You rock for making it simple.... Your video is the reason I kept searching for other videos on how to convert a freezer to a refrigerator.... For the very exact reason that you made this video because like you said one moment they showed you one thing and the next thing it was finished and you have no idea how they did it.... So I want to thank you man for going through all of that effort to make this as simple as possible for somebody that is uneducated with electricity like me even I can do this so thank you..
Good info on wiring this unit. I'm using it on a fridge/freezer and trying to maintain the freezer part while using the fridge as a fermentation chamber for making beer. I'll be using the heating function too which I guess I can splice into the same hot for the unit and cooling.
Marcus Green yea, this stc1000 is a duel stage thermostat so it can do both hot and cold, make sure you don't buy a single stage that can only do hot or cold....
Video got me sorted out....and I agree most the vids on youtube on this are stupid and dont show the actual wiring of it like this one dors....thanks bro
Kudos to you, TLM! You have a real gift for explaining things so clearly. I even have a Magic Chef freezer, too! I do have a question about the diagram on top of STC-1000. My STC-1000 is identical to yours, but the diagram doesn't seem to match your wiring. Can you help me understand that? Also, where did you mount STC-1000 and the temp probe? Thanks!
+Mike Reid mine is a duel phase thermostat, you might have a single phase model. I mounted my sensor uthe middle of the back with plastic clips and down into the freezer with the same clips. The sensor sits right at the inside step, it's also held off the wall so it gets a true air reading...
Good video.👍 Would have been nice to see if you used the original temperature sensor, or if you had to fit a new sensor? If you did fit a new sensor, how did you position it in the freezer?
The device came with a new sensor so I just used that, I positioned it 3/4 down the backside of the freezer (inside). That was the best position for what temp I was aiming for.
dag bro you couldnt find some brown wire for the hot and kept the neutral black confusing the hell out of me how you tapping it out and back into the circuit good looking out though i gave you like 3 frigging views and you prolly got another 3 more coming ya way God bless you bro...
i got question i want to cutout all wires of old thermristor i got 4 on mine 2 blacks blue green ,,blue is live ,backs neutral i guess. and green ground ..when i short blue and green i get 23x volt mblu on each black give 0 ,,i bring live neutral out of stc and from new 220v cable ..out of pin 8 live and pin 2 netral to old power cable to comprssor ,and that circuit is broken .so question is what i need to start compressor ,i know power go in compressor 220v ,and to termristor ,he switch on of power to compressor ... how to do that now when i idiot cut all out ,,only left from baraker is these 4 wiers ... please help
Great video! You get right to the main issue, the thermostat! You show Excatly what i needed for a commercial chest freezer, found your video after spending hours on videos that said they'll show how to wire but never showed the thermostat! Thanks, i got it running, but cannot get it programmed to go below its factory set point. Any ideas?
Don't remember the details, it's been so long but if you have the same one just keep messing with it... I followed the program instructions and it worked.
Hello I have come across your video on converting a freezer in to a fridge I have a freezer I bought that 2 days ago and I already had a very similar (older model) thermostat controller I wired it up like you have on your video. And I got it to run my freezer ok. I have the stat set to 5c but I put the sensor where the original old one went but I was finding the freezer was going 5c and shutting off like its meant to but the temp kept dropping to around - numbers but the inside the freezer there was no ice build up at all. I did try the sensor attached to the wall in the freezer and that’s giving me readings of around 0.0 but it does in time creep back up to what i set 5c. I was wondering if you might be able to help in any way get it more stable. I am testing the fridge empty not sure if that would make any difference
All thermostats work the same but have slight variation in how they balance the temp.. On mine, i set the temp and then set another higher twmp for when i want ot to kick back on.. For instance, i want my fridge to be 33° so i set my chill temp at 30° and my restart temo at 36°.. This makes my freezer stay halfway (33°) between those numbers...its an balancing act you need to find with your specific set-up, and yes, a full fridge will act differently..
At 8:55 you say 48 volts but you have everything spliced up to line voltage 120? Or are you running the controller on 48 volts somehow? Pretty sure all of your control wiring is stepped down, so you are under-voltage on the controller?
For whatever reason the 120v going into the freezer junction box before the compressor steps it down to 48v for the thermostat /light wiring circuit. I didnt take apart the box to see exactly what's going on but the controller and freezer work perfect and its been over 1 year now..thats the truth of the situation, sorry i cant give a more technical answer...
I did a chest freezer with the 12v thermostat to control a small inverter on and off. Tough to find the right inverter, needs to be one with a switch, not a button and pure sine wave, started with a 600w and downsized to 300. The system works great and draws about 70wh probably less once food and thermal mass is in there and stabilized. Drops like 2 degrees in an hour while off, in a hot garage. Probably going to install the 110v into the fridge as well so that both systems are properly controlled. www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/4efrgd/creating_an_effective_and_ultraefficient/
I have black, brown, blue and green. I grounded the green! Now I have black, brown and blue. I can get the unit to power up with the black and brown but when I feed the cooling terminals with the black and brown it just clicks. Can you help me? Thanks 👍
I'm not really complaining but, why open the access door. Turn the temp control on freezer to the coldest. On your remote controller. Wire in a receptacle (where you put the wires for the compressor). Then simply plug in the freezer, and plug in the remote controller. Set the temperature...
Wow, thanks for going over everything so many times. Very clear!
Thank you! I had the same complaint about all of the other videos and was missing the info about the separate neutral. Very good and helpful video.
You rock for making it simple.... Your video is the reason I kept searching for other videos on how to convert a freezer to a refrigerator.... For the very exact reason that you made this video because like you said one moment they showed you one thing and the next thing it was finished and you have no idea how they did it.... So I want to thank you man for going through all of that effort to make this as simple as possible for somebody that is uneducated with electricity like me even I can do this so thank you..
Good video man! thank you for repeating yourself and really explaining everything, pretty much dumbing it down for me so thanks
This is by far the best instruction on converting freezer to a fridge. Thanks.
Thanks Man , Its like you said others just show it hooked up You went through the whole process Hell yeah . Have a good 1
Outstanding video. Thank you for taking the time to make it, just the info I was looking for.
5:47 You are so right, thanks for this excellent and detail video.
Don't forget top put a fan inside the freezer so you don't get cold spots
Good explanation. Thank you
With this I can have a freezer or a fridge on demand... sweet.
the best video on this subject! thx
Good info on wiring this unit. I'm using it on a fridge/freezer and trying to maintain the freezer part while using the fridge as a fermentation chamber for making beer. I'll be using the heating function too which I guess I can splice into the same hot for the unit and cooling.
Marcus Green yea, this stc1000 is a duel stage thermostat so it can do both hot and cold, make sure you don't buy a single stage that can only do hot or cold....
Video got me sorted out....and I agree most the vids on youtube on this are stupid and dont show the actual wiring of it like this one dors....thanks bro
Thanks..so it this way I can controll my fridge tempurature as I want it to be ..right?
Good Stuff!!!
Kudos to you, TLM! You have a real gift for explaining things so clearly. I even have a Magic Chef freezer, too! I do have a question about the diagram on top of STC-1000. My STC-1000 is identical to yours, but the diagram doesn't seem to match your wiring. Can you help me understand that? Also, where did you mount STC-1000 and the temp probe? Thanks!
+Mike Reid mine is a duel phase thermostat, you might have a single phase model. I mounted my sensor uthe middle of the back with plastic clips and down into the freezer with the same clips. The sensor sits right at the inside step, it's also held off the wall so it gets a true air reading...
Nice! Thx!
Good video.👍 Would have been nice to see if you used the original temperature sensor, or if you had to fit a new sensor? If you did fit a new sensor, how did you position it in the freezer?
The device came with a new sensor so I just used that, I positioned it 3/4 down the backside of the freezer (inside). That was the best position for what temp I was aiming for.
@@theloosemoose8200 I did the same. It’s been working perfectly for over 2 years now. Great vid.👍
When u splice it, now you have 3 hots and one neutral. Where does the neutral going out go?
dag bro you couldnt find some brown wire for the hot and kept the neutral black confusing the hell out of me how you tapping it out and back into the circuit good looking out though i gave you like 3 frigging views and you prolly got another 3 more coming ya way God bless you bro...
i got question
i want to cutout all wires of old thermristor i got 4 on mine 2 blacks blue green ,,blue is live ,backs neutral i guess. and green ground ..when i short blue and green i get 23x volt mblu on each black give 0 ,,i bring live neutral out of stc and from new 220v cable ..out of pin 8 live and pin 2 netral to old power cable to comprssor ,and that circuit is broken .so question is what i need to start compressor ,i know power go in compressor 220v ,and to termristor ,he switch on of power to compressor ... how to do that now when i idiot cut all out ,,only left from baraker is these 4 wiers ... please help
nice very nice
Hi what temp do you set it at for on and when it goes off ?
Great video! You get right to the main issue, the thermostat! You show Excatly what i needed for a commercial chest freezer, found your video after spending hours on videos that said they'll show how to wire but never showed the thermostat! Thanks, i got it running, but cannot get it programmed to go below its factory set point. Any ideas?
Don't remember the details, it's been so long but if you have the same one just keep messing with it... I followed the program instructions and it worked.
Hello I have come across your video on converting a freezer in to a fridge I have a freezer I bought that 2 days ago and I already had a very similar (older model) thermostat controller I wired it up like you have on your video. And I got it to run my freezer ok. I have the stat set to 5c but I put the sensor where the original old one went but I was finding the freezer was going 5c and shutting off like its meant to but the temp kept dropping to around - numbers but the inside the freezer there was no ice build up at all. I did try the sensor attached to the wall in the freezer and that’s giving me readings of around 0.0 but it does in time creep back up to what i set 5c. I was wondering if you might be able to help in any way get it more stable. I am testing the fridge empty not sure if that would make any difference
All thermostats work the same but have slight variation in how they balance the temp.. On mine, i set the temp and then set another higher twmp for when i want ot to kick back on.. For instance, i want my fridge to be 33° so i set my chill temp at 30° and my restart temo at 36°.. This makes my freezer stay halfway (33°) between those numbers...its an balancing act you need to find with your specific set-up, and yes, a full fridge will act differently..
@@theloosemoose8200 thank you for replying so it's better to set up my freezer fridge with items in it to get true temp readings
At 8:55 you say 48 volts but you have everything spliced up to line voltage 120?
Or are you running the controller on 48 volts somehow?
Pretty sure all of your control wiring is stepped down, so you are under-voltage on the controller?
For whatever reason the 120v going into the freezer junction box before the compressor steps it down to 48v for the thermostat /light wiring circuit. I didnt take apart the box to see exactly what's going on but the controller and freezer work perfect and its been over 1 year now..thats the truth of the situation, sorry i cant give a more technical answer...
I have chest frezzer .Kenmore..my greenlight dont come on at all. It use to come on .put everything else works .🤔 need a little help.
I did a chest freezer with the 12v thermostat to control a small inverter on and off. Tough to find the right inverter, needs to be one with a switch, not a button and pure sine wave, started with a 600w and downsized to 300. The system works great and draws about 70wh probably less once food and thermal mass is in there and stabilized. Drops like 2 degrees in an hour while off, in a hot garage. Probably going to install the 110v into the fridge as well so that both systems are properly controlled.
www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/4efrgd/creating_an_effective_and_ultraefficient/
I have black, brown, blue and green. I grounded the green! Now I have black, brown and blue. I can get the unit to power up with the black and brown but when I feed the cooling terminals with the black and brown it just clicks. Can you help me? Thanks 👍
I'm not really complaining but, why open the access door. Turn the temp control on freezer to the coldest. On your remote controller. Wire in a receptacle (where you put the wires for the compressor). Then simply plug in the freezer, and plug in the remote controller. Set the temperature...
Just curious but instead of splicing it couldnt you just run a jumper from #1 to #7 if theres enough room for 2 wires in #1??? Thanks.
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How about parameters F1-F3?
Diagram pls