Complicated heater/cooler setup ...

[HuduVudu]

I have a question about setting up my temperature equipment. I have made the move to GHL so I am new and I think what I did might be klunky. Maybe there is a cleaner way ... ?

What I want to do:

I let the heater control it's own temperature but I want to use the GHL to protect from stuck on situations. I also want to turn the heater off in the summer months because it why have it on to be a risk (seems to make the heaters last longer also). I have the heater set to hold the temp at 76F. I want to turn the heater socket off at 78F and I don't want the socket to turn back on until the temp reaches 76F. I want to alarm at 74F. On the cooling I have the breeze fans (just got them). I want them to come on at 80F and be 100% 82F. I want to alarm at 84F.

What I did:

Created 3 virtual temp probes. One for the heater that controls the socket it is plugged into. One for the fans and one for the Alarm.
Temp 1 Nominal 76F Hysteresis 3.6
Temp 2 I haven't programmed yet because it is winter and I just got the equipment. I feel like I can get this one.
Temp 3 Nominal 79.5F Hysteresis 1 Alarm Active Max. deviation +/- 5.4


Any feedback would be awesome.

 

[laverda]

I would do your heater the other way around. The heater on off set points will vary a fair bit in my experience and the switch is not as reliable as the one from the controller. You want the less reliable heater switch to be the fail safe. If not being used all the time it should be reliable then.

 

[Tristren]

@Lasse is the expert and has settings that incorporate alarms and the like. The way you are setting it up might be the right way, though you could probably use the temp probe itself for one of the controls if you want to minimize your virtual probes.

Remember to back up your settings ! And check to see they are all there when you run updates as you might need to restore them (which isn't hard but a step to remember).

Like @laverda I prefer to have the profilux control the heater directly. Your heater would be the backup control at 78 year round then I suppose...

Tony

 

[ingchr1]

Here's a thread I started on heater control. Should help explain some of the heater settings and gives a couple of examples.

Temperature Control Setup (Profilux 4)