ballsed that up...

[yeastinfection]

doing my Helles Bock today, had it for a while but had no time to do it,
set today aside, heated the water,,
very excited as im using my new ink bird thermometer for the first time, ive played with it,test fridge temp ect,,all ok,,,
used it to test my strike water...all good to start with,,or so thought,,
temp was showing higher than i thought it should be,, so added cool water to bring it down,, doughed in ,,,all good,
thought i would test my mashing temp... still to high. very high.
so i checked it with my normal thermometer, balls,,,,miles out, had to drain it back in to the pan to heat it, then re-add it,, what a pain.
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apparently my kitchen is nearly 70°
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[TartanSpecial]

thats a bu**er..the one thing you need for mashing is a thermometer you have 100% confidence in.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

yeastinfection have you contacted Inkbird?

 

[yeastinfection]

yeastinfection have you contacted Inkbird?

I will do. Its just happened this afternoon. I'm still brewing. Well trying to.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Keep us posted.

 

[yeastinfection]

email sent

 

[Covrich]

thats a bu**er..the one thing you need for mashing is a thermometer you have 100% confidence in.

+1 to that, if its wrong its going to effect your brew in a big way.

 

[neal]

I bought one at the same time as you yeastinfection, so it'll be interesting to see if mine has the same issues, unfortunately it's wrapped in pretty paper and stuck in my Christmas tree, so I won't be able to report until after Christmas !

 

[Leon103]

@inkbird have a look at this thread.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I have contacted Inkbird and asked him to look at this thread. :thumb:

 

[yeastinfection]

thanks Chippy,

 

[Dutto]

The same has happened to me and another brewer!

Moisture has almost certainly got into the probe between the stainless steel wire and the stainless steel tube.

In my case, I was using the probes to monitor the temperature of two lumps of meat being smoked.

Both probes were spot-on accurate throughout the whole of the smoking process BUT when I removed the top one I think I must have tilted it so that condensation inside the black plastic jacket ran into the probe itself.

Result? Instantly knackered and reading high.

Inkbird are aware of the problem and are looking to resolve the matter so please let them know.

I have to say that I have NEVER had a probe that could cope with being completely immersed in boiling water and as a result I have buggered up three of them; mainly using them to monitor the internal temperature of corned beef as it was being boiled.

However, unlike the Inkbird probe, the other probes fell into the boiling water whereas on this occasion I think it was condensation within the black rubber jacket that caused the problem.

The good news is that the second probe is still functioning properly. :thumb: :thumb:

 

[Inkbird]

Hi all,

Sorry for the trouble which the Inkbird Bluetooth Thermometer caused.

We are collecting more information and will do it better. For the Bluetooth Thermometer, it's ok, we have not meet complaint about this unit til now. But the sensor, some of you in the forum metioned that problem on the sensors, the temperature reading is not accurate. We tried test them for many times, yes, black rubber jacket that caused the problem. The stainless steel part is waterproof, no problem, while the cable is not, so please do not immerse the cable into water or the beer directly. For the rubber jacket part, we will do it better on this. Now we are doing something.

So, if anyone who got the early version, attention please!!! If there's trouble when using, please feel free to contact us or PM me in the forum directly. We will try our best to solve it.

Wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Inkbird

 

[Brewmarc]

The same has happened to me and another brewer!

Moisture has almost certainly got into the probe between the stainless steel wire and the stainless steel tube.


Result? Instantly knackered and reading high.[/B

I have to say that I have NEVER had a probe that could cope with being completely immersed in boiling water

:thumb: :thumb:

I agree almost certainly the problem.
This has happened to me aswell with probe thermometers, I have managed to salvage one or two by gently heating the probe over the oven gass hob. This instantly converts any moisture in the tube into steam forcing it out once it was dry it worked fine, might be worth a try.
I was also thinking of sealing the tube end with silicone sealant to stop this occurring ???

 

[yeastinfection]

they have replaced my probe for me (thank you inkbird)
but my probe was never fully immersed. i only took initial readings using the tip, see how the new ones go,,
(q innuendos) :lol:

 

[Dutto]

..........

.... my probe was never fully immersed. i only took initial readings using the tip, see how the new ones go ...

I think (and I may very well be wrong) that the collar fitted around the tube/wire joint actually collects moisture which then runs into the tube and ruins the thermocouple.

Brewmarc states ...

"I was also thinking of sealing the tube end
with silicone sealant to stop this occurring ???"​

I suggested this to Inkbird and I think they may adopt it as a solution.

My only proviso (apart from the silicone being able to withstand the required temperature) was that the silicone had to penetrate all the way through the wire mesh to seal the gap (minuscule though it will be) between the mesh and the internal wire insulation.

I sincerely hope that Inkbird solve the problem because I still reckon their "two probe system" to be one of the best innovations I've seen; especially for smoking and/or monitoring two brews at the same time. :thumb: :thumb:

 

[neal]

follow up report and yep...........carp ! I've been in contact with the vendor on Amazon to let them know it's not accurate even before it got anywhere near wort, followed their suggestions twice and have asked them for a refund, awaiting reply now.
straight out of the box I tested the probes in some 82deg water with the probes resting on the edge of the jug ( the joint of the probe being nowhere near liquid) one probe read 85deg and the other reading 79deg, next was the boiling water test (as suggested by the vendor via email) 105deg and 99deg respectively, a nice even 6deg difference, I even stuck one in a cucumber in the fridge, an hour later it was 13deg :lol: ( my other meat probe read it as 4deg ) and that's before its best selling point to me anyway, the bluetooth option, I thought I would be sat on my sofa checking on the mash that was outside, seemed a winner that, if only it worked !
sticking with my usual kit for now

 

[Dutto]

I received my replacement probes (they sent me two even though only one of mine was knackered) on Saturday. :thumb:

Because I now have three functioning probes, I have used an ordinary clear silicone bath sealant to seal one of them so see if it will solve the problem of water ingress.

At the moment the silicone is still curing so I will give it another three days days and then immerse it into some hot (not boiling) water for two minutes to see what happens!

Watch this space! :thumb:

 

[Gerryjo]

I received my replacement probes (they sent me two even though only one of mine was knackered) on Saturday. :thumb:

Because I now have three functioning probes, I have used an ordinary clear silicone bath sealant to seal one of them so see if it will solve the problem of water ingress.

At the moment the silicone is still curing so I will give it another three days days and then immerse it into some hot (not boiling) water for two minutes to see what happens!

Watch this space! :thumb:

After applying silicone sealant would it be feesable to apply some heat shrink to cover.Just a thought.

 

[yeastinfection]

surprised they have such an issue as there other stuff is so good,
ive received my new probes, have yet to try them,