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The BCS 460 is $179, the 462 is $279. You will need to buy 4 PIDs for the BCS 460 and 6 PIDs for the BCS 462 to break even. You will still likely need SSRs for the Aubrins PIDs to control a heating source so that is a wash. You would likely need an enclosure for either the BCS or PIDs. 3 PIDs will ...

I've been using my BCS-460 for over 5 years now... before that a friend loaned me a PID box that he built. I am continually amazed that I've been using the BCS this long and that with firmware updates it keeps going in a good direction... One of the strengths to me for the BCS is the ability to mon...

I've interspersed my thoughts below in a different color . I would have responded to both your thoughts at once, but apparently multi-quote doesn't exist on this forum... I have the BCS 462 so any # of Outs refer to that model. Could you do it with Standard Controls? Yes. But they are independent of...

As the thread title indicates, I'm in the pre-planning stages here, and doing tons of reading along the way. I read an interesting post by Kal of the well known electric brewery website talking through some of his design decisions the other night. It got me to thinking in depth about my needs and wa...

Thanks to both of you for the responses. That helps to clarify how the web interface buttons work, JonW. Every time I try to access the demo BCS it's offline, so I don't know if that's normal or something up with my mediocre internet. Both your answers have shed light on aspects, and introduced furt...

Well, since I'm starting from scratch, adding in 3 way switches is just as easy. I guess I was hoping there was a relay or contactor with a 5V coil, maybe. So, let's say I'm in the middle of the brew process, around 15-20 minutes into a 60 minute boil. I've finished the mash, and now I want to pump ...

The more I've been reading, the more I realize that I'm really not going to ever use manual mode for the heating elements, so I'm going to just have an LED indicator to let me know whether the elements are on at the moment or not. Along those lines, I also won't need the element selector, as it's ea...

There's a calculator on this page (linked from the other one I mentioned above) that allows you to calculate the results of different filtering combinations, and graphs the output over time, etc. It also allows you to change the frequency of the PWM signal as one of the variables. I input 10Hz for P...

Along those lines, if anyone else is looking to upgrade to a BCS-462, I'd be interested in acquiring your no longer needed BCS-460 for whatever sum we agree on via PM. Or if you've got a spare sitting there gathering dust that you can't figure out what to do with...

From reading those pages of your documentation, it looks like you can also switch it to a 0 to +10V input instead of potentiometer, which is what got me thinking along those lines. A potentiometer will be a variable resistance, not variable voltage. I was thinking outside of the box provided .