[egrmventura]

Hey fellow brewers,
So I just rigged up my cooler with the evaporator coil of a window AC unit and the operation is awesome.
Where the problems start is first my thermosensor control. I installed an Inkbird, but think it may be a ITC-1000 because the outlet for the AC already blew the Inkbird's port. So:

- Will STC-1000 be able hand the 115V/4.2A of the window AC or do I need some kind of relay?

The next problem is one I have told my gf about. The AC unit is very loud when the heat fan is active. But I don't think the compressor has much noise. So:

- Can I disconnect the fan and not worry about over heating on the heat exchange?
- Should I set the fan on a separate STC-1000 to only activate when exceeding a heat range?

Or, Does anyone have any good ideas to muffle the noise? We live in a condo and I currently have it set up in the wide hall, so Closets or Basements are out of the question.

Thanks guys!

[Stevie]

I believe the stc-1000 and the itc-1000 are identical. Likely a commodity product manufactured by one company in China with multiple brands labeling them.

[egrmventura]

I researched this morning and found the Inkbird posted on Homebrewtalk about their newer STC-1000 over their previous ITC-1000 released in January 2015. I bought a legit Inkbird last month, but the Amazon purchase description reads ITC (I didn't know the difference before this morning). So I'm seeing if anyone has seen this before and after?

[a10t2]

The relays on an STC-1000 are rated for 10 A. I don't know about the ITC-1000, but hopefully it's labeled. That said, I now treat them as logic-level devices only after burning one out sourcing ~4 A.