STC-1000 Are there no U.S. Sites to order one?

[BigPapaG]

A million in China and Hong Kong...

What site did you order from?

Are there differences among STC-1000 models?

I see they all read and set in Celcius huh?

Looking for a second controller so I thought this might be fun to try...

Thanks in advance...

[Beer-lord]

Have you tried Ebay? I think they also may use other stock numbers but are very similar.
I did a search on Amazon with that stock number and other items come up that basically do the same thing.

[Inkleg]

Yep, overseas.

eBay or Amazon, I can't remember.

The ones that control both heat and cold do (recommend that one), Fahrenheit only controls one.

It is a fun project, I have two.

[Beer-lord]

Will this work?
http://www.amazon.com/AGPtek-All-purpos ... s=stc-1000

[Inkleg]

110VAC, yep that will work.

[Banjo-guy]

I got mine from China. I was nervous about it but it came quickly and works great. Check the voltage.

[jimjohson]

Fahrenheit only controls one.

Really? Mine is centigrade, I didn't see one with Fahrenheit. (probably looked right at it to) It'd sure save time looking up centigrade equivalent every time I want to change the temp.

[BigPapaG]

Fahrenheit only controls one.

Really? Mine is centigrade, I didn't see one with Fahrenheit. (probably looked right at it to) It'd sure save time looking up centigrade equivalent every time I want to change the temp.

Thanks guys...

JJ, this one is a single and is farenheit... 110v / 10A

http://www.amazon.com/Docooler-Temperat ... s=Docooler

How many of you guys are using both circuits...

I'm thinking the single would be convenient as I would only be using it for heating OR cooling but not at the same time...

[DaYooper]

The farenheit one looks like just the trick for a keezer. As I am using STC for fermentation, I think I will stick with that as if I start mixing temp units I could see myself inadvertantly setting one to 66C thinking it was 66F. But thats just me.

Regarding ordering from China, just read the comments. Mine arrived in about 4 days whereas Ive seen some people complain it took them forever to get theirs.

[Beer-lord]

I've got an old timer that just does cooling and was much more expensive.
http://www.amazon.com/Johnson-Controls- ... controller

[BigPapaG]

Yeah, single seems fine...

I'm thinking it will control a fridge close enough for fermentation control, or a keezer for constant serve temp, or...

My new project is a way to keep a sour mash hot enough to grow Lacto effeciently...

So I'm thinking one of these and a cheap hot plate.

And I get the benefit of Reading and setting in Farenheit!

[Inkleg]

Trust me on this. You want to be able to control both hot and cold from the same controller.
You plug your refrigerator into the cold plug and what ever you are going to use as your heat source in the fridge in the heat plug. Set your temperature and variance with the STC and it will control one or the other when needed to maintain your set temperature.

Maybe I should ask. Are you going to control a keezer/kegerator or fermentation chamber?
Single is ok for the former, dual for the latter.

[BigPapaG]

Trust me on this. You want to be able to control both hot and cold from the same controller.
You plug your refrigerator into the cold plug and what ever you are going to use as your heat source in the fridge in the heat plug. Set your temperature and variance with the STC and it will control one or the other when needed to maintain your set temperature.

Maybe I should ask. Are you going to control a keezer/kegerator or fermentation chamber?
Single is ok for the former, dual for the latter.

My new project is a way to keep a sour mash hot enough to grow Lacto effeciently...

So I'm thinking one of these and a cheap hot plate.

And I get the benefit of Reading and setting in Farenheit!

[Inkleg]

Branch out, learn the metric system. Brew 19L of beer, measure your hops in grams.

Just to run the hot plate or keeping kegs cold the single will work great.
But for fermenting dual is the way to go.
My fermentation fridge is in a 3 season sunroom. The one I made was dual, but thought I'd never need heat. First good cold spell sent the temperature way down in the fridge. Had me scrambling for a heat source.

[BigPapaG]

Branch out, learn the metric system. Brew 19L of beer, measure your hops in grams.

Just to run the hot plate or keeping kegs cold the single will work great.
But for fermenting dual is the way to go.
My fermentation fridge is in a 3 season sunroom. The one I made was dual, but thought I'd never need heat. First good cold spell sent the temperature way down in the fridge. Had me scrambling for a heat source.

Got it... Might get one of each and qualify for free shipping!

Not at all afraid of the metric system, just lazy!

Thanks all!