Thanks so much for this tutorial. I mounted power outlets to my project box with lead cables running out of them, and I still followed your steps from A to Z. Works like a charm! You have by far one of the easiest tutorials to follow. Cheers
Thanks for being clear on how to program the stc1000. Mine came without instructions on how to set the temperatures and the instructions I found online made little sense VERY Conveniently the way you demonstrated how it works is almost exactly the way I have mine set up with a bulb, because I'm building an incubator for quail eggs, and I need a light to go on and off to keep them warm. Thanks again.
Hi Homebeerbrewery - just used your excellent tutorial to wire up my honey warming cabinet - very clear and very helpful = Many thanks. ( Sorry about the whole brexit thing - I didn't vote for it)
What do you mean sorry for the brexit thing, i work with a Bulgarian and all her friends voted out too. It's not what nationality you are just more what you can bring, like Australia
Well I was thanking the Homebeerbrewery gentleman and expressing solidarity with the EU and my own personal regret at Britain leaving.- not commenting on Britain's future immigration policy but since you want to get into it,... if you think you voted for a points based system then good luck with that. No one has said that is what is going to happen. What will not happen is that all the EU and Non EU nationals currently here will leave. We won't be returning to pre-decimal currency and we won't be getting the empire back What it is increasingly clear you did vote for is a declining economy and a smaller impact on world events. The ramifications of Brexit will be felt for a long time, by all of us. It may work out for the best, it probably won't - time will tell, not rose tinted optimism.
Stock markets go up and down one man's loss is another gain. I never wanted to join in the first place, hopefully now we can start protecting our fishing waters
Wonderful clear instructions, I have my STC and all the wires etc and am about to cut the project box up. Thank you so much for giving me the confidence to try this out. (50 yr + lady with a keg of lager waiting to be chilled, talking) :)
Excellent video! Everyone else uses a wall socket, and I thought that was a great idea until I see the simplicity in using a weird socket. With the added mobility and simplicity in wiring without having to break and modify pieces of the socket is a great alternative. A+ guy.
Good video, clearly & simply explained. I've got the Willhi equivalent controller & the manual & diagram made no sense whatsoever, so you've done me a favour by posting this. Thanks.
Finished constructing and wiring my temperature control unit with STC-1000 and works like a charm. Thanks for the demo! Your video helped give me the confidence to give it a go. So glad i did.
Great video, I was about to buy a much more expensive pre-wired controller, but after seeing your video I see how easy it is to wire your own and save alot of money. Thanks a ton for the video and cheers
Hey! thank you very much for this video, I was able to wire a STC-8080H with your instructions, it's very different how the ports are distributed, and even have more ports but it worked! tomorrow I will be cooking an APA thanks to you. Greetings from Argentina
Very nice job on this vid. This video was the deciding factor on purchasing the stc-1000 for a seed germination cabinet that I'm making with a small heat source and exhaust cooling fans. Thanks.
Thanks for doing such an Easy to Follow How to Video Glenn, it helped out a lot when I wired up my STC-1000 today. I'm putting a link to this Video on my Keezer Build Video to help people with questions on how to wire up one of these Controllers. Cheers!
I watched 4 other videos but yours was the easiest to understand. I also knew you were from the Netherlands after your second word, Tanks instead of Thanks, :)
Glenn, Many thanks from sunny Spain for the ultra-helpful video. I plan to convert a freezer for use as a fridge and also want so set up my slow cooker as a sous-vide machine (not using the same temp. controller I hasten to add). I had doubts about wiring but you explained things perfectly. I know I could use single relay TCs but will get STC1000s in case more complex projects come up in the future. Again, many thanks for your great efforts, JC
Thanks for the video. I'm building my first keezer and after watching your keezer build videos decided to go for the FTC 1000 controller. While the wiring diagrams were adequate I was much more confident wiring the controller after watching your video. Keep up the GREAT videos!
I just wired up an STC-1000 to control the circulator on my solar collectors It works like a dream circulator comes on at 45 deg c and shuts down at 40 I will experiment more with an ideal temp and differ but it has saved me $125 over a solar collector,,,,namely a CL-30
Great video, I have just ordered one of these units and I cant wait to get it up and running. I really enjoy your videos and you have a great brewery. nice and clean...
Everywhere, think about radioshack or something. In my case I used an old hard-disk enclosure. I saw people making it in empty ice containers too. Good luck, thanks for the comment!
Really easy, it was a 3,5 inch enclosure but I made the rectangle cut in the front panel myself. Thanks a lot for your nice comment and don't forget to subscribe ;-) Cheers mate
Thanks for the kind comment! Compressor delay is just a safeguard to ensure the compressor does not cycle on and off too quickly, which can damage it. It only needs to be 1 to 3 minutes.
Hello, Thanks for your comment! You can ignore the earth lead but it's better to solder it to the earth circuit (eventually of the AC power plug or the STC power cable) I have to be honest, I don't use a heater too, just the fridge. Maybe in the future I will do some tests with my heat beld. Cheers to you as well!
The thermostat of the fridge is not interfering because I removed it on my fermentation chamber. I connected the 2 wires together from the thermostat so the compressor will be always on. Now can the STC do it's job, power on and off on the pre set temp. Eventually yes, you connect the fridge power plug into the STC. Hopefully this information helps.
Hello, it isn't necessary to add a cooling fan or something. You can also only use the heat port of the STC. What are you connecting, a light bulp as a heat source or something? You can test your STC with only the sensor and power to see if it working correctly too. Let me know please. Cheers
Great video, is there any need for using the heating plug for a keggerator as once the desired temp is achieved the freezerm would just turn off. Many thanks and keep up the vids
Hi, thank you so much for the great info! I have a question. I've ordered an st-1000 and misunderstood that I could not run both relays simultaneously. I'm wanting to basically have 2 heating circuits (relay closed if under a set temperature) I'm using each to cut power to each side of a 220vac circuit. It will draw +/- 5amps total between the 2. Can you think of a good way to approach this? Thanks!
sorry to be so off topic but does anybody know a method to log back into an Instagram account?? I was dumb lost the password. I would appreciate any tricks you can give me
@Colt Joey Thanks so much for your reply. I found the site through google and im trying it out now. Takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
Hi, great video, thanks for taking the time to put it together! Just a question - if i'm wiring a fan directly to the controller, what would I do with the earth lead? I don't have a heater connected to it, so it's just the power, sensor and fan. Cheers!
Thanks for that video! Just one question - what's the current rating for the cooling and heating switches , can I plug in a heater that draws 16 Amps??
Stupidy question: as I will use the STC-1000 controller in a fridge, so I just need to wire the cooling spots with the refrigerator?? thanks!! and nice video, very helpful
Great vid. Why was the wiring diagram different from your actual ports on the stc-1000? Seems this could be an issue for those who don't know what they're doing. Seems this could make a fermentation chamber reasonably affordable for just about anybody! Thanks for the help and inspiration.
Thank you. What did you do with the thermostat on the fridge? Did you disable it? Do I simply plug the power chord from the freezer into this? How is the thermostat going to interfere? I thought you had to wire it into the thermostat or disable it?
This has to be one of the best tutorial videos on UA-cam, for any topic. It was clear, concise, and extremely informative. Thanks for the help!
Thanks so much for this tutorial. I mounted power outlets to my project box with lead cables running out of them, and I still followed your steps from A to Z. Works like a charm! You have by far one of the easiest tutorials to follow. Cheers
Thanks for being clear on how to program the stc1000. Mine came without instructions on how to set the temperatures and the instructions I found online made little sense
VERY Conveniently the way you demonstrated how it works is almost exactly the way I have mine set up with a bulb, because I'm building an incubator for quail eggs, and I need a light to go on and off to keep them warm.
Thanks again.
Thanks man, I was about to give up on trying to figure the wiring out. I would have a hundred years at it without your help. Thanks again.
Hi Homebeerbrewery - just used your excellent tutorial to wire up my honey warming cabinet - very clear and very helpful = Many thanks. ( Sorry about the whole brexit thing - I didn't vote for it)
What do you mean sorry for the brexit thing, i work with a Bulgarian and all her friends voted out too. It's not what nationality you are just more what you can bring, like Australia
Well I was thanking the Homebeerbrewery gentleman and expressing solidarity with the EU and my own personal regret at Britain leaving.- not commenting on Britain's future immigration policy but since you want to get into it,... if you think you voted for a points based system then good luck with that. No one has said that is what is going to happen. What will not happen is that all the EU and Non EU nationals currently here will leave. We won't be returning to pre-decimal currency and we won't be getting the empire back What it is increasingly clear you did vote for is a declining economy and a smaller impact on world events. The ramifications of Brexit will be felt for a long time, by all of us. It may work out for the best, it probably won't - time will tell, not rose tinted optimism.
Stock markets go up and down one man's loss is another gain. I never wanted to join in the first place, hopefully now we can start protecting our fishing waters
Wonderful clear instructions, I have my STC and all the wires etc and am about to cut the project box up. Thank you so much for giving me the confidence to try this out. (50 yr + lady with a keg of lager waiting to be chilled, talking) :)
It works beautifully! Thank you again :)
Excellent video! Everyone else uses a wall socket, and I thought that was a great idea until I see the simplicity in using a weird socket. With the added mobility and simplicity in wiring without having to break and modify pieces of the socket is a great alternative. A+ guy.
Agreed. Simple, effective, and overall good looking project.
Good video, clearly & simply explained. I've got the Willhi equivalent controller & the manual & diagram made no sense whatsoever, so you've done me a favour by posting this. Thanks.
Finished constructing and wiring my temperature control unit with STC-1000 and works like a charm. Thanks for the demo! Your video helped give me the confidence to give it a go. So glad i did.
Great video, I was about to buy a much more expensive pre-wired controller, but after seeing your video I see how easy it is to wire your own and save alot of money. Thanks a ton for the video and cheers
Cheers Glen, Just followed you vid on wiring the STC and found it really easy to follow. Glad to report its, working like a dream.. thanks again
Hey! thank you very much for this video, I was able to wire a STC-8080H with your instructions, it's very different how the ports are distributed, and even have more ports but it worked! tomorrow I will be cooking an APA thanks to you. Greetings from Argentina
I used this video when i bought my first STC the years ago. Bought another one and used this video again. So clear, so easy. Thank you
Thanks Buddy...very informative...the wiring diagram is not too clear...this was a great help to me...my unit is working 100% from the start!
Good to hear that, enjoy the STC! Cheers
Very nice job on this vid. This video was the deciding factor on purchasing the stc-1000 for a seed germination cabinet that I'm making with a small heat source and exhaust cooling fans. Thanks.
Thanks for doing such an Easy to Follow How to Video Glenn, it helped out a lot when I wired up my STC-1000 today. I'm putting a link to this Video on my Keezer Build Video to help people with questions on how to wire up one of these Controllers. Cheers!
I watched 4 other videos but yours was the easiest to understand. I also knew you were from the Netherlands after your second word, Tanks instead of Thanks, :)
Instructions are very clear and your demo made helps a lot. Great job.
Glenn, Many thanks from sunny Spain for the ultra-helpful video. I plan to convert a freezer for use as a fridge and also want so set up my slow cooker as a sous-vide machine (not using the same temp. controller I hasten to add). I had doubts about wiring but you explained things perfectly. I know I could use single relay TCs but will get STC1000s in case more complex projects come up in the future. Again, many thanks for your great efforts, JC
Thanks for the video. I'm building my first keezer and after watching your keezer build videos decided to go for the FTC 1000 controller. While the wiring diagrams were adequate I was much more confident wiring the controller after watching your video. Keep up the GREAT videos!
I just wired up an STC-1000 to control the circulator on my solar collectors
It works like a dream circulator comes on at 45 deg c and shuts down at 40
I will experiment more with an ideal temp and differ but it has saved me $125 over a solar collector,,,,namely a CL-30
I logged in just to thank you for your video! great step by step and presentation of the product!
Very informative. I was struggling on wiring this as it is different to my ATC800+ Your video sets it all out perfectly. Cheers!
Thanks i was struggling with my STC-1000. I thought it was plug and play and i didnt consider the wirering! Thanks alot!
I think you are correct, it will work that way. Great controller. Thanks for the comment. Cheers
i have referenced this video probably 10 times for all my fish tanks! thank you
Thanks for a good video of how to wire up a stc. I followed your video to the T and now I have a fermenter chamber and fermenting lager beer. Cheers
Great to hear that the video helped a bit. Thanks for your comment, cheers!
from where can I buy?
aqib raqeeb Try search ebay for stc-1000
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. It was great and very much appreciated. NOW I can get this thing to work!
Terrific. With any luck I'll find a used fridge or freezer for my brewing one of these days and this will be the way to go. Thanks for the post.
Thanks for your nice comment, good to hear! Cheers
Thanks to you I make my fridge work.
THANKS for the video it made it so much easier to wire and program
Great video,
I have just ordered one of these units and I cant wait to get it up and running.
I really enjoy your videos and you have a great brewery. nice and clean...
And I forgot: very great vid, Glen! Best vid I ever seen about wiring STC
Thank you for the video. Helped me a lot. I did it exactly as in the video and it worked the first time. Cheers.
Everywhere, think about radioshack or something. In my case I used an old hard-disk enclosure. I saw people making it in empty ice containers too. Good luck, thanks for the comment!
No stupid questions, thanks for your comment. Cheers
Thank you, the wiring and explanation helped, got my mushroom grow tent under control again :)
Legendary!! :) Thanks mate, ordered an stc-1000 to controller my heater/fans for my reef tank but it never came with programming instuctions!
You are welcome! Thanks for the comment. Great to hear the video was useful :-) Cheers and happy brewing
Good video where can u get the black box cover
Excellent video! Very helpful as I put together my bread fermentation box.
Really easy, it was a 3,5 inch enclosure but I made the rectangle cut in the front panel myself. Thanks a lot for your nice comment and don't forget to subscribe ;-) Cheers mate
Thanks so much for making this video. I had it completely wrong. All now working as expected.
Excellent vid. Could tell me if the temperature sensor can be used with a thermowell, so that the temperature of the wort is exact. Cheers
great video I was wondering where you purchased the plastic enclosure cant find it anywhere thanks
Thanks for sharing this! Great tutorial, very clear and easy to understand. Helped me a lot. Thanks
Thanks for this great tutorial, I just go one of this and this video answer all the questions. Thanks man
Great video! Other video was rubbish. This should come out on UA-cam first!!
By the way what is for compressor delay time ?
Thanks for the kind comment! Compressor delay is just a safeguard to ensure the compressor does not cycle on and off too quickly, which can damage it. It only needs to be 1 to 3 minutes.
Excellent - I will NOW buy one of these, I've been thinking about this for a while. Thanks
It’s very well explained but where would you connect the cooling wires if you do it for real to the refrigerator?
Great work! Could you show how would you wire it to a freezer? Really good explanation. Thank you.
Hello, Thanks for your comment! You can ignore the earth lead but it's better to solder it to the earth circuit (eventually of the AC power plug or the STC power cable) I have to be honest, I don't use a heater too, just the fridge. Maybe in the future I will do some tests with my heat beld. Cheers to you as well!
Best video ST1000 installation. Many thanks!
Great video. Made it very easy to wire up. Thanks!
Thanks for the kind comment! Glad it was helpful. Cheers
Very helpful video, thanks. I just wired mine up and it was great to have such a good guide. Cheers, Aidan
Oh the suspense and the the camera battery dies lol ,great video thank you I think I now understand how to proceed
Thanks very much I'm thinking of getting one for a reef tank I'm setting up, but am a bit worried if I'm away and there's a power cut.
Thanks very much I will be fitting my stc1000 the same you have made it very easy for me, thanks a lot.
The thermostat of the fridge is not interfering because I removed it on my fermentation chamber. I connected the 2 wires together from the thermostat so the compressor will be always on. Now can the STC do it's job, power on and off on the pre set temp. Eventually yes, you connect the fridge power plug into the STC. Hopefully this information helps.
Hello, it isn't necessary to add a cooling fan or something. You can also only use the heat port of the STC. What are you connecting, a light bulp as a heat source or something? You can test your STC with only the sensor and power to see if it working correctly too. Let me know please. Cheers
No it will hold the settings, not sure for how long. Will test it in a couple of days again. Will let you know. Cheers
great video. is there any reason why the wire cant go directly in to the control unit to do away with the need to solder?
Thank you so much, you make this so easy to understand!
Thanks for your kind comment! I am glad it was helpful. Cheers
Thanks so much for this video. I now have a nice larger sitting at 12c in an STC-1000 controlled fridge.
Thank you for making this video. It has helped me. Cheers.
Great video, I’m curious as to where we can order the wires and power part online. As of now I just have the elitech thermostat and temp probs
nice job,great tutorial thanks but how many watts can coincide this box?
Sorry for the late response! I agree with Sirsycophantic's answer! Thanks for your comment. Cheers
great thanks from algeria ... you help me and my farm
This is very useful,
please do you have any idea on how i can convert my chest freezer to chiller?
Great video, is there any need for using the heating plug for a keggerator as once the desired temp is achieved the freezerm would just turn off. Many thanks and keep up the vids
You are welcome! Thanks for the comment! Cheers
Great tutorial, do you know if the STC 1000 can support a heating element of 120v 1500 watts in the US? Thank you
Hi, thank you so much for the great info!
I have a question. I've ordered an st-1000 and misunderstood that I could not run both relays simultaneously.
I'm wanting to basically have 2 heating circuits (relay closed if under a set temperature)
I'm using each to cut power to each side of a 220vac circuit. It will draw +/- 5amps total between the 2.
Can you think of a good way to approach this?
Thanks!
Hello, This was very good instructions - where did you bought the hard disk enclosure ?
When you said "something bad is going to happen" and held the probe to the heat, you had me worried that your rig was going to blow up or something!
Thanks a lot. Glad to hear the video was useful! Good luck with your STC. Cheers
Good video ,only had to swap wire 6 and 8 the other way so good luck good video .Well done cheers Herrie
Already helped Glenn, great vid! Im sitting here with a bunch wires, a stc1000, some sugru and your video on my tv. What could go wrong ;)
thanks
can we use it for controling a home fridge& freezer
very useful video which clearly explains how to to it.
Thanks for posting the link and also for the kind words, glad it helped a bit! Cheers
Thank you for this, really appreciate it - excellent touch including the diagram as you go too, very helpful from a learning perspective!
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I was dumb lost the password. I would appreciate any tricks you can give me
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@Colt Joey Thanks so much for your reply. I found the site through google and im trying it out now.
Takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
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Thanks so much you saved my account!
@Ibrahim Malcolm you are welcome xD
Thank you so much for this. My homebrew can now ferment properly.
Hi, great video, thanks for taking the time to put it together! Just a question - if i'm wiring a fan directly to the controller, what would I do with the earth lead? I don't have a heater connected to it, so it's just the power, sensor and fan. Cheers!
man i wish you'd done this video a few weeks ago. i just did one of these myself
works like a charm! i'll use this video next time though. you should be getting an email from me tonight. been crazy busy.
Great video mate very helpful , have you done a vid for making a kegorator
Thanks, yes I did! just search on my channel : keezer ;-) Cheers
great job thanks so much. you have made my job so much easier
Thanks for that video! Just one question - what's the current rating for the cooling and heating switches , can I plug in a heater that draws 16 Amps??
Stupidy question: as I will use the STC-1000 controller in a fridge, so I just need to wire the cooling spots with the refrigerator?? thanks!! and nice video, very helpful
hi! thank you the video, what fuse is the main plug for the controller?
im waiting for my stc-1000, only thing i wonder is how you did it with the heatsource powercable?since its quite thick, drill a hole in the fridge?
Great video, sorry how did you lock the stc 1000, to stay in place, did you glue it, thanks in advance
Hello, thank you very much for the video! I am building this exact set-up and I'm curious where you got those power plugs? Cheers
Thanks 👍 I purchased it at a local hardware store. Did you check eBay or AliExpress already? Cheers
homebeerbrewery I did! I just didn’t really know what to search
It's hard to find deed :-( Try Google translate on this stuff for your country and language : www.toolstation.nl/elektra/contrastekkers/c277
Great vid. Why was the wiring diagram different from your actual ports on the stc-1000? Seems this could be an issue for those who don't know what they're doing. Seems this could make a fermentation chamber reasonably affordable for just about anybody! Thanks for the help and inspiration.
Amazing vid. Wished i'd seen it before I bought 2 single relay temp regs. Cheers
ive just used this video to wire an stc 1000, cheers
Thank you.
What did you do with the thermostat on the fridge?
Did you disable it?
Do I simply plug the power chord from the freezer into this?
How is the thermostat going to interfere? I thought you had to wire it into the thermostat or disable it?