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[hyderind]

Howdy,

Newbie here.

We have a small chocolate factory in WI.

We've acquired two 100lb chocolate melters with rotary temp controllers. (see pic)

We are scratching our heads to create a solution where at 6pm the melters temp increases and stays at 115F; then at 7AM, the temp drops to 85F and maintains that temp until 6pm.

What do we need to accomplish this?

Help us figure this out and we'll send you free chocolate yummies.

thanks

Chris

[Kkane]

For your requirement, you can use Auber's ramp & soak controller SYL-23X2P. It can be programmed as multiple steps, and you can program like hold at 115F for 4 hours and reduce the temperature to 85F and hold there for 5 hours.

https://www.auberins.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=4

But this controller doesn't have clock timer. There are two walk-around solutions. One is you can program a long delay step at first. So this PID can turn on your heater later.

Another option is, you can use a kitchen timer to delay turning on the PID. You can plug in this PID controller to your kitchen timer, then program it to let it on at specific time.