Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Wine Temp Control System: Update 1

I kicked off guava wine this weekend and it gave me an opportunity to test the Arduino temperature control system Adam and I built.

I acknowledge this is completely over-engineered. Let us have our fun, OK?

I secured the pump under the spigot.


I ran the thermometer through the hole in the lid and directly into the wine.


And this is probably the cause of my temperature fluctuations. I'm set at 15c/59F, the lower tolerance of my qa23 yeast. The Fi hangs around too long and overdrives the Fp, all of which means it continues to heat for a little while when it should have switched back to cooling.


The fluctuations seem to be getting smaller so I'm going to let it ride and see.

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