How To Use an INKBIRD ITC-308 Temperature Controller for Fermentation

[@BeardedBored]

Get an Inkbird ITC 308 Temperature Controller here - shorturl.at/dqtE4

[@DavidLove-z2v]

Thank you for the video. I just made a cold plunge out of a freezer. And it’s doing a great job. You just plug it into the cooling outlet and set your temperature and it will shut off the freezer if it gets too cold and then it will turn it back on to maintain your desired temperature. The great thing about this thermostat is it’ll save your settings when you go to use the cold plunge because you don’t want to keep your power or anything on while you’re using it for safety. Once you’re done with your cold plunge, just turn everything back on, and you’ll see all that your settings have been saved.

[@gardencompost259]

I love my ink bird. I use it for starting my tomatoes in the spring, mushrooms, a food dryer, and as you are doing with my washes. Yeah, it’s a real temperature controller. Happy happy joy joy.

[@the_whiskeyshaman]

Hell yea. Being able to control temperature when you have had 40 days of over 100f. Is a game changer. Ink bird is doing some cool stuff. Cant wait for the cherries. 😊

[@Ténébreux-w1e]

This answers all my questions and is exactly what I need! Thank you sir!

[@BeardedBored]

Glad to help!

[@FFDfirechef]

I use the Inkbird during the winter time, utilizing a shop light with a 40 watt regular light bulb I can easily keep my fermentation box (old refrigerator) at 70 degrees as well. Extremely easy and inexpensive way to up your fermentation game.

[@BeardedBored]

I've done the light bulb, and tried a heating blanket. Blanket works better for a higher temps, but I'm also considering an immersion heater.

[@Norseman2]

I’m looking to setup a mini fridge for beer fermentation and I have a couple questions. Won’t this keep kicking the fridge on and off and greatly reduce the life of the compressor? Also won’t this cause the temp to fluctuate all day and night? How will it stay at a constant temperature with a variance between the “cool” and “heat”?

[@Kaeden_Hahn]

@@BeardedBored What about a seedling mat or a reptile warming mat? I'm thinking about an ideal setup that is a coldbox and a hotbox. As a baker and a homebrewer, I need an appliance that can get down to 50f, but on other days, hold 80-90 consistently.

[@alteredLori]

thank you for explaining this so we can understand it. Saw one video and thought OMG had no idea what he was talking about and I think he didn't either. Want to use this in a wine fridge for my cheese and charcuterie.

[@RiggerBrew]

what works great for warming is a hair dryer set on low. I use the incbirds also for my chicken brooder. Turns heat lamps on and off and a fan to cool the birds down

[@stefanleijon9637]

Dude! Two videos in one day? You are spoiling us Mr Bored :D

[@glleon80517]

Hey, Bearded! I made my temp controller with an Inkbird PID controller with an external solid state switch rather than relays. I actually have two. I tape the temperature probe to the fermenter, not just exposed to the air in the fridge. My setup is a mini fridge with an extension collar to make it deeper and allow me to drill holes for cables, temp probes etc. Cheers!

[@PoppaLongroach]

These are great controllers. I have several of them in use 24/7.

[@misinformationwithrandy]

This technology has come way down in price. The one I used to want was in the hundreds. This is gonna be my new go-to.

[@nigel493]

Exactly what I was looking for.

[@BeardedBored]

Glad I could help:-)

[@annmacbride3100]

I am using the cool function for my Cheese cave to control the temp right now. I have used the heat function to control a heating pad for under my carboy when I am making wine. works great.

[@gandharaorganicfoods]

I did not get the real difference between this itc-308 model and 306 model.? Can you help? Remember where i live summers are pretty hot and last till November and I want to use it for chicken brooding

[@annmacbride3100]

@@gandharaorganicfoods not sure..I have one that has a heating plug and a cooling plug receptacle. You can set a temp limit for both heating and cooling...it depends on your application. I have a tendency to only used one function at a time...your situation may be different.

[@stevenstove6222]

Cool i always wondered how those things worked. I live in a colder climate so most of my washes have to be kept inside the house.

[@BeardedBored]

Yeah, you can use a light bulb in a small lamp connected to the heat side of the Inkbird to create warmth if needed. Works great when it's too cold in your basement for lagering.

[@gandharaorganicfoods]

​@@BeardedBoredin which region (hotter or colder) itc-306 can be used? I live in a hotter region and want to use it for chicks brooding. Which model is best suitable. This 308 or 306??

[@nicklloyd9165]

Thank you for the menu tutorial. Subscribed.

[@nickpayton51]

I bought something like this a while ago. I live up north so i have the opposite problem, i use mine for a sheet heater to keep my wash warm enough.

[@BeardedBored]

Yeah, I do a heating pad/blanket with it for winter ferments. I used to have an old JC version of this years and years ago. You had to open it up and change the jumpers inside to switch it to heat mode. This is so much easier to go back and forth.

[@nickpayton51]

@@BeardedBored the one I got is able to go either way based off temp requirements. Glad I got one, and glad you did the video. Good stuffs man! 👍

[@daveo3122]

They are also good for a 'brew kettle / mash tun.' I have 2, one is mainly a spare, just in case.

[@BeardedBored]

Oh neat!

[@craig.n.gaylene]

Temperature control is the single most important process you can get control of to improve the quality of your fermentations, especially beer, and especially especially lagers.

[@manicmedic6409]

So I use to hypothetically use the inkbird (loved the Wi-Fi one) to control my still and it would work GREAT… until it didn’t. LOL after a year of use the switch inside would get stuck on. Some reviews say the internal switch only has about 10,000 uses before failure and running hot like elements can cause more wear and tear and the switch to get stuck open. Love the product and recommend it but just keep an eye on it and have a spare!

[@TigerPat_9180]

Really Enjoyed Your Video , Thanks ! 🐯🤠

[@BeardedBored]

Thanks again Pat!

[@nzmessa]

I would like to use one of these to heat a klln to 128F. Do you know if the lead on the temperature probe is ok at that temperature, or only the probe itself? Thanks in advance if you are able to advise 🙂

[@BeardedBored]

I don't know for sure, but you can ask on the amazon page. They're good about answering the specifics questions.

[@thethirstybookworm]

Thanks for the PSA! Prepare for the onslaught of people asking if they can control a still with it .

[@StillnTheClear]

Great review, brother.

[@BeardedBored]

Thanks brother!

[@DaveK385]

That must either be a spare refrigerator in your kitchen or you're divorced. It's been a long time since my refrigerator was that empty and clean. However, I have a couple of Inkbirds to run my heat belts in cooler weather. They work great once I figured out the programming.

[@oldschoolprepper2273]

Thanks for the information now all I need is eight refrigerators 😂

[@BeardedBored]

Hahahahaha:-)

[@gaminginmy60s]

Does this remember the settings if the power goes out? I drive an ice cream truck and I want to use a chest freezer as a fridge for drinks. When I am home the freezers are plugged in to shore power. When on the road the freezers are plugged in to an inverter getting power from the vehicles batteries. I would hate to have to recalibrate this thing every time I unplug it from power.

[@josephkordinak1591]

Also good to make a curing chamber for meat goodies. I just took a look at them, they have a wifi capable one. Even better.

[@puneetdh]

can this be used for controlling Turbo 500 temperature

[@BeardedBored]

I don't think so, but I'm not sure. But I prefer to control the power, not the temp of a still. I like SCR controllers and PWM controllers for that. You watch the flow rate and use that to adjust your power.

[@honeycuttracing]

Got one of these, thanks for explaining how it works so even a caveman can understand 😂😏 going set up on our shop mini fridge for winter time, every thing freezes 🥶 😂

[@BeardedBored]

Glad I could help!

[@gulubdur]

What's happening in the freezer?

[@fermentedworld]

Good video dude, I’m in the UK so it’s a bit cooler than you so I’ll be using it to heat the beer on a heat pad. How would I go about putting the metal temp reader into the bucket to read the wort temp? I’m brewing a saison and need a 26C fermenting temp but I can only get it to 24 using my central heating 🤣 which then makes the house too damn hot 🤷‍♂️ I don’t want to increase the house heat to any more than 24 as we’re not made to that kind of heat 😆

[@bradmcmahon3156]

Slip an old jumper, sweatshirt or even a thick T-shirt over your fermenter. Sandwich the probe between the fermenter and the sweatshirt. The temperature it reads will be the same as your wort/wash inside the fermenter.

[@fermentedworld]

@@bradmcmahon3156 thanks man but I bought a heat belt to deal with the problem. Suited me better 🤟🏻

[@bradmcmahon3156]

@@fermentedworld I have my heat belt plugged into my Inkbird.

[@fermentedworld]

@@bradmcmahon3156 I bought a belt but I think it’s faulty as there’s no regulation from the switch/dial will try again with another one thanks

[@BeardedBored]

Even if your belt doesn't regulate, if you plug it into the inkbird, that will do it for you.

[@jarodsampson1599]

Cool

[@gdq28]

Thanks for the tips. The instructions that came with it are over complicated.

[@BeardedBored]

Glad I could help 👍

[@-_-hi8964]

Hottest summer in history 😂😂😂😂😂😂.

[@FinnBearOfficial]

Hilarious. People think history began at their birth.

[@fabbricaitalianaautomobili5859]

Goeie môre Broer ! Meaning Good Morning, bro! Thanks for sharing See ya Ciao ciao