Temperature For Soda Machine ?
James_Douglas:
I got a A30-2210 Ranco. I put it in and it was dead. Vendor gave me a refund. I put back in K50-P1127-001. It seems to kick in at 39F and off at 33F...then it drops down to 30F for a few minutes and then climbs back up to 39F. All in all about a 20 to 25 minutes cycle time.
I wish that Ranco did a better job of explaining the various types. The K series versus the A series and the like.
One thing I noted. You can change the temperature points by as much as 4 degrees by exactly how you place the probe. In the case of the K50, it was not coiled like the factory probe. I carefully wound it around the shaft end of a drill bit so it looked close to the factory winding. Then I placed it up the tube.
Two Points:
1. How far up or down makes a difference.
2. It you have the tip "flared out" so it contacts the tube, then is reacts faster to the system cooling. If you bend it so that it is in the "free air" of that little tube it takes longer and so the unit get colder.
So, you can "tune" the temperature not only with the dial, but with the placement.
In my case here in San Francisco it is 65F and at sea level. I also have the dial all the way up. When I move the unit larger garage-shop in Winters, CA near Sacramento...I suspect that I will have to get a different thermostat to deal with the heat. From May through October it is in the 90F's to 100F a lot.
I learned a lot about the cooling system in this process and the thermostat in general.
Thanks everyone.
Now on to the remaining cosmetics...
James.
James_Douglas:
Well,
It is late summer of 2022 and the unit is in my garage shop in Winters, CA. It is about 90-95 today. I plugged the unit in yesterday for the first time up here in the heat as opposed to the cool of San Francisco.
After a full day full of bottles, the inside free air is 48F. I need to hit the bottle with the laser to get a compatible reading to the above in my posts. As I suspected above, I will need to reposition the coil get it colder and if they does not work then I will have to get another thermostat that goes lower.
James
msanborn:
What kind of machine is it on?
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