brunnhilde's digital thermostat - part 4

 

I was going to wait until the replacement Ink Bird temperature controller arrives before removing the Kerstner control panel to transfer the four mounting hole locations over to my custom faceplate, in case I need to use the air conditioner.

brunnhilde's digital thermostat - part 3

 

Hand cutting a piece of 0.063" sheet aluminum to fabricate the faceplate by hands for the air conditioner was not something I look forward to do. I have done similar fabrication many times before but each successive iteration I grew less enthusiastic due to the grunt work it entails. Drilling round holes are easy, but not so with square or rectangle ones. And not having a proper sheer squaring all four sides is tedious and laborious iterative hand filing.

brunnhilde's digital thermostat - part 2

While waiting the transit of the Ink Bird temperature controller I spend some time fabricating the custom faceplate to take the place of the Kerstner air conditioner control panel. I cannot shoehorn the Ink Bird into the Kerstner control panel as there is simply not enough space for it.

brunnhilde's digital thermostat

I have been dissatisfied with the air conditioner's mechanical thermostat. Its temperature range does not allow one to keep a warmer cabin temperature so the air conditioner when used making the cabin temperature too low. Due to the small cabin space and you cannot escape from the high velocity of the frigid air streams. I tried tuning the thermostat to no avail. Time to do something about it. 

well pump not well

 

I have been noticing that the well pump at the ranch at times would continue to run after the target pressure set point has been reached. The pressure gauge has been getting more and more sluggish over the course of my brief ownership of this property. I had bought a replacement well pump pressure switch in the event the switch should fail.

ink bird temperature controller mystery - part 2

 

When I decided to write about the controller and title it a mystery because I had reservation of what was represented on the product page. It is one of those thing that taxes your ability to process ambiguous and conflicting information.

brunnhilde said no to trailer winch battery - part 5

 

I continued the work to get the trailer winch power supply project wrapped up, by routing the much more flexible 10 AWG wire pair down to the trailer hitch, and finished with an Anderson connector.

ink bird temperature controller mystery

My no thrill electronics toys from China have been arriving faster than I have time to digest let alone putting them to use. I have been wanting to play with this Ink Bird temperature controller since its initial debut many years ago. I purchase the ITC-1000F version as it has 110Vac power supply rather than the original 12V. I want to use it to replace the mechanical thermostat for the rooftop air conditioner.

brunnhilde said no to trailer winch battery - part 4

this drain valve has irked me since day one as it is totally useless for draining the water boiler

The most expedient way to drain and clean the water boiler is to remove the anode rod which you want to do anyway when winterizing. The drain valve does nothing but to leave another place for freeze damage so it's got to go. Doing so allows me to reclaim a few cubic inches of precious storage in this compartment.