Anyone use the STC-1000 for temp control in lagering/fermenting? I've being using a bunch of of old Johnson controls analog/mechanical units I salvaged years ago at Dartmouth Metals as part of an HVAC system (basically free). They are getting a little long in the tooth.
I was considering moving up to JC A419s (nice and pricey) but I think the STC-1000's will do the job at 1/3 - 1/4 the cost (EBAY). Shipped from China. I've got a cheap Chinese PID on my offset smoker and it works ok so I've got no qualms about going the overseas cost effective route.
I've burned up a couple of Hunter AC control units over the years and they wre not cheap. I suspect the Chinese ones are at least as good.
anyone?
Temperture controllers
-
LiverDance
- Award Winner 6
- Posts: 4013
- Joined: Fri Sep 24, 2010 4:50 pm
- Name: Brian
- Location: Sprybeeria
Re: Temperture controllers
I think we just did a group buy on those things, so the anwer will be yes 
"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.
-
RubberToe
- Award Winner 13
- Posts: 3743
- Joined: Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:47 am
- Name: Rob
- Location: Dartmouth
- Contact:
Re: Temperture controllers
Yeah lots of people here use the STC-1000. They are 2-stage (hot / cold) and work great, I'm using 3 of them for fermentation chambers and keggerator.
Electric Brewery Build
On tap at RubberToe's:
Sometimes on a Sunday Belgian Dubbel, Oaked Old Ale, Ordinary Bitter
On tap at RubberToe's:
Sometimes on a Sunday Belgian Dubbel, Oaked Old Ale, Ordinary Bitter
-
lobsterbolt
- Verified User
- Posts: 11
- Joined: Wed Dec 05, 2012 4:45 pm
Re: Temperture controllers
Excellent. Thanks.
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests