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#1 BlKtRe

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Posted 29 January 2015 - 11:38 AM

Not a big deal but I'm checking my mash with a thermoworks thermo I trust against the output of my RIMS where my RTD probe is located and I get a decent amount of variance between the two. Actually I think its taking longer than Id like for the mash to stabilize monitoring from the RIMS output. Flow rate is also a major factor in this. Maybe I just need more practice with my setup using flow rates and PID power. I might get a weldless RTD probe and put it in the MT and see if there is a difference or not. Years ago I monitored temps using a thermo  mounted in my MT and stopped doing it because I had variances doing it that way to since different areas of the mash have different temps. I know lots of RIMS guys monitor the output and not the mash and I know some others that monitor the mash. I should just stick with one method of measurement and just trust it. My first batch FG came out as expected monitoring RIMS output but daym I want closer consistency! 



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Posted 29 January 2015 - 11:55 AM

As you know I have my thermocouple on the output of my RIMS.  I also have a thermometer that I stick into the mash through the pot cover. It does not take long for them to read the same value.



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Posted 29 January 2015 - 12:46 PM

As you know I have my thermocouple on the output of my RIMS.  I also have a thermometer that I stick into the mash through the pot cover. It does not take long for them to read the same value.

 

Good to know but I want it and I want it now! :P

 

Are you setting a set point on the probe and forgetting about it?


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Posted 29 January 2015 - 12:52 PM

Good to know but I want it and I want it now! :P

 

Are you setting a set point on the probe and forgetting about it?

For the mash temp, the RIMS output?  Yes,  I set it to what I want, say 151, and leave it there until it is time to move up to a mash out.  It may fluctuate a couple times during the mash but nothing that I have really worried about.




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