Olemate Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Does anyone submerse their Inkbird sensor in the wort, or is it restricted to being taped to the outside of a FV etc.? Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 No, although it can be done with a thermowell. I find taping it to the side does a good enough job anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDT2 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 +1 to what Otto said mine works well strapped to the side of my fermenter with stubby holder foam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olemate Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 Thanks, I was contemplating dangling in my mash to track what it was up to. No worries, thanks again! Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 You could put it in a mash. Generally I don't really care though, I just get the strike water temp where I want it and then do a measurement after stirring the grains in and it lines up pretty well. It's worked well for the last almost 7 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olemate Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 Gotcha, thanks! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSands Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 (edited) On 5/26/2019 at 10:39 AM, Olemate said: Does anyone submerse their Inkbird sensor in the wort, or is it restricted to being taped to the outside of a FV etc.? Cheers. I've literally just now been measuring the differential between FV wall temperature measured by the Inkbird sensor compared to a digital thermometer measuring the wort/beer temperature directly. Even though the sensor is insulated on the side of the FV the Inkbird is reading low. I think my Inkbird was out of calibration by -0.7ºC anyway, and that in combination with the wort / FV wall temperature differential has resulted in a total of 1.5ºC difference. I have now entered this offset into the Inkbird so that it displays the actual wort temperature itself. The beer/wort on day 2 of fermentation is currently sitting at 18ºC in a fridge that's sitting at around 15.5ºC - measured by a 2nd digital thermometer who's sensor is sitting in a small container of water. Edited May 29, 2019 by BlackSands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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