THE TRUTH ABOUT PID CONTROLLERS

This channel is designed to offer insight and background on the science, art and practice of making alcohol based products at home.

[BeardedBored]

You'll always be my favorite "science" teacher, George:-) Congrats on nearly 100K

[phillipgriffin]

I have said this before, and I will say it again. I totally do not get the arguing that PID’s generate.
It’s simple people. Try one. If you like it use it. If you don’t like it, don’t use it. The only conclusion that I can come to is there are people with absolutely nothing better to do than argue, insult and cut others down. Just pisses me off to no end. George, don’t let these people get you down! Keep producing these wonderful and desperately needed videos. Until next time. Love ya man...

[davidrogers]

I knew it was only a matter of time that you would chime in on this subject. I love the PID for the shear fact that I'm not constantly chasing a gradual temperature increase for 6 or 8 hours with a propane burner. This device has been a game changer! Thanks for the "George" built PID. 👏👏👏

[telmd]

Been using a PID on a keg pot since first watching you and I love it. I can run for hours at 175° pulling 160-170P with no problems. Too each his/her own. My vote is PID

[compass]

Built a PID based on George’s design. It’s awesome. Holds temperature at ~0.2 C on either side of set point. Thank you George!

[dylanluvzcolorado]

I'm a noob in the hobby and I love my PID . I set at 150 degrees and once there turn to manual and set at 27 % power and run nice and slow . I also want to add between you George, Jesse from #stillit and #beardedandbored you all have help me tremendously in starting this hobby and actually becoming successful. Thanks to all three of you guys. Happy Distilling ! 😁

[riccardobianco]

Hi George. I I am new to this and let me tell you one thing, THANK YOU for all the detailed and very informative info in all your you tube video's . I have built one and works perfectly.
I think what most misunderstand is that even though there might be amperage spikes in the beginning, that it being imputed into am medium that that reacts slower to the initial impulse and therefore creates a smooth increase in temp rise and control. Wonderful piece of equipment which functions on a closed loop system and brilliant results from it. Thank you for all the time and effort you put in

[burakokumus]

Imagine that you are driving your car and you are on a red traffic light waiting for the light to turn to green! and than it turns to green and your goal is to reach 100km/h speed on the road. You push the gas pedal and feed your engine with alot of gas to speed up from 0 to 100km/h and when you reach your target speed, you slowly pull your foot off the gas pedal and try to maintain the right amount of gas to feed into your engine that will make the car go at 100km/h, not lsower not faster 100.00km/h. That's waht exactly a PID controller does. It makes your life easier in a very efficient way. 2 birds down with 1 stone.

Sweet video Geroge.

[bryannaquin]

I built my pid enclosure watching one of georges videos im using a 30 amp breaker running a 5500w heating element
On a 13 gallon pot this thing works great ive used a stove and propane I will never go back i will only use i pid from here on out Thank you george for all you do for us

[fastgnat]

Just completed a control box for temperature and cooling water control from everything I learned watching your videos. Output is a dual 20a outlet with an Inkbird 106 PID on the top plug and a PWM on the bottom. Great videos, thanks George

[tonybainton]

Built a PID and it works perfect on a 35L pot with 3" bubble plate reflux column, it holds my take off temp very stable and makes the process so easy and accurate. Thanks for all the info George great explanations.

[saighusa]

I built a controller, as George instructed. It works flawlessly on my unit. I follow his other videos using the temperatures he recommends, based on the science behind it. Simple, works, great results.

[jeffconley]

I’ve used these for 40 years in my past profession. They made life at work so much easier and when coupled to a computer you can trend those temps.
Great great videos George

[wittolwanderer]

George, I love your videos! I just wanted to say, when I was younger I guess I was a PID haha. I just tended fire and did what I was instructed to do. Thanks for making all of this hobby so easy to understand.

[venusitapealava]

Biggest project I ever worked on cost almost a billion dollars to build. Put simply PID control is what tells the thrusters how much to thrust, at what angle to thrust so we can achieved a desired set point or position. I will be choosing PID control when I finally build my set up.

[keithbrookshire]

I just found your channel last night with "Parts list and decription for PID controller Part 1". It's fantastic information and I'm looking forward to digging into your information further.
So far that one video was more helpful than others when researching upgrading my smoker to reach higher temps and be more controllable.

[scottmarks]

Good afternoon Geo, I used my PID yesterday and also framed in a pool deck, worked great just as advertised! Wife happy me happy! 2 birds yesterday George. A must have tool.

[staalefo]

I built my PID setup based on your description. I have a water boiler with the sensor next to the heating element in the bottom. And I use it for everything: Heating water, Sous Vide, beer making and so on. I get a more precise reading/heating when using a PID and measure the temperature where it matters.

[HodgyE]

Thank you for the video, My PID is working very well thanks to all your PID videos.

[jrcicirello]

George, my PID works great due to your videos and explanations given in those videos. Thanks for your time an effort making these instructional videos. Priceless.