LIFE-SAVER VIDEO! I've got a boil about to start and a brand-new STC-1000. So, I looked at the instructions translated from Chinese. No way could I figure it out. Desperate, I found this video. Perfect! Saved my lager day! Thank you.
Good Day Mate! This is Tony from Kentucky USA, home of the fastest horses and best Bourbon on Earth. I wanted to thank you for the outstanding video explaining programming the STC 1000! Just got mine today and, because of your help my setup was done within a minute; I didn't even need to read the damn instructions :) So far the STC 1000 is doing great. I am using mine powering a window AC for a walk in cooler. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to make a really informative video!
Thanks for that. I wanted to set up the STC 1000 to control the fridge for fermentation. I tried to work it out intuitively to no avail. Your video answered ALL the questions. Now I am just testing the fridge before I make up my next brew (IPA) - something that has been in the too hard basket during summer.
Thanks for the vid. it's refreshing to see a vid without long waits, unnecessary long descriptions and poor commentary. Great concise and accurate descriptions plus it has saved me searching for a long lost manual!!
Thanks Gash. I just built my STC up today and used this video to program it. I saw you were at 999 subs recently, but in last day or so you have blown past to 1015! Awesome stuff, congratulations, well deserved. Cheers mate
Glad I could help! Wow I didn't even notice all the subs! I don't seem to get very many new subscriber emails! I get the odd one but must not get every one! Cheers mate!
I wired my ink bird properly and it is not turning off my Thermo cooler heating indicator light comes on, and it still keeps getting colder. Why is that?
Hi there! Do you know how to reset the STC1000 to its factory settings? Mine has a problem. Once I power it on, it permanently supplies power to my fridge, even in heating and idle mode.
Try pushing the up and down settings simultaneously and hold until everything on the display comes on and it beeps. Release and I believe you will find that defaults are restored.
Thanks for the very helpful video. I was totally stuck trying to work out the printed instructions. I’m going to use my STC-1000 temperature controller for my homebrew fermentation. Most of my brews require a fermentation temperature of 18C. So I thought of making the temperature set value 18.5 and the difference set value 0.5. However, I am not too happy with the controller clicking on and off too frequently. Will there be possible harm to the controller if I go with the above setting?
So how do this work? I'm trying to make a portable air conditioner but the compressor overheats if it runs non stop, so if I set this at let's say 20 degrees, will the AC compressor shut off once it reaches 20 degrees then turns back on again if it goes up above 20 degrees? Is this how it works? If so, I'm buying one.
sir can you show how to set to use in incubator to maintain the temperature of 37.5 oC. i want when the temperature becomes 38 oC the light will off then when it go down to 36.5 oC or 37 oC the light on.thank you very much
Nice tutorial friend. I'm setting this unit up on my nano reef aquarium. It'll be here tomorrow. And thanks to your awesome instructions, I'm ahead of the game.
My manual said I had to press the " " and the " " button. And then the " " button. I do not think they know that there should be something between " ".... Thanks for making this video saving me lots of frustrations.
Great video again. Finally wired a STC1000 & now I know how to use it. How you have installed the plug for the temperature probe do you need any special wire? I have another Temp controller a W1209 & probe wire is only about 20cm wanting to extend it. Cheers!
+Rookie Brew You don't need any special wire, I'd suggest to try and keep the gauge of the wire close to the same, and I wouldn't make it too long, just whats needed. Then give it a test. Cheers mate!
Very helpful, thanks! I started with the probe in the wort, but determined that when the airlock wasn't bubbling, the C02 was leaking past the cork because of the wire. I then taped the sensor to outside of the glass carboy, and even though I added insulation outside of the probe (the sensor was in direct contact with the glass), it read a full 1 deg. C below what it did when it was in the liquid. (17.7C vs 18.7c). How do you mount your sensor?
yes this will happen, especially when the yeast is fully active, it can be a few degrees higher in the centre of the wort. You should always keep this in mind when setting your temperatures. Most people dial in their fermentation to be a t very low end of the yeasts temp range that way if gets a little higher there is no issue. You mentioned cork and carboy so I guess you are using glass, maybe you could modify a cork if you would really like. In Australia carboys have never been used much, we use the plastic fermenters, using those you can drill a hole in the lid add a rubber seal and put in a thermowell down into the wort. I mount mine on the side of the fermenter insulated at the moment and have done for years, but I got thermowell a little while back and just need to install it!. Cheers mate!
Gash Slugg Thanks! I brewed for a number of year using a HDPE plastic bucket for the primary then switching to glass for the secondary, but never got the results I wanted, until I switched to glass for both primary and secondary. I assumed that even with sterilization, microscopic scratches were harboring undesirables! I bought one of these: www.northernbrewer.com/shop/big-mouth-bubbler-6-5-gallon-plastic-fermentor.html but I'm still leery of plastic. But per your suggestion, the plastic lid would be easy to drill for the wire then seal with silicone. I never considered that the temperature would be different in the center vs. the edges. Still learning! Thanks again.
It's all we really have here in Australia, you'd struggle to find a glass carboy and when you do it'd be over $80, never had an issue with plastic, our fermenters are similar to the big mouth, been using them for 25 years! The oldest one I use at the moment was bought in 2004 and still going strong. Unless there was something majorly wrong with your bucket I'd think maybe the extra care you take when you upgraded to glass may of made the difference? Who knows, hard to tell. As for scratches, the inside of the fermenters always have rough seams and edges, especially where the tap/spigot screws in, never had an issue. I've always used plastic dish scourers to clean them too! No word of a lie. Any way doesn't matter as long as your beer is good! Cheers mate!
I use one on the fermenter fridge and another on the HLT, the probe goes through a 1/2" BSP end cap (silicone watertight) and into the tub. With a pump, I can recirculate the mash and keep the element heating to the desired temperature. Keep forgetting how to reset it and refer back here occasionally.
Well done! I just ordered 2 & looked up the instructions on line wile waiting for them to come & they didn’t really make sense. Your video just made life a lot easier than the written instructions supplied. Thanks, Chris:) Oh! i think my one comes with an alarm for over & under temp. Can this be turned off ???
hmmm I know the usual STC1000 has an alarm for over 99.9c and also when the temp probe isnt connected or faulty. Is yours a STC-1000 or different model? let me know the model and I'll find out. Cheers!
check if it has another function setting, the STC8080 has these. code Function setting unit default F1 Temperature upper limit F2-+50 ° C -10 F2 Temperature lower limit -40-F1 ° C -20 F3 Temperature calibration -5-5 ° C 0 F4 Defrost cycle 0-9, Timing defrost be canceled when F5 is set as " 0" hour 8 F5 Defrost duration 0-50, setvalue as 0 to cancel alarm min 20 F6 Exceeding temp. limit alarm 0-50, Alarming be canceled when F6 is set as " 0" ° C 20
Great stuff mate! Panicked a bit when my STC seemingly worked as it should, but the fridge did not start (was the startup delay). By the time I had gotten to that part of the video it had started 😂 Very informative though.
Gash, just started home brewing and I'm converting my freezer into a fridge/kegarator. I know how to set the stc-1000 for cold (thanks to you). What's the warm wired too?? Is It just left disconnected?
Maybe it's blinking for 3 minutes since you have the delay set at 3 minutes? Does it stop blinking immediately after power on if you set the delay to 0 minutes? (I realize I'm 9 years late 🙂)
Hey Gash. One thing I haven‘t figured out is how you prevent the heating and cooling circuits from possibly competing and hence cycling with each other if the difference is too small (you state that it could be set to like 0.2°C…), especially considering the thermal inertia of 20l of beer. When I cool for example the temperature will continue drop a few tenths of a degree even after the cooling circuit has cut out. Similarly, the heat will continue to increase a few tenths of a degree after the heating circuit has cut out due to residual warmth in the pad, etc. If you set the difference to only 0.2°C then the heating and cooling circuits would continuously cycle….right? Have you observed this and how do you combat it? Obviously you can make the temperature difference larger, but then you‘re not controlling your temperature within 1°C.🤷🏼♂️
The delay is for what's called "compressor stall." If the compressor tries to start up at the full differential of low to high pressure, it takes a LOT of electricity to get the motor to move, so much soo that it may burn itself out. The delay is for the refrigerant to go from the high to low pressure side through the loop's restriction.
if i want to set 55 celsius to shutdown when is hits the tempratur how do i set this? I dont need it to start like 40 celcius, i only need it to break when it reach 55 celcius.
Differential really doesnt matter but I guess with a large size like that you'd give it a bit of room so it wasnt switching on and off all the time just 1 or 2 degrees should be fine, you'll find out when you try it.
Can I be able to calibrate the window air conditoner with this? The temperature won't go below 60 degree and it's not cooling enough in my room. With mechanical thermostat, I remember using a screwdriver to adjust it to make the temperature go down. But with digital thermistor or sensor, can I do it with this to make it go down to 55 degree?
from what I can understand, you would have to disable the thermostat on your air conditioner, because that is probably what is cutting in and stopping the cooling from getting colder, if you could do that so the air con was always on cold cycle then yes this unit cold turn it off and on at the right time. Unfortunately I don't know much about air conditioners. Cheers!
Thank you very much, i have a question please. In incubator we use lamp for heating process in my country the temperature is too much and i want to decrease it ( is it right to decrease it by fan? and if right i should install the fan making the air inside the incubator goes out or make the air outside go inside) i want to cool it without losing the humedity can u help me please
Good question. When incubating using a fan to cool things off, as I do myself (silkworm breeding and in the past snake eggs), I would opt for blowing the air from the inside out. That way you won't be blowing cold air directly onto your eggs. Don't worry, it's not like you'll be sucking out all the air (LOL seriously, someone asked me that question not so long ago). While the fan blows out hot air it simultaneously introduces fresh oxygen. :) Concerning the humidity: this can only be regulated with the temperatures. The higher the temperatures, the more humid it will be. The better ventilation you have, the less humid it will be. It's all connected to each other, one influences the other, and when building your own incubators it's sometimes a pain in the ass to find that sweet spot you need. It's a matter of testing, testing and more testing until you got it set to your wishes (or rather to your animal's wishes). Cheers.
Great video, very helpful thanks. I was going to use one of the kids old lunchboxes as an enclosure, I see you've used a similar container. Sweet as ;-)
just bought this today from amazon .... for testing a dryer for coconut ..... heating temp upto 70 deg could have helped plus the input line and output line of power
I am interested in just using it for turning on a heater at 25 deg F and off at 30 deg F. As I understand you it would be energizing the cooling switch at 30 deg F this way but I hate to have any relay electrical or solid state the whole time it's above the high set temp. All I need is the heating to be on or off. The only switch I need. There any problems having the cooling circuit relay on when not needed even?
Gash Slugg But even if it's a solid state relay isn't the energized relay have current to it to keep the cooling switch energized? They should have a way to turn off the the cooling circuit if not needed. I just hate to have any part of a circuit on even if the switch part is not carrying any current
HGlider1 'ping' just remembered there are many of these that only have a single function, so if you are worried get one of them! They are usually a dollar or two cheaper too! Not sure where you are buying from? Something like this one www.amazon.com/Docooler-Temperature-Controller-Thermocouple-Fahrenheit/dp/B00F05UI8O/ref=sr_1_2?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1416907930&sr=1-2&keywords=temperature+controller&pebp=1416907951654
HGlider1 you can tell by the illustration on the top rear of the unit that the above one only has power, sensor and a switch, otherwise it would have an extra one for the heat or cool.
Hi I’m really need help I use this for my car ac compressr My car is all swap And I don’t have control to make my compressor come off when it’s freezing And know When I bayed that’s part My problem The Time Delay I can’t choose less than one minute Can you please give me answer How to make it work directly Off 1 degree and on 5 degrees
cheers Gash. good stuff. my instructions were a bit hard to get my head around. easy now I have watched this. im just gonna run my belts off the hot side during winter. I like your jack for removing the probe too. I think I will make that mod. even though i'm only using the hot side at the moment, I wired up both sides for use in the summer if I build a fermentation chamber. there's no prob having both sides wired up and only using one is there? none that I can think of. cheers.
Sorry just one question about delay function F3. Every time delay will be active if i have temperature for start. Just i need to know reason other to start without delay. F3 is adjusted to 1 min. All is working only delay sometimes not coming. Very fast increasing of temperature or something like this to be reason for not coming delay. For me this is just problem with controller STC 1000.
I really like the idea with the temerature probe, that the probe can be connected to that plug!! I would like to add that to my build. Could you please tell me what parts you have used for that so I can get some myself? Thanks for your video
G'day! The STC does not supply power to the outputs, it is just a 'switch' you must wire the active power line for Heat and Cold loops through the STC. Think of it like a on/off switch that the STC controls. img38.imageshack.us/img38/1268/stc1000wiringdiagram.png Cheers!
Thanks for the diagram - it was slightly off for my STC-1000 (heating and cooling were swapped) but was just what I needed! Now the STC activates a fan that takes hot air from my solar water heater tank storage room and furnace room and blows it into a neighboring bathroom - heating the house in winter!
I'm looking for something to control the thermostat heaters in my aquarium without having to ever set the dial on the thermostat heater itself. What my issue is - is how does the heat controller crank up (or down) the thermostat aquarium heater without touching the control on the Aquarium heater? So for example: My aquarium heater dial is set to 80 degrees F. I decide I want the temperature to be 76 F... How does this temperature controller decrease the settings so the water drops to 76 degrees F OR; I have the water temperature listed at 75 F and I want it to climb up to 81F but the aquarium heater is stet at 76 F.. How does this controller surpass the set temperature of the heater to get the water to 81F??
You'd have the aquarium heater set high, your 81 or whatever, that's plugged into a temp controller. You set temp controller to any thing 81 or below, say you set it to 76, then the temp controller turns it of at 76.
So the controllers MAX. highest temperature would be what I have the dial set for on the Aquarium heater - Once the heat sensor for the Heater control reaches (for example:) 81 the controller shuts off the aquarium heater... Ok, that's great. So basically, what the heater controller does is turns on the aquarium heater(s) (I have two of them in the aquarium) which warms the water to 81F - Once the Heater control sensor senses that the water is 81 exact degrees, it shuts the power off to the aquarium heater(s)? Basically speaking. I have easier control of the aquarium heaters without having to go up to my elbows in water to control the aquarium heaters themselves. (sorry for the long explanations!!)
Hello Gash, is it ok to use this device for incubator? STC-1000 have a 2 system right cool and heat, if i just use only heat system do i need to chok another wire for cooling system to make it activate? i want only heating for my chicken egg.
I think those are diffrent modes you can set(F1-F7) you have a newer version of this thermometer so it has the beter relay and more settings than this one
How many years later and you just helped me setup my STC 1000 😂 thank you
Glad I could help! hahaha Cheeers!
Great Video - easier to understand than the bloody instructions that come with the STC....
Cheers mate!
LIFE-SAVER VIDEO! I've got a boil about to start and a brand-new STC-1000. So, I looked at the instructions translated from Chinese. No way could I figure it out. Desperate, I found this video. Perfect! Saved my lager day! Thank you.
Glad it helped! Cheers mate!
Great video mate. Helping people out 7 years later.
Thanks 👍 Cheers mate!
Good Day Mate! This is Tony from Kentucky USA, home of the fastest horses and best Bourbon on Earth. I wanted to thank you for the outstanding video explaining programming the STC 1000! Just got mine today and, because of your help my setup was done within a minute; I didn't even need to read the damn instructions :) So far the STC 1000 is doing great. I am using mine powering a window AC for a walk in cooler. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to make a really informative video!
Thank you for watching, I'm happy that you got some use out of it! Cheers mate!
Thanks for that. I wanted to set up the STC 1000 to control the fridge for fermentation. I tried to work it out intuitively to no avail. Your video answered ALL the questions. Now I am just testing the fridge before I make up my next brew (IPA) - something that has been in the too hard basket during summer.
Good to hear mate, cheers! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the vid. it's refreshing to see a vid without long waits, unnecessary long descriptions and poor commentary. Great concise and accurate descriptions plus it has saved me searching for a long lost manual!!
Thanks mate! Cheers!
Thanks, thats really helpful - googled the official instructions - this actually tells me how the unit works!
Thanks Gash. I just built my STC up today and used this video to program it. I saw you were at 999 subs recently, but in last day or so you have blown past to 1015! Awesome stuff, congratulations, well deserved. Cheers mate
Glad I could help! Wow I didn't even notice all the subs! I don't seem to get very many new subscriber emails! I get the odd one but must not get every one! Cheers mate!
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I wired my ink bird properly and it is not turning off my Thermo cooler heating indicator light comes on, and it still keeps getting colder. Why is that?
Came back to this post again, Gash. Ty so much for this post. I just tested everything, and it came out smoking. (In a good way). Cheers Gash!
Chris Meek Good to hear mate and cheers!
I Forgot - Best wishes for the season of goodwill and cheer!!!
Same to you mate! Sorry for the delay for getting back, but I've been busy doing the Christmas thing! :)
Thanks for the video, the instructions with my controller were deficient so your guidance was much appreciated. Back to brewing
Thanks for watching mate!
Thanks for going through this, I have the inkbird version which is pretty much identical and the instructions were very poor.
Glad it helped, cheers!
Thanks Gash. I cruise around UA-cam but always end up back on your page. Keep on brewing brother. 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
Cheers Wayne, thanks for watching mate!
Hi there! Do you know how to reset the STC1000 to its factory settings? Mine has a problem. Once I power it on, it permanently supplies power to my fridge, even in heating and idle mode.
Aziel Yeo Have you checked your wiring? Or maybe there could be a short. I'll look into it and see what I can find, Cheers mate!
Try pushing the up and down settings simultaneously and hold until everything on the display comes on and it beeps. Release and I believe you will find that defaults are restored.
Cheers bruv. Just what I needed!
Greetings from Stockholm, Sweden
No problem 👍
Thanks for the very helpful video. I was totally stuck trying to work out the printed instructions. I’m going to use my STC-1000 temperature controller for my homebrew fermentation. Most of my brews require a fermentation temperature of 18C. So I thought of making the temperature set value 18.5 and the difference set value 0.5. However, I am not too happy with the controller clicking on and off too frequently. Will there be possible harm to the controller if I go with the above setting?
So how do this work? I'm trying to make a portable air conditioner but the compressor overheats if it runs non stop, so if I set this at let's say 20 degrees, will the AC compressor shut off once it reaches 20 degrees then turns back on again if it goes up above 20 degrees? Is this how it works? If so, I'm buying one.
Thanks mate, very helpful as usual. You'll be happy to know your channel is my go to source for anything homebrew. Keep up the good work 👍
Thanks for watching mate, cheers!
sir can you show how to set to use in incubator to maintain the temperature of 37.5 oC. i want when the temperature becomes 38 oC the light will off then when it go down to 36.5 oC or 37 oC the light on.thank you very much
Nice tutorial friend. I'm setting this unit up on my nano reef aquarium. It'll be here tomorrow. And thanks to your awesome
instructions, I'm ahead of the game.
Thanks for watching mate, cheers!
Thanks Gash
Helpful video.Just build a unit today and she's works.
Great to hear, Cheers mate!
Great thanks, I was struggling with mine, lost instructions, your video has made it easy to set up now. Thanks again.
Glad I could help, Cheers mate!
earns22 k" b u
Thanks Just managed to set my temperatures without struggle.
Thanks mate. I learned something. I'm setting up a freezer in a camper van to operate as a fridge. I need to turn an inverter on and off.
Thanks for watching! Cheers!
Wiring one of these to a bird brooder. Bless you mate, you're a saint.
Cheers mate!
I’ve bought 4 of these units for $11 each from China and they work amazing.
A very informative and useful video. Straight to the point and very clear. Thanks
Thank you, nowhere in the manual did it say press set and the up or down arrows together 👍👍👍👍👍 great video
No problem 👍
Still use this vid in 2024 when I forget the settings. Thanks bud.
Glad it helps. cheers!
Ah great this video is still here. I keep coming back when I get the urge to put on a brew 😂
yeah funnily enough this video is by far my most popular video, by a long shot, I guess because its not just for brewers. Cheers!
My manual said I had to press the " " and the " " button. And then the " " button. I do not think they know that there should be something between " ".... Thanks for making this video saving me lots of frustrations.
Super informative. Easy and clear to follow. Much appreciated.
Glad it was helpful!
Cheers man,.......scrolling around to find a decent explanation of it all.........job well done !!
+123wilky Cheers mate, thanks for watching!
Great video again. Finally wired a STC1000 & now I know how to use it. How you have installed the plug for the temperature probe do you need any special wire? I have another Temp controller a W1209 & probe wire is only about 20cm wanting to extend it. Cheers!
+Rookie Brew You don't need any special wire, I'd suggest to try and keep the gauge of the wire close to the same, and I wouldn't make it too long, just whats needed. Then give it a test. Cheers mate!
Very helpful, thanks! I started with the probe in the wort, but determined that when the airlock wasn't bubbling, the C02 was leaking past the cork because of the wire. I then taped the sensor to outside of the glass carboy, and even though I added insulation outside of the probe (the sensor was in direct contact with the glass), it read a full 1 deg. C below what it did when it was in the liquid. (17.7C vs 18.7c). How do you mount your sensor?
yes this will happen, especially when the yeast is fully active, it can be a few degrees higher in the centre of the wort. You should always keep this in mind when setting your temperatures. Most people dial in their fermentation to be a t very low end of the yeasts temp range that way if gets a little higher there is no issue. You mentioned cork and carboy so I guess you are using glass, maybe you could modify a cork if you would really like. In Australia carboys have never been used much, we use the plastic fermenters, using those you can drill a hole in the lid add a rubber seal and put in a thermowell down into the wort. I mount mine on the side of the fermenter insulated at the moment and have done for years, but I got thermowell a little while back and just need to install it!. Cheers mate!
Gash Slugg Thanks! I brewed for a number of year using a HDPE plastic bucket for the primary then switching to glass for the secondary, but never got the results I wanted, until I switched to glass for both primary and secondary. I assumed that even with sterilization, microscopic scratches were harboring undesirables! I bought one of these: www.northernbrewer.com/shop/big-mouth-bubbler-6-5-gallon-plastic-fermentor.html but I'm still leery of plastic. But per your suggestion, the plastic lid would be easy to drill for the wire then seal with silicone. I never considered that the temperature would be different in the center vs. the edges. Still learning! Thanks again.
It's all we really have here in Australia, you'd struggle to find a glass carboy and when you do it'd be over $80, never had an issue with plastic, our fermenters are similar to the big mouth, been using them for 25 years! The oldest one I use at the moment was bought in 2004 and still going strong. Unless there was something majorly wrong with your bucket I'd think maybe the extra care you take when you upgraded to glass may of made the difference? Who knows, hard to tell. As for scratches, the inside of the fermenters always have rough seams and edges, especially where the tap/spigot screws in, never had an issue. I've always used plastic dish scourers to clean them too! No word of a lie. Any way doesn't matter as long as your beer is good! Cheers mate!
Thanks man. It's been so long since I used it I forgot how. You to the rescue. :-)
No problem 👍
I use one on the fermenter fridge and another on the HLT, the probe goes through a 1/2" BSP end cap (silicone watertight) and into the tub. With a pump, I can recirculate the mash and keep the element heating to the desired temperature. Keep forgetting how to reset it and refer back here occasionally.
Well done! I just ordered 2 & looked up the instructions on line wile waiting for them to come & they didn’t really make sense.
Your video just made life a lot easier than the written instructions supplied. Thanks, Chris:)
Oh! i think my one comes with an alarm for over & under temp. Can this be turned off ???
hmmm I know the usual STC1000 has an alarm for over 99.9c and also when the temp probe isnt connected or faulty. Is yours a STC-1000 or different model? let me know the model and I'll find out. Cheers!
check if it has another function setting, the STC8080 has these.
code Function setting unit default
F1 Temperature upper limit F2-+50 ° C -10
F2 Temperature lower limit -40-F1 ° C -20
F3 Temperature calibration -5-5 ° C 0
F4 Defrost cycle 0-9, Timing defrost be canceled when F5 is set as " 0" hour 8
F5 Defrost duration 0-50, setvalue as 0 to cancel alarm min 20
F6 Exceeding temp. limit alarm 0-50, Alarming be canceled when F6 is set as " 0" ° C 20
Always have to watch this before setting my STC 😂 very helpful video.. cheers !
Great stuff mate! Panicked a bit when my STC seemingly worked as it should, but the fridge did not start (was the startup delay). By the time I had gotten to that part of the video it had started 😂 Very informative though.
Cheers and thanks for watching!
Great vid, Gash, the KISS method - thanks for putting it up.
Cheers mate, thanks for watching!
Gash, just started home brewing and I'm converting my freezer into a fridge/kegarator. I know how to set the stc-1000 for cold (thanks to you).
What's the warm wired too?? Is It just left disconnected?
yes, if using it for a kegerator you wouldn't wire up the warm loop. Cheers mate!
Thanks...
Maybe it's blinking for 3 minutes since you have the delay set at 3 minutes? Does it stop blinking immediately after power on if you set the delay to 0 minutes? (I realize I'm 9 years late 🙂)
Thanks so much for this video, we're about to get our first controller for a fermentation chamber, now I know how to use it even before buying it! :D
Glad I could help! Cheers!
Hey Gash Slug i forgot to ask, a 220V STV-1000 controller is the Ducks Guts for Aussie ay? I hope so 'cos i just ordered one! Cheers n Beers
Great video. Ref to it every time I want to change my setting. Thank you
Glad it helped, cheers!
Great video and super easy instructions on how to set all functions
Thanks mate, a clear and concise video. Cheers from NZ!
+Daphne Hansen Cheers and thank you for watching!
Hey Gash. One thing I haven‘t figured out is how you prevent the heating and cooling circuits from possibly competing and hence cycling with each other if the difference is too small (you state that it could be set to like 0.2°C…), especially considering the thermal inertia of 20l of beer. When I cool for example the temperature will continue drop a few tenths of a degree even after the cooling circuit has cut out. Similarly, the heat will continue to increase a few tenths of a degree after the heating circuit has cut out due to residual warmth in the pad, etc. If you set the difference to only 0.2°C then the heating and cooling circuits would continuously cycle….right? Have you observed this and how do you combat it? Obviously you can make the temperature difference larger, but then you‘re not controlling your temperature within 1°C.🤷🏼♂️
The cooling cycle has the delay setting to prevent compressor damage/wear so it's not going to be flicking on and off fast. Cheers!
The delay is for what's called "compressor stall." If the compressor tries to start up at the full differential of low to high pressure, it takes a LOT of electricity to get the motor to move, so much soo that it may burn itself out. The delay is for the refrigerant to go from the high to low pressure side through the loop's restriction.
Depending on compressor type
hey man is feels nice when others help you out thanks a lot have a great night.
You're welcome mate! Cheers!
Great video - many thanks! The instructions that came with mine were as clear as mud and this sorted it nicely. Cheers.
Thanks for watching mate, Cheers!
thanks Gash. I dont know why ive found the damn thing so frustrating. thanks for excellent video :-)
Cheers mate! Thanks for watching!
if i want to set 55 celsius to shutdown when is hits the tempratur how do i set this? I dont need it to start like 40 celcius, i only need it to break when it reach 55 celcius.
What differential would I need for 80c please? Mines in a 6 bucket wax vat. Thanks in advance for any help 🩷
Differential really doesnt matter but I guess with a large size like that you'd give it a bit of room so it wasnt switching on and off all the time just 1 or 2 degrees should be fine, you'll find out when you try it.
Thanks - clear and simple instruction and I now understand how the STC works - and it does!
Can I be able to calibrate the window air conditoner with this? The temperature won't go below 60 degree and it's not cooling enough in my room. With mechanical thermostat, I remember using a screwdriver to adjust it to make the temperature go down. But with digital thermistor or sensor, can I do it with this to make it go down to 55 degree?
from what I can understand, you would have to disable the thermostat on your air conditioner, because that is probably what is cutting in and stopping the cooling from getting colder, if you could do that so the air con was always on cold cycle then yes this unit cold turn it off and on at the right time. Unfortunately I don't know much about air conditioners. Cheers!
Thank you very much, i have a question please. In incubator we use lamp for heating process in my country the temperature is too much and i want to decrease it ( is it right to decrease it by fan? and if right i should install the fan making the air inside the incubator goes out or make the air outside go inside) i want to cool it without losing the humedity can u help me please
Good question. When incubating using a fan to cool things off, as I do myself (silkworm breeding and in the past snake eggs), I would opt for blowing the air from the inside out. That way you won't be blowing cold air directly onto your eggs. Don't worry, it's not like you'll be sucking out all the air (LOL seriously, someone asked me that question not so long ago). While the fan blows out hot air it simultaneously introduces fresh oxygen. :) Concerning the humidity: this can only be regulated with the temperatures. The higher the temperatures, the more humid it will be. The better ventilation you have, the less humid it will be. It's all connected to each other, one influences the other, and when building your own incubators it's sometimes a pain in the ass to find that sweet spot you need. It's a matter of testing, testing and more testing until you got it set to your wishes (or rather to your animal's wishes).
Cheers.
If I set the temperature at 65• f will the temperature maintain and not go up or down. Also would I be able to use this on a regular refrigerator
It will go up and down a very small amount, but nothing to worry about. Yes it works on fridges. Cheers!
Great video, very helpful thanks. I was going to use one of the kids old lunchboxes as an enclosure, I see you've used a similar container. Sweet as ;-)
Spot on Thankyou, just what I needed. I didn't understand the instructions provided with the kit. I do now
+Dancing Dans Homebrew Cheers mate, glad I could help!
just bought this today from amazon .... for testing a dryer for coconut ..... heating temp upto 70 deg could have helped plus the input line and output line of power
I am interested in just using it for turning on a heater at 25 deg F and off at 30 deg F. As I understand you it would be energizing the cooling switch at 30 deg F this way but I hate to have any relay electrical or solid state the whole time it's above the high set temp. All I need is the heating to be on or off. The only switch I need. There any problems having the cooling circuit relay on when not needed even?
The device only works as a switch, so no power will be going through the cooling side unless you hook up the power to it. So it will be fine. Cheers!
Gash Slugg
But even if it's a solid state relay isn't the energized relay have current to it to keep the cooling switch energized? They should have a way to turn off the the cooling circuit if not needed. I just hate to have any part of a circuit on even if the switch part is not carrying any current
HGlider1 'ping' just remembered there are many of these that only have a single function, so if you are worried get one of them! They are usually a dollar or two cheaper too! Not sure where you are buying from? Something like this one www.amazon.com/Docooler-Temperature-Controller-Thermocouple-Fahrenheit/dp/B00F05UI8O/ref=sr_1_2?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1416907930&sr=1-2&keywords=temperature+controller&pebp=1416907951654
HGlider1 you can tell by the illustration on the top rear of the unit that the above one only has power, sensor and a switch, otherwise it would have an extra one for the heat or cool.
Couldn't get my head around the crap supplied instructions. But just sorted it after watching this. Nice One ;)
Happy able to help! Cheers mate!
Hi
I’m really need help
I use this for my car ac compressr
My car is all swap
And I don’t have control to make my compressor come off when it’s freezing
And know
When I bayed that’s part
My problem
The Time Delay
I can’t choose less than one minute
Can you please give me answer
How to make it work directly
Off 1 degree and on 5 degrees
Thanks a bunch mate its been stressful but you have showed me the ways
In total agreement with TerryD15, excellent video, showed me exactly what I wanted to know, thank you so much.
No worries, cheers mate!
Great video Gasher, both of them.
Cheers Harry!
Are we talking celcious or ferehaight degress??
cheers Gash. good stuff. my instructions were a bit hard to get my head around. easy now I have watched this. im just gonna run my belts off the hot side during winter. I like your jack for removing the probe too. I think I will make that mod. even though i'm only using the hot side at the moment, I wired up both sides for use in the summer if I build a fermentation chamber. there's no prob having both sides wired up and only using one is there? none that I can think of. cheers.
Victor Bitter Nah mate should be fine! Cheers
goodonya mate!
Bloody top video mate.
This helped so much.
Thanks mate. That was an excellent, easy to understand explanation .. Brilliant 👌🏻
Sorry just one question about delay function F3. Every time delay will be active if i have temperature for start. Just i need to know reason other to start without delay. F3 is adjusted to 1 min. All is working only delay sometimes not coming. Very fast increasing of temperature or something like this to be reason for not coming delay. For me this is just problem with controller STC 1000.
Only the cold side has a delay, to protect the fridge compressor, the heat side has no delay because heaters don't need that protection. Cheers!
+Gash Slugg I know is only for cooling but all other case delay is need to come every time?
I really like the idea with the temerature probe, that the probe can be connected to that plug!! I would like to add that to my build.
Could you please tell me what parts you have used for that so I can get some myself? Thanks for your video
Gash, I'm not getting an output current from my STC (heating or cooling). Any advice?
G'day! The STC does not supply power to the outputs, it is just a 'switch' you must wire the active power line for Heat and Cold loops through the STC. Think of it like a on/off switch that the STC controls. img38.imageshack.us/img38/1268/stc1000wiringdiagram.png Cheers!
Thanks for the diagram - it was slightly off for my STC-1000 (heating and cooling were swapped) but was just what I needed! Now the STC activates a fan that takes hot air from my solar water heater tank storage room and furnace room and blows it into a neighboring bathroom - heating the house in winter!
Tom Joslyn Oh Nice! Glad it worked! Cheers mate!
I'm looking for something to control the thermostat heaters in my aquarium without having to ever set the dial on the thermostat heater itself. What my issue is - is how does the heat controller crank up (or down) the thermostat aquarium heater without touching the control on the Aquarium heater? So for example: My aquarium heater dial is set to 80 degrees F. I decide I want the temperature to be 76 F... How does this temperature controller decrease the settings so the water drops to 76 degrees F OR; I have the water temperature listed at 75 F and I want it to climb up to 81F but the aquarium heater is stet at 76 F.. How does this controller surpass the set temperature of the heater to get the water to 81F??
You'd have the aquarium heater set high, your 81 or whatever, that's plugged into a temp controller. You set temp controller to any thing 81 or below, say you set it to 76, then the temp controller turns it of at 76.
The controller needs a temp probe in the water.
So the controllers MAX. highest temperature would be what I have the dial set for on the Aquarium heater - Once the heat sensor for the Heater control reaches (for example:) 81 the controller shuts off the aquarium heater... Ok, that's great. So basically, what the heater controller does is turns on the aquarium heater(s) (I have two of them in the aquarium) which warms the water to 81F - Once the Heater control sensor senses that the water is 81 exact degrees, it shuts the power off to the aquarium heater(s)? Basically speaking. I have easier control of the aquarium heaters without having to go up to my elbows in water to control the aquarium heaters themselves.
(sorry for the long explanations!!)
@@willparsons32 yes :)
Ho to increase the setting value on cool temperature higher than 10 centigrade?
Hello Gash, is it ok to use this device for incubator? STC-1000 have a 2 system right cool and heat, if i just use only heat system do i need to chok another wire for cooling system to make it activate? i want only heating for my chicken egg.
+DAYWALKER ATILLO yeah that fine just dont hook anything up to it. Cheers!
thank you, what about the delay time? if i go to zero delay time is it applicable to the device or 1 min. to 10 mins only? Thanks Sir Gash.
+DAYWALKER ATILLO The delay is only on the cooling cycle, to protect the fridges compressor, there is no delay on the heating cycle, Cheers!
Thank You Sir... :) Cheers!
i got problem with stc1000 it wont turn of pin 8 when cooling is over ,till he reach f1 temp +f2 0.5..help
Great video and explanation. And yes I definitely learned something.
Herzlichen Dank aus Ulm-Germany! Super Video.
Thanks bro. My stc with a CONFUSING MANUAL Just arrived 😅
Can this be used to regulate the temperature of a hot liquor tank?
Yes for sure, I use it for that as well, cheers
Great instructional vid Gash. Cheers
thanks for watching mate! Cheers!
yes but is there any setting specific for heat only thanks .
no, just set F1 Temperature to what you want it to be. Cheers
Cheers man, Dino put me on to this -great video, thanks for sharing!
David!
How do I get it to indicate cool rather than heat?
Is there any way to change it from c to f?
Does anyone know how to get the controller out or defrost mode that I think mine is in? The lights are flashing all the time?
Do you have to use this as a controller?
Can it just be used as a temperature monitor?
Yes for sure! Cheers mate!
Thanks. Ordered two for aquarium temp monitors.
Gash can this unit be used to control temp for a kegerator?
yes mate! for sure!
if power goes out does it keep setting in memory or you have to reprogram everything
rodrigo calderon It should keep the settings! Cheers!
thanks my friend
I need help, i can't programming my ice cream freezer , What does it mean E1-E7and F1-F7and the same C and H. Please give me some ideals
I think those are diffrent modes you can set(F1-F7) you have a newer version of this thermometer so it has the beter relay and more settings than this one
Thank U.for the guidance, Mate. 🙏🙏🙏
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Gash just what i needed to set my stc 1000 booom! awsome Ta m8, Simbart69 out.
Cheers mate. Glad I could help!
Fantastic video. Thank you
When I start mine it starts on heat how do I change between
I got one but the heat is not powering up when temp drops. I must have got a faulty one.
Strange but can happen, I guess you know that the STC doesn't supply power? It's just a switch. Hope you work it out! Cheers!
Thank you very much for this very clear and helpful video!
Thanks for watching, cheers!
So Iam trying to set this up on a light bulb for heat but I dont get how to set it up
the problem you may have is that the unit doesnt send power through its Heat/Cold switches, its just a switch. Like a light switch.