Keg king temperature controller, any good?

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Keg king temperature controller, any good?

Postby sok1974 » Thu Mar 16, 2017 11:03 am

http://cdn.kegking.com.au/media/catalog ... r-full.jpg

Wanting to use it for mash and fermenting.
I like that it does both heating and cooling with minimum on off times and delay between
heating and cooling.
All perameters are adjustable.

These ok or junk?

Cheers

Simon
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Re: Keg king temperature controller, any good?

Postby Professor Green » Thu Mar 16, 2017 6:20 pm

I've used it to turn the heater pad beneath a fermenter on when the temperature drops too low. It's OK, does what the blurb says it does. Can't comment on it's robustness through as I haven't had it that long.

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Re: Keg king temperature controller, any good?

Postby sok1974 » Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:29 pm

Thanks for the reply.
I think I might look into the voltage controller option more
before I decide.
Good to know that one at least works.
It sure does have some good features for the price it' will
make my process easier which is always welcome.
Cheers
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Re: Keg king temperature controller, any good?

Postby Sam. » Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:31 pm

I wouldn't touch keg king shit with a 12 foot clown pole :O)
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Re: Keg king temperature controller, any good?

Postby res » Fri Mar 17, 2017 12:42 am

Looks a bit like a pre-wired ST1000 maybe :think: Depending on what you need you might save some coin a grab and ST from ebay, usually around 15-20 bucks. You will need to wire them yourself however. Worth a look.
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Re: Keg king temperature controller, any good?

Postby warramungas » Fri Mar 17, 2017 5:40 am

Sam. wrote:I wouldn't touch keg king shit with a 12 foot clown pole :O)


How long a clown pole do you need? I work with a few clowns and can ask if I can borrow a longer one for ya. :laughing-rolling:
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Re: Keg king temperature controller, any good?

Postby Sam. » Fri Mar 17, 2017 6:21 am

warramungas wrote:
Sam. wrote:I wouldn't touch keg king shit with a 12 foot clown pole :O)


How long a clown pole do you need? I work with a few clowns and can ask if I can borrow a longer one for ya. :laughing-rolling:


Hmm... not sure they make them long enough :laughing-rolling:
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Re: Keg king temperature controller, any good?

Postby Lowie » Fri Mar 17, 2017 7:46 am

res wrote:Looks a bit like a pre-wired ST1000 maybe :think: Depending on what you need you might save some coin a grab and ST from ebay, usually around 15-20 bucks. You will need to wire them yourself however. Worth a look.

:text-+1: . I use a coupl of stc1000's. one for mashing and one for controlling my fridge temperature. As res says, you can pick them up on fleabay cheap and if you do a google search you can find instructions on how to wire them and program them. If you can't find this info pm me and I will see if I can dig up my wiring diagram.
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Re: Keg king temperature controller, any good?

Postby EziTasting » Fri Mar 17, 2017 8:01 am

The STC-1000 are really easy to do (especially if you have a sparky friend :D ) but work really easy!

Theres a guy that uses them to control his ferments inside an old fridge (Gashslug on Youtube), its a project I am keen to replicate as I want to do AG for Whisky distilling soon... Remade is simpler but there must be a reason why people do what we do, as a hobby! :think:
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Re: Keg king temperature controller, any good?

Postby OzKev » Fri Mar 17, 2017 8:37 am

If you dont want to wire the stc1000 yourself, then the keg king controllers are excellent.
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Re: Keg king temperature controller, any good?

Postby Wraith71 » Tue Apr 25, 2017 9:35 pm

Ive used one with pretty good success, with a converted fridge during those stinking hot days last summer. They kick in and out within a few degs of what your aiming for .. wouldn't recommend trying it out on the heat setting for a still tho .. I did and was a pain .. but they are seemingly well made and so easy to use a half drunk dislisic redneck can get it right or so the missus points out. It never hurts to have a few toys in the arsenal.
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