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

[@BeardedBored]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@OwlCreekHS]

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.

[@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. 😊

[@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

[@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!

[@stefanleijon9637]

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

[@Ténébreux-w1e]

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

[@BeardedBored]

Glad to help!

[@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! 👍

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@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??

[@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!

[@PoppaLongroach]

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

[@vinodmudaliar-p3z]

Can It be used for indoor Air conditioning unit to stop and start the unit as per the desired temperature which we set in this device

[@PoppaLongroach]

@vinodmudaliar-p3z yep

[@vinodmudaliar-p3z]

@@PoppaLongroach Thank you for your response

[@PoppaLongroach]

@vinodmudaliar-p3z no problem. I run an entire 8x12 grow room with them. Exhaust fans, circulation fans, humidity controllers, everything. 2 3000 watt lights for flower and 3 1000 watt lights for vegetative growth. I keep the building at almost perfect conditions for optimal growth

[@nigel493]

Exactly what I was looking for.

[@BeardedBored]

Glad I could help:-)

[@vinodmudaliar-p3z]

Can It be used for indoor Air conditioning unit to stop and start the unit as per the desired temperature which we set in this device

[@BeardedBored]

Yes:-)

[@motorcyclingmessas]

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.

[@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.

[@oldschoolprepper2273]

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

[@BeardedBored]

Hahahahaha:-)

[@nicklloyd9165]

Thank you for the menu tutorial. Subscribed.

[@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.

[@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.

[@StillnTheClear]

Great review, brother.

[@BeardedBored]

Thanks brother!

[@TigerPat_9180]

Really Enjoyed Your Video , Thanks ! 🐯🤠

[@BeardedBored]

Thanks again Pat!

[@thethirstybookworm]

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

[@pmccann74]

i have one of these. It has a big flaw which prevents it from being ideal, at least for plant growth or any situation where there are multiple temperature ranges in 24 hours. It lacks dual temperature settings or dual day and nights settings that the 308 has. it should have a night and day temperature setting. here's my scenario and why it fails: want to limit upper temperature to 25 Celsius so I could set the TS to 23 C with a cooling difference (CD) of 2 degrees. At temperature of 25 C the cooling activates until temperature drops to 23 C. At lights off the remperature drops up to 7-8 degrees C. You are stuck with the TS of 23 C. If you just want the night time temperature to not drop below say 18 C, you would need to set a Heating differnce value (HD) of 5 degrees. Your heating relay will activate at 18 C but will not stop until the temperature reaches the TS value of 23 C. This results is wasted elctricity and a variance in your night time temperature of 5 degress C.where it could be just 1 or 2 degrees if the functionality was there. I don't need or want my light out temps going up to 23, 18-20 would be ideal. The ITC 306 does feature dual temeprature settings but that device is for heating only, no cooling. I think it's daft not to include the same feature in the 306T. I would need to use the 308 for cooling only and the 306T for day and night heating control. This is the only way i could keep my lights on temperautre limited to 26C and my lights off temperature to 18-20 C. I wish Inkbird would release a controller combining the dual temperature period setting of the 306T and the cooling function of the 308. This is available in the ITC 312 model but this is a US only version. Come on Inkbird, bring out the ITC 312 for EU and UK versions, and add wifi while you are at it. Even better would be to combine these features with the humidity controller to have temperatutre and humidity control on the one device with the sockets integrated on a nice neat block with the 4 sockets for heating cooling,dehumidifying and humidifying.

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@-_-hi8964]

Hottest summer in history 😂😂😂😂😂😂.

[@FinnBearOfficial]

Hilarious. People think history began at their birth.

[@gdq28]

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

[@BeardedBored]

Glad I could help 👍

[@fabbricaitalianaautomobili5859]

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

[@jarodsampson1599]

Cool

[@attilavicen1579]

I can't believe you need my personal information. You can't use it without registering in the app and providing an email address and phone number, verification code, etc. This is a joke... and if someone bought it a few years ago, they can't use it without providing their country and location, etc. . You also need my bank card information? It won't be free next year? Ridiculous... this is specifically a scam for customers...

[@BeardedBored]

The unit I bought and show in this video doesn't even use an app, and does NOT require registering or personal banking info. It's just plug and go. You might have a different version or have gotten the wrong info with your unit. Call the manufacturer to check.