>>>includes the bleachers and parking lot. Hooking up an ammeter will
help considerably. [and you'll see how varied the timing can get... stir
and watch the current change dramatically]
I suppose, being a half fast technician of sorts, when I first started
making CS, I used an amp meter
with every batch.
I record the elapsed time into the batch, and the current flow. I made
a one page entry into a small note book for each batch.
After at time, I quit doing this as I developed an instinct that seems
to work ok. From time to time,
I still use the current meter.
I know I should build a nice unit with a digital current meter, timers, ect.
I suppose the reason I don't do this, I would much rather build a
computer controlled system to monitor the current and log the results. I
have a reasonably sophisticated data logging and control system that I use
for many things.
The main function is to feed plants based on sunlight and humidity. The
design is very intelligent. I have seen this system feed plants, once per
day, three times per day, and up to 12 times per day, fully automatically.
It has a "user input correction factor" to allow for the growth stage of
the plants and/or grower instinct.
The system controls the heat in my office and logs deer movement in my back
fields. I can write multiple data files, including DBF format at will.
At one time this critter ran for two years and never crashed or locked
up. I did all the programming in C.
The program is over 10,000 lines.
Presently, I have 8 analog input channels, 8 output channels, 4 temperature
sensors, two humidity sensors,
one sunlight sensor, and two channels of event counting. I have two analog
EC sensors that are not on line at the present. All this works via RS-485
and will run from 3 different computers over a single pair of communication
lines up to 4000 feet. Total system capability is near 20,000 points of
data logging.
After about 10,000 hours of playing with this system over 10 years, one
gets bored with the high tech stuff
and simply does it by the seat of the pants.
I tell every one, there are two ways to make wine. One is by the book and
the other is by the seat of the pants.
Wayne
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