George, you are a lifesaver! I had to replace the controller on my PID and needed to reprogram the new one. Thanks again for all of your knowledgeable videos. You are the best.
I want to thank you again for these videos, Sir. I just came back to this one for review when setting up a controller for a new piece of equipment I’m adding to my shop. The information is invaluable!
My first PID was a Sestos, worked great for the years I had it, the instructions were terrible, but I worked out how to use it. I also have the Inkbird ITC1000 12v which I use for queen rearing in beekeeping and a 240v ITC1000. For my honey warming cabinet I was looking for a replacement PID and found your channel. As you recommended the PID 106VH I ordered one and it is so much easier to use. The only difference is that I use auto tune first. Inkbird products are really good and simple to use. Thanks for the videos.
Thank you so much for taking the time to educate us on home distilling. I love your videos. Thank you for showing me the ropes. Look forward to a new video or a farewell sign off
George, I know you are either retired from this TH-camr business or are taking a well earned sabbatical. I made one of these and it works absolutely like you said. Mine is not quite as slick as yours, with a few gashes in the box. But it works perfectly. Thanks for all the info and I hope you come back soon.
Lets Go George! These PID's are more important than i think most people know. I dont think they know how easy it is to do and the true benefits of them. Thank goodness u show people to DIY and/or sell them to the casual stillers. WHen we gonna start back on making the good stuff?
First, I have to thank you for sharing your knowledge, on this subject and all the others. You have a way of communicating ideas that really connects. I'm just delving into this P/I/D business. I'm planning to build a distillation system that will use this tool. Thanks again, sir.
Thank you Mr Duncan With the help of your great instructional videos I have build a PID 240v controller box that runs a 4500w element very nicely. I have one of the 70L Chinese football pots and a 7.5 gal beer keg the it works great in. Thanks again for all your help , Happy Distilling Adapt, Improvise and Overcome
Just wanted to say, in a public forum, thanks for all the help with the schematic for my eBIAB controller. Can't wait until I get back so I can start building it.
George, just found your videos. So helpful, very educational, and easy to listen to! Thank you for doing these. Question about the k-type thermocouple. All of the PID controllers come with a short probe. Most (all?) of your videos swap this out for a k-type controller with a longer probe. I'm planning to use my setup to control a smoker and just drop the probe through the smoke exhaust vent. Will this shorter probe work okay, or should I just order a longer probe? Just trying to figure out the advantages or disadvantage of the short vs long probes on the k-type thermocouples. Thanks for your help!
Amazing and very helpful. Do you have a video on a walk thru like this on a Auber SYL-2352 PID. This thing is killing me getting it set up. I ordered it for a powder coat oven I built. I feel you need to be a rocket builder to figure out all the setting. Thank you so much for your help.
George, just found your channel and watched this series, great stuff. I love how straight forward you are and I assume you were a teacher at some point because you do a great job of breaking stuff down for easy consumption. That said, if I wanted to install an additional 2 120 outlets where in the circuit would I connect them? Also, is there any benefit to adding on/off switches for controlling the outlets? My thought is that these would be mainly used to turn on/off the element to keep from burning up and to control an auxiliary pump. I guess I should have said that I will be building one for brewing. Thanks. Never mind, I just watched the dual element heat control and I think I can modify it to accomplish what I'm trying to do. That said, if you want to answer anyway, I'd be interested in what the answer is.
Hi, I have followed your PID controller guide with greta interest for using on my DIY BBQ to control a fan to keep the fire going. I just wondered if you have your Step by Step guide in a document to download? Thanks Clive
Hey George I built one of your PID controllers set everything as you instructed the problem I'm having is when I'm at operating temperatures the heat cuts off and when it comes back on to adjust it overheats making The vapor steam and the liquor comes out very hot could that be too big of a heating element thanks for your time
George love your channel and this PID controller. I plan to build one. I was wondering if you could help with a PID controler of a dephlegmator using a propotional solenoid value. I have seen one on TH-cam but not sure how it would work because when water temp is high you would need to increase power to the solenoid to open it wider and when temp is low reduce power to close the valve.
Not related to brewing, but I have made heater, furnace heating, sous vide and 3d printers, using pid, and found I have to use auto tune to get proper temperature control
Hi George this could be a silly question but if I put an element in my pot with a pid and the thermo couple up the top in the cork won’t the product boil for a while before the system gets to temp at the top. You probably have covered this in one of your videos
Thank you for a informative video. I had the courage to build a pid to convert my kettle to electric with a recirculation pump. I follow yo from Sweden. I have a question, I need to measure the temp of recirculating water in to the kettle. I have a 1/2" T-connection, and there for a pt100 temsensor. Can I connect that to the PID an what bayonet coupling do you have to get the cables from the sensor through the junction box?
So I have watch severe times and triple checked my settings but I can’t get a narrow band. Mine overshoots up and down +- 5.7 degrees. How do I dial it in for my setup. I have a turbo 500 set up as a pot still with the price right in the top of the column before the elbow. Any help or advice would greatly be appreciated!!
Hi, George! Thank you for posting these awesome instructional videos. I've built 2 of these PID controllers now and couldn't have done it without you. I use the PIDs to control the temperature in my mushroom substrate sterilizers. I have 2 5500 watt 240V 30A elements in a 55 gal boiler powered by the PIDs. I typically run 20-24 hr sterilization cycles at 200 degrees F. I was hoping to get some information about 24 hr timers. What brand and where in the system would we install the timer in this PID. We would like to have the timer automatically turn off the power to the PID or the element plug automatically after 24 hrs. Do you have a contact email?
I'm curious what the pwm drive frequency is... and is it adjustable? One would have to be careful so as not to overheat the SSR during the switching rise time vs high frequencies. Maybe the SSR is smart enough to prevent that though.
Hi George, I have been following your channel for some years. You are really good and we love all your work. Thanks a lot for detailed and clear explanation. Can you please do a video for Rex-C100 settings as well. The menu you are showing above are different as I see on my Rex_C100 - it shows, AL1, ARU, P,I,D, r, SC LCy Appreciate a similar video as this one on RexC100. Thanks in advance.
Hey thanks for the time on the phone yesterday professor, LOL... Like I said I'm getting ready to build the 110v 2000 W version. But being disabled I am limited as far as far as funds go every month. I know this is a little off topic but I figured I'd ask. Let's say I wanted to try a run in the keg with propane 1st. Before install of my heating element. If I put a thermometer in near the very top of the keg and monitored the temperature between that thermometer and the thermometer at the top of my column and try to get those to the same temperature, will that help me to achieve balance between the keg still and the column head as I increase the temperature for efficiency for the run? Or would that just be a waste of time? Thanks for all your great tutelage videos Mr. George. You are the man...
A question, I have everything together and it all works well, but after it gets up to the heat I set it to go to it constantly clicks on and off holding the temp I set it for. Is there a way I can set it to only come on when it gets to like 10 or 20 degrees below my set them to reduce how often it clicks on and off so that it's not so hard on my electric bill? Also, can I set a soak time and have it turn itself off after the time expires?
i have watched all your PID videos and wired mine on 220v but there seems to be a problem i'm monitoring the wattage at the wall socket my heater element is 2500w 250v when i have my inkbird ITC-100 controlling the SSR, the element pulls 1100w max when i disconnect the inkbird and manually give the SSR 12v , the element pulls around 2100w which seems right i then played with the settings just to see if i can make it pull more , ctrl and opH but it got to 1300w max any idea what could be wrong?
Good to note that you can change temperature setting on the fly without going into the menu mode by just hitting the up or down arrows. This seems to work very well for me.
The factory set for proportion band 50C is way more reasonable than what you did. If it is set to 1C the controller will behave almost like a thermostat.
Thank you for taking the time yet again to Cover PID. With this set of videos I know I can build one no problem. Soo are you gonna play us a song when you reach 100k subscribers?
Thanks for all your knowledge ! For the Canadian viewers, here is my parts list from Amazon.ca I went with a 220 V cooling fan , thus eliminating the transformer The Inkbird PID in this link , comes with a 40 Amp SSR , and heat sink Cheers ! Inkbird F and C Display PID Stable Temperature Controller Itc106vh K Sensor 40A SSR White Heat Sink www.amazon.ca/dp/B06XY7Q6R3/ref=cm_sw_r_other_taa_AwklFbKVVWQPX Arctic Silver 3.5g High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Cooling Compound AS5-3.5G (1 Pack with Tool) www.amazon.ca/dp/B07F93VZRB/ref=cm_sw_r_other_taa_SBklFbNSDDZ6S GDSTIME EC Cooling Fan 8025B 80mm x 80mm x 25mm AC 110V 115V 220V www.amazon.ca/dp/B089SHGS26/ref=cm_sw_r_other_taa_crklFbDE4GDYE AC Voltage Amp Display, DROK Digital Voltmeter Ammeter Multimeter Panel 500V 200A Voltage Current Tester Meter, LED Display Volt Amperage Reader Gauge with Current Transformer CT www.amazon.ca/dp/B07ZJCVVPK/ref=cm_sw_r_other_taa_8tklFbFNNVNY5 Baomain Soken Red Light DPST ON/Off Snap in Boat Rocker Switch 4 Pin 16A/250V UL TUV List 1 Pack www.amazon.ca/dp/B01EJDT2W0/ref=cm_sw_r_other_taa_SzklFb9NPF88P
Happy distilling. Great series on the pid. Allways a pleasure to watch you teach us things of the craft. Thumbs up ! and if you should by mistake for some reason get a relay pid instead of a ssr output. This guy gets around it by modifying it : th-cam.com/video/2NpcMycHDvk/w-d-xo.html . Pretty cool if you're handy with a soldering iron.
It will have 120 volts hot at the plug yes, but with no neutral, or another hot leg in this case, the plug will not be supplied a complete circuit, so the 120 volts sitting at the plug will not power on anything untill you complete its circuit with a neutral or another hot leg.
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George, you are a lifesaver! I had to replace the controller on my PID and needed to reprogram the new one. Thanks again for all of your knowledgeable videos. You are the best.
I want to thank you again for these videos, Sir. I just came back to this one for review when setting up a controller for a new piece of equipment I’m adding to my shop. The information is invaluable!
My first PID was a Sestos, worked great for the years I had it, the instructions were terrible, but I worked out how to use it. I also have the Inkbird ITC1000 12v which I use for queen rearing in beekeeping and a 240v ITC1000. For my honey warming cabinet I was looking for a replacement PID and found your channel. As you recommended the PID 106VH I ordered one and it is so much easier to use. The only difference is that I use auto tune first. Inkbird products are really good and simple to use. Thanks for the videos.
Thank you so much for taking the time to educate us on home distilling. I love your videos. Thank you for showing me the ropes. Look forward to a new video or a farewell sign off
George, I know you are either retired from this TH-camr business or are taking a well earned sabbatical. I made one of these and it works absolutely like you said. Mine is not quite as slick as yours, with a few gashes in the box. But it works perfectly. Thanks for all the info and I hope you come back soon.
Lets Go George! These PID's are more important than i think most people know. I dont think they know how easy it is to do and the true benefits of them. Thank goodness u show people to DIY and/or sell them to the casual stillers. WHen we gonna start back on making the good stuff?
Tomorrow
First, I have to thank you for sharing your knowledge, on this subject and all the others. You have a way of communicating ideas that really connects.
I'm just delving into this P/I/D business. I'm planning to build a distillation system that will use this tool.
Thanks again, sir.
Thank you Mr Duncan
With the help of your great instructional videos I have build a PID 240v controller box that runs a 4500w element very nicely. I have one of the 70L Chinese football pots and a 7.5 gal beer keg the it works great in.
Thanks again for all your help , Happy Distilling
Adapt, Improvise and Overcome
Another great set of videos. Thanks George!
I just bought a PID controller, 40A SSR, heat-sink for SSR and K-type temperature sensor from Alibaba for £12.45 incl. postage ($17). WOW!
Just wanted to say, in a public forum, thanks for all the help with the schematic for my eBIAB controller. Can't wait until I get back so I can start building it.
George, just found your videos. So helpful, very educational, and easy to listen to! Thank you for doing these. Question about the k-type thermocouple. All of the PID controllers come with a short probe. Most (all?) of your videos swap this out for a k-type controller with a longer probe. I'm planning to use my setup to control a smoker and just drop the probe through the smoke exhaust vent. Will this shorter probe work okay, or should I just order a longer probe? Just trying to figure out the advantages or disadvantage of the short vs long probes on the k-type thermocouples. Thanks for your help!
Amazing and very helpful. Do you have a video on a walk thru like this on a Auber SYL-2352 PID. This thing is killing me getting it set up. I ordered it for a powder coat oven I built. I feel you need to be a rocket builder to figure out all the setting. Thank you so much for your help.
George, just found your channel and watched this series, great stuff. I love how straight forward you are and I assume you were a teacher at some point because you do a great job of breaking stuff down for easy consumption. That said, if I wanted to install an additional 2 120 outlets where in the circuit would I connect them? Also, is there any benefit to adding on/off switches for controlling the outlets? My thought is that these would be mainly used to turn on/off the element to keep from burning up and to control an auxiliary pump. I guess I should have said that I will be building one for brewing. Thanks.
Never mind, I just watched the dual element heat control and I think I can modify it to accomplish what I'm trying to do. That said, if you want to answer anyway, I'd be interested in what the answer is.
yes isnt he just outstanding with his communication skills
Hi, I have followed your PID controller guide with greta interest for using on my DIY BBQ to control a fan to keep the fire going.
I just wondered if you have your Step by Step guide in a document to download?
Thanks Clive
Hey George I built one of your PID controllers set everything as you instructed the problem I'm having is when I'm at operating temperatures the heat cuts off and when it comes back on to adjust it overheats making The vapor steam and the liquor comes out very hot could that be too big of a heating element thanks for your time
Thank you for all your honest and helpful guidance! What are the transformer specs for the fan?
George love your channel and this PID controller. I plan to build one. I was wondering if you could help with a PID controler of a dephlegmator using a propotional solenoid value. I have seen one on TH-cam but not sure how it would work because when water temp is high you would need to increase power to the solenoid to open it wider and when temp is low reduce power to close the valve.
The only thing I missed is what you used for a transformer for the fan. Love your videos thanks
The fan is very important. My solid state Relay Swelled up and deformed from overheating. But still works fine.
I have a question please.... How does that normal size head you have hold that great big brain? Your videos are totally awesome!
Not related to brewing, but I have made heater, furnace heating, sous vide and 3d printers, using pid, and found I have to use auto tune to get proper temperature control
Hi George this could be a silly question but if I put an element in my pot with a pid and the thermo couple up the top in the cork won’t the product boil for a while before the system gets to temp at the top. You probably have covered this in one of your videos
Thank you for very clear instruction, I hope you do the same for MYPIN PID
Love your videos George I was just wondering if you might be able to do parameter setting for the inkbird itc-100
Thank you for a informative video. I had the courage to build a pid to convert my kettle to electric with a recirculation pump. I follow yo from Sweden. I have a question, I need to measure the temp of recirculating water in to the kettle. I have a 1/2" T-connection, and there for a pt100 temsensor. Can I connect that to the PID an what bayonet coupling do you have to get the cables from the sensor through the junction box?
So I have watch severe times and triple checked my settings but I can’t get a narrow band. Mine overshoots up and down +- 5.7 degrees.
How do I dial it in for my setup. I have a turbo 500 set up as a pot still with the price right in the top of the column before the elbow.
Any help or advice would greatly be appreciated!!
Mine oscillates too.
Hey George, how about the setup values for those of us using a My Pin Controller?
Hi, George! Thank you for posting these awesome instructional videos. I've built 2 of these PID controllers now and couldn't have done it without you. I use the PIDs to control the temperature in my mushroom substrate sterilizers. I have 2 5500 watt 240V 30A elements in a 55 gal boiler powered by the PIDs. I typically run 20-24 hr sterilization cycles at 200 degrees F. I was hoping to get some information about 24 hr timers. What brand and where in the system would we install the timer in this PID. We would like to have the timer automatically turn off the power to the PID or the element plug automatically after 24 hrs. Do you have a contact email?
I'm curious what the pwm drive frequency is... and is it adjustable? One would have to be careful so as not to overheat the SSR during the switching rise time vs high frequencies. Maybe the SSR is smart enough to prevent that though.
Hi George, I have been following your channel for some years. You are really good and we love all your work. Thanks a lot for detailed and clear explanation.
Can you please do a video for Rex-C100 settings as well. The menu you are showing above are different as I see on my Rex_C100 - it shows, AL1, ARU, P,I,D, r, SC LCy Appreciate a similar video as this one on RexC100. Thanks in advance.
Hey thanks for the time on the phone yesterday professor, LOL... Like I said I'm getting ready to build the 110v 2000 W version. But being disabled I am limited as far as far as funds go every month.
I know this is a little off topic but I figured I'd ask.
Let's say I wanted to try a run in the keg with propane 1st. Before install of my heating element.
If I put a thermometer in near the very top of the keg and monitored the temperature between that thermometer and the thermometer at the top of my column and try to get those to the same temperature, will that help me to achieve balance between the keg still and the column head as I increase the temperature for efficiency for the run? Or would that just be a waste of time?
Thanks for all your great tutelage videos Mr. George. You are the man...
sure
very good
A question, I have everything together and it all works well, but after it gets up to the heat I set it to go to it constantly clicks on and off holding the temp I set it for. Is there a way I can set it to only come on when it gets to like 10 or 20 degrees below my set them to reduce how often it clicks on and off so that it's not so hard on my electric bill? Also, can I set a soak time and have it turn itself off after the time expires?
Thanks for those yet very informative videos :-)
Part list PID video
i have watched all your PID videos and wired mine on 220v but there seems to be a problem
i'm monitoring the wattage at the wall socket
my heater element is 2500w 250v
when i have my inkbird ITC-100 controlling the SSR, the element pulls 1100w max
when i disconnect the inkbird and manually give the SSR 12v , the element pulls around 2100w which seems right
i then played with the settings just to see if i can make it pull more , ctrl and opH but it got to 1300w max
any idea what could be wrong?
I am using my ink bird for a powder coat oven how would I get mine to not surge so bad sometimes the torpedo heater will not turn back on
Good to note that you can change temperature setting on the fly without going into the menu mode by just hitting the up or down arrows. This seems to work very well for me.
Do you change the calibration off set to allow for the extra plug in the k type thermo couple? Or do you just test it with boiling water?
Matter how careful I am the cable from the temperature probe kinks are there better quality ones out there
Does anyone know exactly which transformer George is using for the cooling fan. It does not look like a phone charger 🤔
Is there a way to use the mypin ta4 in manual mode and just set the percentage of power you want to go to the element.
More PID videos
The factory set for proportion band 50C is way more reasonable than what you did. If it is set to 1C the controller will behave almost like a thermostat.
Veijo Lillie, can you elaborate I am interested in what you found.
do you have a list of the parts? I may have missed it
look up under show more
Thank you for taking the time yet again to Cover PID. With this set of videos I know I can build one no problem. Soo are you gonna play us a song when you reach 100k subscribers?
That sounds like a challenge and I may just do that.
I need a 240 pid temps turn controller how much money with volt meter
Thanks for all your knowledge !
For the Canadian viewers, here is my parts list from Amazon.ca
I went with a 220 V cooling fan , thus eliminating the transformer
The Inkbird PID in this link , comes with a 40 Amp SSR , and heat sink
Cheers !
Inkbird F and C Display PID Stable Temperature Controller Itc106vh K Sensor 40A SSR White Heat Sink www.amazon.ca/dp/B06XY7Q6R3/ref=cm_sw_r_other_taa_AwklFbKVVWQPX
Arctic Silver 3.5g High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Cooling Compound AS5-3.5G (1 Pack with Tool) www.amazon.ca/dp/B07F93VZRB/ref=cm_sw_r_other_taa_SBklFbNSDDZ6S
GDSTIME EC Cooling Fan 8025B 80mm x 80mm x 25mm AC 110V 115V 220V www.amazon.ca/dp/B089SHGS26/ref=cm_sw_r_other_taa_crklFbDE4GDYE
AC Voltage Amp Display, DROK Digital Voltmeter Ammeter Multimeter Panel 500V 200A Voltage Current Tester Meter, LED Display Volt Amperage Reader Gauge with Current Transformer CT www.amazon.ca/dp/B07ZJCVVPK/ref=cm_sw_r_other_taa_8tklFbFNNVNY5
Baomain Soken Red Light DPST ON/Off Snap in Boat Rocker Switch 4 Pin 16A/250V UL TUV List 1 Pack www.amazon.ca/dp/B01EJDT2W0/ref=cm_sw_r_other_taa_SzklFb9NPF88P
what is the voltage out of the PID to the alarm/light?
240v
Can you use an agave syrup to make a tequila mash? Or can you do a tequila wash video
Yep can build me one any time
Does anyone know roughly how much these would cost to build?
around $100
Happy distilling. Great series on the pid. Allways a pleasure to watch you teach us things of the craft. Thumbs up ! and if you should by mistake for some reason get a relay pid instead of a ssr output. This guy gets around it by modifying it : th-cam.com/video/2NpcMycHDvk/w-d-xo.html . Pretty cool if you're handy with a soldering iron.
Even with SSR switched off, in this setup won't the element be receiving 120v? If not, can someone please explain why? Thanks!
It will have 120 volts hot at the plug yes, but with no neutral, or another hot leg in this case, the plug will not be supplied a complete circuit, so the 120 volts sitting at the plug will not power on anything untill you complete its circuit with a neutral or another hot leg.
@@nickatnite6318 thanks for the reply but wouldn't a ground work as a neutral in this case and complete the circuit?