Digital Cooling Thermostat Temperature Controller Outlet Switch

Works well for a few days now, kicks on at the set temp. It’s been reliable so far. Installation was simple—there’s a keyhole slot on the back to hang it on a screw. My only complaint is that it has just one mounting slot at the top, so the bottom isn’t fully secured. It includes a wired temperature probe, allowing flexible placement. I kept mine near the unit, and it reads accurately. The digital display is bright and easy to read, even from across the room at night. Programming is straightforward: hold the “Set” button, then adjust with the up/down arrows. Pros: Compact, accurate, bright display, easy setup Cons: Only one mounting slot; temperature adjustment requires holding “Set” first. So far, so good, happy and hope it holds up long term.

This is a very well built product! And this is just what I needed and it’s so easy to set up and use. Now when my shed gets up to the temperature I set this will activate a fan plugged into it. When set up it displays the ambient temperature. When that equals or exceeds the temperature you salet, it activates whatever is plugged into it. In my case it’s a fan. Highly recommended.

I have had two of these for 6 years running in very high temperatures, outside, in monsoons (under a cover and wrapped in a plastic bag). They look like it but they have held up well. I cannot recommend them enough even if I DON'T recommend you use them in a rather uncontrolled environment like I have -- they aren't rated for wet. Also, please note that if they haven't changed it, you can adjust these units for either heating or cooling no matter which one you get. Here's the info from the manufacturer: ********** Q: I have a BN-link Heating controller. Is there a way to convert into a cooling controller? A: Yes, you can change the setting from heating to cooling! (or vice versa, from cooling to heating) follow these steps to switch between cooling and heating for your heating thermostat controller. 1. Disconnect the thermostat controller from power. Press and hold both SET and DOWN buttons, and Connect the thermostat controller to the power and wait 2-3 seconds until indicator F or C illuminates. Indicator F illuminates: the device has been switched to cooling mode. (This is what you want in your case) Indicator C illuminates: the device has been switched to heating mode 2. Disconnect the device from the mains and the mode switching is now completed. ********************

This turned out to be a pretty cool little controller for my shed fan. I have been using it for about a month now. Been working perfectly. I have the temp set to 85 F in my shed. Kicks on every time when passing that mark. I have it powering my 10 in. shutter fan. Installing it was pretty straight forward. It has a slot on the back to allow you to slide over a screw. So, you would pick your spot and put screw for it to hang off. My only gripe here is that it only has one slot on the top back. Which leads to the unit not as secure at the bottom. It also comes with a temperature probe. The probe has an attached cord that allows you to place the temperate probe away from unit. I ended up just leaving my in a coil and close to unit. Seems to be reading temp just fine. But, this does allows you to place it closer to where you might want to measure your temp. The digital display on the unit is nice and bright. I can read it from across my shed and in the dark. The controls are easy to use. Adjustments are fairly simple. Simply hold down the "Set" button on the unit and you get in setting the target mode adjustment. Then you use the up and down buttons to set target temperature. Pretty easy. Pros: * Compact * Accurate Temperature * Bright Display (Red Digital Numbers) * Easy setup and programming Cons: * Needs a bottom screw slot for secure bottom of unit * Although it's simply to adjust the temp, it can be even better if the up and down buttons just let the adjust temperature target directly. Instead of having to hold down the set button. Overall I'm happy with the unit. Hopefully it lasts.

All of my real world testing was done in fahrenheit. I noticed in other reviews people using it for controlling an Air conditioner. Don't do that. It will blow the fuse. AC units do not like being cycled quickly and you could damage one using this device. The listings also says not to do that. The sensor on this device is very quick at reading the temperature. There is very little latency. My setup is a 3000 CFM evaporative cooler that draws a maximum of 2.9 amps, and a small normally closed water valve. Mine was set to turn on at 108°F The unit turns off a device at 1°F or 1.8°C below set temperature, and then turns on again at 1°F (1.8°C) over the set temperature. So its hysteresis is 2° F and 3.6° C. The fuse is replaceable (inside the unit) you just need the proper one and soldering skills. The display is multiplexing, and will flicker when viewed by a camera under bright lights. The listing seems to indicate the device can handle a 1/2 horse power motor.

This one works!

Plugged it in and switched my swamp cooler on and it ran for about 2 seconds. Internal fuse must have blown. Instructions say do not use on anything that draws more than 400 watts. The name plate data on the motor is 1/3 hp or 245 watts. Unfortunately the internal fuse is not replaceable.

Works great and simple

Me equivoque yo ocupaba el modelo que es para calentar

Hoy es el primer dia que lo probé, no lo ocupe ni 1 hora y de repente me di cuenta que estaba dando energia a pesar de que estaba apagado el foco que dice “cooling” este apagado o no, no funciona el termostato, al principio si funciono, me fui a hacer otras cosas y a la hora ya no servia, es una basura. Como ven se encuentra conectado a una televisión para que se pueda ver el funcionamiento y como la television permanece encendida, este apagado o no el termostato y el foco que dice cooling, al principio cuando se apagaba el foco cooling se apagaba el aparato que tenia conectado y al encenderse encendia, despues de un rato dejo de funcionar y lo probe antes de conectar un aparato de refrigeracion Justamente por eso lo compre, para conectar un aparato de refrigeracion para cerveza pero antes de usarlo decidi probarlo para que no me fuera a dañar la cerveza, como ven, no duro nada, si lo hubiera conectado a mi refrigeracion seguramente se hubiera dañado la calidad de la cerveza, no lo compren, cambiare mi review en cuanto me devuelvan mi dinero Es un poco molesto porque justamente hay que detenerse en los procesos debido a que los productos que se compran luego no son de buena calidad, esperaba que minimo me funcionara 6 meses :(

I like the design of this. The features are pretty good, except would be nice to be asble to set the temp in 0.5 increments not just full degrees. Reason i state that is then it would be able to have a narrower " action window" between on and off. Now as for the one i received, i have done a side by side temperature check with a known / calibrated thermal probe and i find this unit reads most of the time about 2 degrees C to the high side. That could be easily taken into consideration when setting the temperature. HOWEVER i have also found this to have an error of as much as 1.5C lower than actual to as high as 5C above actual over its adjustment range.... i suspect they have a poor calibration curve in the firmware for the probe used. OR Maybe this is a bad one .... just not as good as people think they are ??? I tried to save a few bucks compared to Inkbird, but in reality for $10 more and having a unit that does cooling and heating in same device PLUS a calibration curve option, inkbird is the winner. this is just too over priced to have these problems .. returning

works fine

The only thing keeping me from giving this a 5-star review is the lack of functionality to widen the temperature range between on/off. We're using it to control a box fan near a wood stove and initially I noticed that when the fan would kick on it was able to remove enough heat from the area to cause the thermostat to shut the fan off - once it reaches the set temperature and turns the fan on, if the temperature drops only 2-3 degrees that will be enough to trigger the thermostat to shut off the fan. The solution to this was pretty simple - just a relocation of the temperature probe closer to the wood stove and an adjustment in temperature setting to compensate for it. However, it did take me quite a while to find just the right location to place the temperature probe in order for it work the way I'd like, and I think the whole issue could be avoided if you were able to adjust this on/off range to be a little wider. Overall it's a great product. It's been working fine for the 5 months we've had it and we run this stove all day and night, every single day. Works great.