"THE VAULT" - Temp Cntrl - Heat & Cool???

madwilliamflint · 01-26-2010, 09:29 PM

That would definitely work. Hell, you could use a standard low wattage bulb if the insulation was good enough, just make sure it's down in the bottom of the structure someplace so you get the right convection properties.

A home made microcontroller based temperature monitor and switch would be an easy thing to build and program for, say, up to a few thermometer units placed throughout the unit. I'm not sure how to build the bridge between a low power DC digital circuit and something that's running on AC power. I'm not sure why it would be much more than a sufficiently high capacity relay though.

Hmmm...

01-26-2010, 09:29 PM	#6
madwilliamflint Cigar n00b Join Date: Sep 2009 First Name: Michael Location: Wallkill, NY Posts: 390 Trading: (0)	Re: "THE VAULT" - Temp Cntrl - Heat & Cool??? That would definitely work. Hell, you could use a standard low wattage bulb if the insulation was good enough, just make sure it's down in the bottom of the structure someplace so you get the right convection properties. A home made microcontroller based temperature monitor and switch would be an easy thing to build and program for, say, up to a few thermometer units placed throughout the unit. I'm not sure how to build the bridge between a low power DC digital circuit and something that's running on AC power. I'm not sure why it would be much more than a sufficiently high capacity relay though. Hmmm...