Kickstarter campaign: wireless temperature control

Discussion in 'Homebrewing' started by minderbender, Jul 23, 2013.

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  1. minderbender

    minderbender Initiate (0) Jan 18, 2009 New York

    Inebriated Innovations, LLC* has started a Kickstarter campaign for a temperature control system for homebrewing. I built something like a son-of-fermentation-chiller a few years ago and have always used a greenhouse thermostat to run it, so I can't really comment on how useful the bells and whistles would be, but I would love to hear people's thoughts. I am probably going to upgrade to a chest freezer with a Thermowell or something similar pretty soon, and I will be in the market for something like this or one of its competitors. (The delivery date is unfortunately not until spring of next year, and there is no guarantee that they will ship on time. So actually I am not inclined to buy one of these, but I could be persuaded if this offers features that would be worth the wait.)


    *I don't have any affiliation with Inebriated Innovations or Kickstarter.
     
    #1 minderbender, Jul 23, 2013
  2. JohnSnowNW

    JohnSnowNW Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2013 Minnesota

    Seems like a product that would be sold through "The Sharper Image" or "Skymall." It's a completely unnecessary product...but cool if you like gadgets.
     
    #2 JohnSnowNW, Jul 24, 2013
  3. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    Which features do you consider unecessary? And why?
     
    #3 VikeMan, Jul 24, 2013
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  4. sarcastro

    sarcastro Savant (1,133) Sep 20, 2006 Michigan

    I think it would very helpful. I would love to be able to monitor and adjust my fermentation temps while away from my house. Sometime I dont brew because I wont be around to adjust the temp. Maybe it can keep track of the temperature fluctuations as well, that would be helpful.
     
    #4 sarcastro, Jul 24, 2013
  5. JohnSnowNW

    JohnSnowNW Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2013 Minnesota


    Monitoring and adjusting temps of your fermentation chamber, for instance, isn't something that needs to be done from anywhere in the world. I set the temp control at the beginning of fermentation...and change it maybe once more before the beer is done. I check on how things are moving along every 2 days or so...which involves opening the chest freezer, or looking at the display on the temp controller.

    I don't think my method is unique.

    I'm not saying it couldn't be useful...gadgets are useful...they just aren't essential.
     
    #5 JohnSnowNW, Jul 24, 2013
  6. GreenKrusty101

    GreenKrusty101 Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2008 Nevada

    Agree, but why are you putting your temp controller IN the freezer?
     
    #6 GreenKrusty101, Jul 24, 2013
  7. JohnSnowNW

    JohnSnowNW Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2013 Minnesota


    Ha! Only the temp probe for the controller is in the freezer. I have another thermometer in the freezer, that I check, and I also like to make sure everything is going alright with the fermentation.

    You can see it here:

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    #7 JohnSnowNW, Jul 24, 2013
  8. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    What happened to the other pic? I was assuming the lad was checking the temp of a bucket fermenter.
     
    #8 VikeMan, Jul 24, 2013
  9. JohnSnowNW

    JohnSnowNW Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2013 Minnesota

    This one was next to the one I wanted...image shack was acting screwy. It's my son, "helping" me with installing the trellis system for growing hops. He's a goober...but a cute one.


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    #9 JohnSnowNW, Jul 24, 2013
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