Hi all,

i am an electronics illiterate person so please be patient with me.

in my pursuit to diy a home made sous vide machine, i have purchased the following :

1) a heating element which is connected to a powercord n a 3 pin wall plug
2) a thermostat regulator with a power cable and a thermocouple.

how do i hook it up? hope some of u could assist me

 

Can you provide some details of the heating element and thermostat you have, such as model numbers or similar?

 

Apparently you power up the thermostat and use that to power the heating element. Does the thermothingy have an outlet with which to plug in the heater?

 

Many thermostats are on off only, and can have a fairly wide hysteresis range.

You might need to get a PID type instead. Proportional Integral Derivative controllers will avoid the heating and cooling cycles of a crude more basic thermostat and should provide a temperature that is controlled to within half a degree.

 

Many cooking chores do not require accuracy to within 1/2 degree.
No need to overcomplicate this.

 

hi all, i managed to pay a guy to get it hooked up for me. thank you very much