Settings for the InkBird 106VH controller

[@MasaruNatsu]

So after 2 hours of trying to understand the terminology of the "manual" I googled for instructions and this wonderful video showed up, i really hope that Ink bird pays you for each person who uses this video for the setup. Thank you very much

[@finalaccuracy7695]

This video is amazing! Made it so easy. The whole series made this painless and fun.

[@Rottidog68]

Totally agree!

[@Jferrante0920]

By far the absolute best video on PID setup. I use a PID in my temp controlled forge for knife making and this was the video that helped me understand everything in order to set it up properly!

[@dennishughes5728]

I just finished my 20 gallon 220 30 amp from a dryer plug. Thank you George without these videos I never would have figured it out👍👍

[@BarleyandHopsBrewing]

Glad to help

[@MotionArtist3D]

Thank You So Much George! All I needed was one simple explanation (out of this maze - which the manual did not provide) but *You did* awesome sir. I am using ITC-100 as my temperature controller, I've connected a washing machine heating element to the RC as my heating source which I am using to warm up a body of water in a metal container in which a bucket of solidified honey is sitting. The crucial piece I was missing was to set the 'run' function to *Automatic* Bingo!! Your Clarity of explanation is Top Notch! Thanks Again George!🙏

[@tomspreacker4489]

Just finished building my PID last night and I did a test run with water in my still. Amazing to watch it work. Looking forward to running my rum wash later this week using the PID controller. Thanks for all of your help George!

[@exemjazhuel3428]

hello from Puerto Rico im so thankful for this kind of masterclass you bring to us waoo so helpful god bless you man

[@jtenkely]

Incredibly helpful. Thank you for explaining the context of the settings on each "page" of the book! Well done.

[@brandonpalmer4937]

George. Happy distilling. I just wanted to say you vids are still helping. And I hope you are having a happy life.

[@pushthepunisher]

Thanks George completed my PID today with alot of your help much appreciated 🙏

[@quintoncable4474]

Built and programmed controller as per your instructions. IT WORKS GREAT. Thanks for your instructions. I also used a glass with a lot of ice and little water, let it sit for 15 minutes, inserted my probe and it read 32.5 degrees F.. I also checked the upper limit with boiling water, as you suggested. Thanks again.

[@tomstegner1294]

Thank you for doing this. I build an oven for heat treating steel. It will operate around 1550 degrees F. Now all I have to do is figure out this controller and what you have put out here I hope will get rid of my head ache, lol.

[@lukemorbey8659]

Awesome tutorial, but i have a 100VL which has a different menu/settings/ and symbols. Some of the menu system is similar which was a huge help in figuring out at least half of my controller.

[@timflynn3218]

Finished my first PID assembly and settings/parameters setup; it's working great! For the settings, I watched your video, and marked on the instruction sheet what settings you use or underlined what the settings should be. At least that way I have a hard copy of what I want if I mess something up later. You made this easy. Finding the parts, cutting, layout, everything you need is in your videos. It doesn't matter to me how long your videos are, you make it so anyone can understand what needs to be done, and how to do it - at least one way to do it easily. Don't let the nay-sayers get you down. Happy distilling!

[@phillipgriffin]

Easy, straightforward explanation of what is for me, a sometimes confusing topic. Thanks George...

[@DanaLordsonII]

Still relevant and useful, thanks for all the help George.

[@Harkonan11]

Great VIdeo. I wish I someone like you to go through the settings on my VFD now.

[@Cool_Papa_Funk]

You actually managed to help me understand the basics of PID. Well done!

[@elroycharlie]

dude, you are an unsung HERO!!!!!!!!!!!!, thanks

[@marknichols5827]

Thanks George, I haven't used mine in a while and I can't find the manual. Once again you are a great help

[@dordiwesterlund2528]

I set my PID controller exactly has you said and it works great. Thank you! Now I did all you that you said, but I do not understand why these values are to be what they are. It would be very enlightening if you explain this a bit more. Your explanation was great, thank you again.

[@SteveT__001]

Brilliant thank you, this helped me setup my Inkbird IPB 16-S which is effectively the same PID I guess, best instructional Inkbird video on the internet by far.

[@darrelwilliams7726]

Thanks George for all the videos and information.

[@roberty5265]

Wow. This was phenomenal, and so instructive. Thank you!

[@TerryGilsenan]

Thank you. I needed that info on the settings.

[@nashhonold2400]

I literally just received my inkbird in the mail 2 days ago. Perfect timing!

[@gabrielfuentes445]

Hi George, I just built my first PID controller with the help of your videos, and it's working great. Thanks so much for the great content!

[@hydroshots007]

I wanted a better controller for my smoker. I looked into a PID controller but was overwhelmed by the complexity. Once I found your channel and heard your explanation of a PID, I ordered an Inkbird controller and set it up. You took the fear out of the whole process. The company should have you write the instruction page. You provide a great service. Thanks for all you do! Jeff

[@dmd8042]

Your video on how to wire, and this video made for a seamless install and set up. Thank you!

[@paulrobertson9439]

So very helpful as always. Thank you for taking the time to do these fantastic video's Cheers from Scotland :)

[@aivarskuzis8619]

Wow! You are a perfect teacher! Thanks a lot!

[@Rottidog68]

Watching this before work and I'm excited to get home to finally program the PID & have it working as it can! Yes, excited to get into the PID lol.

[@johnauburger3276]

Thank You. You explain everything clearly so it makes following along easy & stress free! Much Appreciate!!

[@gradysain]

Thanks so much for this excellent walk through. Helped me tremendously!

[@africantwin173]

Very Nice channel. Thank you George.

[@slicenseal2752]

Excellent tutorial! Who says learning can't be fun.

[@dutchhungry]

I’ve been looking for this video!! Thanks George. Happy Distilling!

[@snakedike]

Beautifully explained. Thanks

[@toycrawlerC]

Incredibly well done instructions! Thank you. Could you elaborate on how to use the Autotune setting? You skipped over it to use PID instead of AT. My heat treat oven needs a little finer control than the settings that you suggested.

[@innamoore8463]

What an amazing video! Very easy and informative, thank you so much for your work!

[@Rob_Diamond]

Very helpful George! Thanks!!!

[@WEGOTEYEONYOU2]

so glad you didn't take this video down

[@top6ear]

Been using a PID for 12 runs, finally hit the right button and it runs right finally

[@silveraven1]

Can you expand on this? Constantly having issues with mine overshooting by like 20degrees or burning out relays.

[@johnp6269]

You rock i was so lost thank you!!!!!

[@Go4BrokeOffroad]

Huge help sir. Can't wait to get mine up and working.

[@stillworksandbrewing]

Thanks George I just finished my PID build will be using it soon thanks my friend for great info Cheers!!!

[@onemoment-oq9ks]

You’re great to listen too not too funny but casually and you’re slow wich is so important when explaining

[@claudehuman8337]

Great info thanks George. Pity UTube is forcing so many ads into your videos now days. Us guys with slow, expensive internet really take strain.

[@MDizzle020881]

This video saved my ass George thank you!

[@stevenjackson5543]

Mr George you are awesome

[@stetlerb]

Thank you !!! This was a Huge help and put very well together.

[@richdobbs6595]

Thanks for this run through. I'm planning on using an Inkbird PID controller for 120 V controller of an aluminum foundry that I'm building. So far, I'm just hardwired for 1/4 output to dry out the refractory. My next step is to be able to trust that I'm getting a trustworthy reading from my thermocouple!

[@stevejankowski8921]

Thank you for this video. I used it to get up and running. I have one thing that I'd like to do. I'm using the inkbird to operate a water pump on my heating system. I would like to turn the pump on when the water gets to 130 degrees F and shut off at 150 degrees. I'm operating in on/Off mode. I tried to set the P value but it didn't seem to work.

[@gregoryhurlbut6562]

Hey George, everything you are saying is true, I am a dummy and successfully made this work. I admit I did trip 2 X. 3rd X bing..!

[@jeffhydroshots0073]

Hey George, Great video. My question is for controlling an electric smoker. The PID settings of 1-540-200 work but because the heating element stays hot longer when powered down and takes longer to heat when energized, the range is still around 20 degrees. Can you recommend setting to help tweak this range a bit tighter? Which setting should I play with (P, I, D) to experiment with for a closer range. Thanks so much for your information and lessons in layman's terms.

[@billywest7065]

I set up the parameters exactly this way but my boil stops and temp is not held. It probably has about a three degree swing, when Im over sp power turns off as it should bit boiling stops at that point as well. Power kicks back on about 2.5° under sp, boiling starts again and this is the loop.... Heeeelp

[@ianmackay8004]

Awesome series of videos. Thank you. There is a setting that may have an obvious answer but not to me. Hit the set button once an a100 display appears. The number is adjustable from 0-100 and I assume that it is a power adjustment but am not sure. Can you clear up what the function of this setting is. Tia.

[@shaknit]

Can someone explain how the inkbird manual mode works. Thanks

[@ThePadutch]

George, this is an awesome video but do you have one on setting up the Inkbird 100 PID?

[@timnorvill8551]

Thank You !

[@andrewmyers7131]

You’ve been instrumental in getting my first PID set up. Thank you so much. Is this available in a print version?

[@yehorpetryk7130]

The best ever video manual ever in the history of the planet been bade and

[@justincox2479]

How do you use the factory reset setting

[@AndJusTIceForRob]

Very similar to my inkbird menu but with more options on yours here. 😎

[@mickmarcoux8403]

MERCI BEAUCOUP cela ma aider ÉNORMÉMANT très bien présenter

[@liorb3494]

thank you thank you thank you!!

[@gordr8024]

Okay so, setting P.I.D controller you can’t just set it to any old value, the P.I.D controller has to be tuned to the out put device if the output device requires longer times to heat up then those numbers he’s giving you won’t work, the way to tune a P.I.D it to set all parameters to zero.. the P value has the greatest effect on the output and is the parameter that gets you to your set point the quickest, you set you P value till the process value “ temperature “ osculates under and Over the setpoint once you have determined the P value reduce that number by 10%. I value you start to increase till the process value follows the setpoint you may have to fine adjust the P value to get it set just right. D is not needed set to 0 for Temp you only need a P.I controller. The response time for a temperature controller is slow, it takes a while for the heating element to get to temp and for the fluid to reach temperature. D is for fast acting control, if you find that the control is working in reverse you may have to change the control option hot/ cold. One is positive control the others is negative control.

[@thomasmiller8057]

Hi, Great video. Just got one of these to retrofit on my Rancillio Silvia espresso machine. It's working Ok but trying to tune up the PID values better. The autotune function works but I think I can get it much better as I tune PID controllers at work in a chemical plant. My question is: What are the units for P, I and D on these? For example, is I seconds, 1/sec, etc. The manual doesn't say.

[@kilohertz684]

Did you ever get an answer? I need to know as well, I and D are in seconds, what unit is P? thx

[@NicBwatching]

I love you for this

[@TomTheEnglishPicker]

Thank you for this video. I’ve got one of these on an injection moulding machine and for some reason I can’t change the set value. it just has a decimal place the blinks on the right hand side when you press the up and down keys. So I’m hoping some of your guidance on the menus will help me resolve this issue.

[@johnnytoy5487]

Ordered all my parts 🤔 wrote down all the instructions, now we wait.

[@TheOfficialOriginalChad]

Thank you thank you thank you

[@jkriakov]

Hi George, I have watched your clip and I enjoyed your way of presenting the PID set up details. I am just in the beginning, but what I am interested is the "ramp an soak" set up by use of a PID controller. So, could the 106V controller be used for a ramp and soak controlling of a ceramic kiln?

[@fjph8826]

Thanks for this walkthrough. I installed this PID on my single boiler espresso machine with a desired temperature around 98c. Can I use your proposed settings of P:1, I: 540, d: 200. Because I have heard from other espresso PID users advised that values should be around the following: P: 15-25, I:10-40 and D: 1-3 (near to zero). I am interested in the differences in configuration. A am curious to hear your vision. Currently (Ctl:4, P:18, I:35, D:8) the machine overshoots 16c and undershoots 6c. Thanks for advice

[@riverman4798]

As a retired PMEL instructor.. I have seldom seen a guy swerve flap and weave around like this during a how2. Start over and do it better.. going to find another vid...

[@mikehoward1724]

Hello George! Not sure if this problem has been mentioned but I purchased a 240v 5500W element for my 50 Liter boiler. The inkbird with your settings brought the temp of 40L of 40% up within 20 min. As soon as it started to boil (168-172F) it instantly vapor locked the top of my 2" Column (Amount of vapor coming up, blocked condensed liquid from coming down) and alcohol boiled out of head. I attributed this to my tendency to "Over-DO" things such as the purchase of a 5500W Element for 50L Boiler ...LOL I was able to overcome this by swithching 1 thing in the OP "Chapter".... In the third Menu of the OP Chapter (run) If you switch from "Auto" to "mAnu" you can manually set the percentage of AMP output. This means that you can set PID at say 155F and run at 100% (5500W in my case) and then by simply hitting the Set button on the inkbird and switching to AMP display, you can manually set to run at a fraction of the Amperage leading into your first boiling points. As I type this, I am "Equalizing my Column...I found with my set up that running AMPS at 40% is working great. I have the PID set to 172.5F and my Probe is reading 170.2F...I am assuming that this is because the head is full of Methanol vapours and everything else is getting knocked down. I have been running this column/boiler now for over 5 years on Propane...It worked well and I know it inside and out. Your videos and ability to teach gave me the confidence to go outside of my comfort zone and build myself a PID controller...A big reason for the conversion is that I have to buy propane and the Wife pays the hydro bill...HAHAHA Thank you for all you have taught me George! I hope this comment helps others such as myself that went a bit overkill with their Electric conversions.

[@758Dino]

Can i please get a printout of what you wrote in the whiteboard?

[@gbeaklrone6485]

Awesome video! I have one question. Is there any need to run the "At" or self tune under the oP menu?

[@jamescole4707]

Great video! Thank you for hat you do! I just finished my PID. Is there a way to factory reset the settings and start over again? My PID’s light isn’t blinking when it gets close to temp. Also, I’m using mine for a smoker if that makes any difference. Thank you in advance!

[@jamesramey3549]

I bought a PID controller from you George. I just went through the video again and set all perimeters to what you said. My controller always fluctuates about 7-10 degrees up and down during a run. Not understanding why. My D is set at 200. Any advice would be helpful. I also have to change the df to 0.1 each time. Have a great day

[@kylescreations4724]

I feel stupid the instructions have me spinning any good info on the 100 version

[@freeflyer2100]

Thank you, I felt so stupid reading the directions

[@twistedrootfarm]

Thank you

[@mysteriousdude4934]

Thank you for this tutorial

[@richdobbs6595]

I live in Colorado. Water doesn't boil at 212 F! It's about 193 F where I live in Broomfield.

[@rwshaved]

I'm using this controller cooling. is there a way to lengthen the cycle time or loop ? the blower motor on my chiller keeps cycling on and off. Any help you might provide would be greatly appreciated.

[@bdpayne1983]

Would you possibly be willing to outline the specific settings you use and recommend for beer brewing using a RIMS tube type recirc mash? I’m having issues with overshoot and have tried multiple times to auto tune. TIA.

[@toddlamb3631]

Hi guy's, I'm new to this and have put together inkbird ITC-100 I wish I bought the 106 as George programmed and having issues understanding how to program the 100. If anyone can point me in the right direction I would be very much appreciate the time taken, thanks

[@enochphotography]

Thank you for this video.

[@MikeBrownBBQ]

I've got this PID controller wired up to 2-40 watt ceramic heat bulbs for my home made incubator. I used your settings here. The controller is over shooting and undershooting 2 degrees from set temp of 99.5 fereinheight. Is there a way to fine tune this more? Thanks for the video!!

[@shaknit]

Does the mypin have the option somewhere for manual mode to set the percentage of power that goes to the elements or is that only available on the inkbird.

[@smrettpecca]

Last Discussion we had, was About stream Speed. i asked Jesse " don't we end up at Giovanni Battista Venturi and Daniel Bernoulli at the end of the day!? " ;) If we do, we talk About calculated Diameters of our Pipes, wich will Change. PID, or stream Control, or both? have a nice Evening, Stay safe and take care! And of corse……….. Happy Destilling! :) ;)

[@garygraham6020]

I have rechecked all my parameters, still my control high and low runs from 15 to 20 degrees above and below my set temp! Could it be my k probe! It on my powder coat oven I built.

[@ecojuanc]

Hi George,Iam in the process of building one and this explanation is very useful,but I missed how set point is enter.Thanks

[@vandal968]

How do you get it to remember the set value. When power-cycled mine always goes back to the default of 122F (same as yours in the vid). Other PIDs I've used have remembered the last set value when power cycled.

[@nickb.6884]

Great video. I am wondering do I need a special contactor. The one I used is just a typical contactor. 240v but when it gets to 3 degrees of set point it cycles on and off which I'm afraid will burn the contactor prematurely. Any help is appreciated

[@blacknotchNJ]

Great information in the video! How do I run this PID but use it only when the RUN is manually turned in?

[@robertpearce2875]

Could I get more information on lowering the power output using the "output setting-Operation mode" on the Inkbird 106VH?

[@johnnytoy5487]

OK, but where in the PID do you go to set the temperature you want to maintain ?

[@gpowell5909]

Is hysteris the setting for the degrees in temp between on and off? For example, if I want a 5 degree high/low swing from my set temp, do I set hysteris to 5?