Stc 1000

[Millet]

I have seen a thread on here a while back with the wiring directions (the instruction are shite) but what did i expect as it is from China, if i knew i would not have ordered it but it said UK dealer who obviously bought in bulk from China.

Anyway could some one Please kindly stick the wiring instructions up as there is no positive and negative on the little piece of paper the size of a tab packet.
Thanks
Steve.

 

[JWF]

See here :

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/how-to-hard-wire-the-stc-1000.385792/

 

[Millet]

Thank you for that JWF but the fridge/box i will be using will not be powered in any way but a heating element will be which has no wiring diagram for that, i still do not know which is positive and negative from that diagram.

 

[Noddy]

Here you go...

 

[JWF]

The important thing to understand about the stc1000 is that the heating and cooling outputs are not powered by the stc1000 itself. Effectively you pass the live wire from the plug on your heater through the relay (by cutting the live wire and putting one side of cut wire on each side of the cooling relay). The neutral and earth cables do not pass through the stc1000.

It doesn't matter which side of the relay is connected to which side of the cut wire, as the relay just joins the two ends together so that current can flow.

 

[Millet]

I'm still none the wiser.. , but then again i am knackered and my small brain will not kick in as i have been on the chainsaw all day chopping a huge Ash tree up that dropped in the strong wind the other day.
We will get there in the end.

 

[colinc]

I blew my first up. I got it right the second time [emoji6]
I don’t have a cooling element so you just leave out the wires connected to that part of the diagram. No live feed to 5 and no live feed from 6 to the cooler on the diagram above.


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[Anduril]

https://youtu.be/1zk-m5XPSSo This is part 2 and you can look at part 1 https://youtu.be/UzxqdlHOBSo
Also https://youtu.be/6SqCPILrQIA
And https://youtu.be/0ma4QeI4aE8
Hope these help for a more visual approach.

 

[oliver90owner]

There is no ‘positive and negative’. These devices are mains operated.

 

[snoop]

Use a contactor to switch the heating load, the contacts on those units are not good enough for a heater in your heating cabinet and will burn out after a short time if you don't,

As already stated there is no positive and negative they are working on ac

 

[Wingy]

Nice one Steve, just been looking into this over the last week as I now have a bucket of very hard set honey to deal with, courtesy of bloody OSR and not that much and not too close either but my Little darlings found it

 

[Etton]

Nice one Steve, just been looking into this over the last week as I now have a bucket of very hard set honey to deal with, courtesy of bloody OSR and not that much and not too close either but my Little darlings found it

Wingy...will you jar straight away your osr honey, after warming & stiring, or seed to make creamed honey? Which is best to do? Sorry to hijack thread.

 

[For want of a better word]

Wingy...will you jar straight away your osr honey, after warming & stiring, or seed to make creamed honey? Which is best to do? Sorry to hijack thread.

Perhaps it is a North / South thing

Soft set honey is seeded and cooled gradually to form a fine spreadable honey.

Creamed honey seems to be set OSR and Ivy honey beaten into a grainy paste in a "creaming machine"

Can someone explain?

 

[Millet]

Wingy...will you jar straight away your osr honey, after warming & stiring, or seed to make creamed honey? Which is best to do? Sorry to hijack thread.

Did you not get answers to that on another thread several days ago..

 

[Etton]

Probably, but still confused, will check back. Thanks. Back to the thread I have never heard of a contactor aand have just installed an stc1000 so will see how it goes. Also connected a lamp to test if the heater is switching on & off. Put the stc 1000 in a plastic tub per the pics. My osr honet is now setting, taken off 2 weeks ago so hopefully can soon go in the 'fridge'. Then I have to decide whether to seed or just jar...or both!

 

[Wingy]

Wingy...will you jar straight away your osr honey, after warming & stiring, or seed to make creamed honey? Which is best to do? Sorry to hijack thread.

My first honey crop also, I’ve done some into jars which has set but very nice spread on toast, the rest will be warmed & seeded (I think)

 

[Jambo]

Use a contactor to switch the heating load, the contacts on those units are not good enough for a heater in your heating cabinet and will burn out after a short time if you don't

Most of the ones I have seen are rated to 10A so a 2kW heater should be OK. Most people are using 60 or 120W tube heaters in warming cabinets so the current is less than 1A so even taking the China factor into consideration should be fine. Have you experienced otherwise?

 

[Uncle Betty]

It seems from the... https://www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie/wordpress/stc1000-temperature-controller-a-beginners-guide/

...that there are 12v versions available.

If so, imperative that people check whether their unit is mains operated, or requires a 12v supply.

 

[EdNewman]

I have no idea if this is any good, but I was considering one of these instead of the stc1000:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nashone-Di...id=1529335074&sr=8-4&keywords=plug+thermostat

No wiring required, which is good for me!

 

[Bee Bumble]

This is better:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Inkbird-...t-fan-heating-220v-aquarium-308-/322461913465

Just need a heater and fan to plug in.