I'm a big fan of the PID upgrade. My shots are much more consistent. Of course, now I play around with dosing, size and length a lot more since temp is steady. But once I have those dialed in for a particular roast, I can repeat the results without much fuss.
On Jan 18, 2011, at 5:39 PM, HERMAN wrote: > okay guys question. the bII's back up and running. New controller and new > thermocouple. Everythings programed and working great. How much difference > does the pid make? I tried monday and today to order the kit but it wasn't > ready. My bII had been idle since last wed or thurs and i was going nuts. Now > that the parts have arrived and everything seems back to normal i'm having > second thoughts. If i had known that the pid kit was going to be available > this soon i would have waited but now that it's all up and running i'm > wondering should i just wait until this controller or thermocouple fails? > ideas? thanks. > herman > > > From: Ira <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, January 18, 2011 3:54:24 PM > Subject: Re: E1 on power up > > At 10:37 AM 1/18/2011, you wrote: > > I hope you're right. I called wll and they said the kit was not in the > > system until tomorrow. Hopefully the parts will come in today. > > Well, that's the same part I had Barry order and it came with the controller > and the sensor. While you don't need to change the sensor, unless you're > going to change to the PID right away, I would just for the overshoot > readings. Barry was surprised the first time he turned it on, set it to 92 > and saw the temperature go to 94. the stock controller lies to make you > think it's more stable than it is. > > Ira > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Brewtus" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Brewtus" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en.
