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Water Temperature Controller - cheap and programmable?

mattcass

May 1, 2010
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Hey everyone

I'm a student on a budget and have a project that would be so much easier with automatic control.

What I need to do is increase the water temperature of a bath by 1C every hour. I would need the set water temperature regulated between temperature changes. I have a continuous source of water and all I need to do is increase that water temperature.

Here is what I am picturing:

- a flow-through holding tank with water flowing in at a rate that won't see the bath increase in temperature with heat from the room
- a heater submerged in the bath
- a digital, programmable controller that will switch the heater on/off to heat the water to the set point and then maintain temperature in the bath until the next temperature

How can I do this?

I have no idea how to set up controller systems. I have lots of heaters and stuff, it's the programmable control that's the tricky part.

Thanks for any help and ask me anything! I'll be watching and happy to answer.
 

(*steve*)

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That controller looks to be programmable and the manual describes how to program it. A quick read suggests that you could program 8 steps each an hour long with a different temperature.
 
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