one to do both. I'm thinking that Alarm1 (relay on posted 3 and 4) feature could be used, but I'm not really sure if that will work.
Have any of you used a temp controller like this for heating and cooling? Can you give me any feedback or tips to get me going in the right direction? Did I forget any important info?
Thanks in advance!