Robert Pretty Posted February 10, 2022 Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 (edited) Hi To evening while going from cold crush to kegging temperature. I got a temperature control error message. In 2 hours it has only reached 7 degrees from the 4 degree cold crush temperature. Never seen this before. Anyone seen this / know what's going on? Put it back to storage, then back to kegging temperature. Is starting to go back up. Edited February 10, 2022 by Robert Pretty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Frothman Posted February 10, 2022 Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 49 minutes ago, Robert Pretty said: Hi To evening while going from cold crush to kegging temperature. I got a temperature control error message. In 2 hours it has only reached 7 degrees from the 4 degree cold crush temperature. Never seen this before. Anyone seen this / know what's going on? Put it back to storage, then back to kegging temperature. Is starting to go back up. Is it warm where you are tonight? It basically means that the compressor or heating element has been working too hard for too long. You can acknowledge the error by pressing the tick on the Droid's control panel and it will try again. Just check that the compressor vents are free of any obstructions and that it's getting decent airflow. Also check that the lid is secured properly (if you had it open at any point during the brew for dry hopping or the like) I had this error a few days ago as one of my Droids was working quite hard to lower the temperature of the Earl Grey IPA from the initial 30C down to propagating temperature - I hadn't secured the lid properly as I hadn't added the yeast and ingredients yet so thought it wouldn't matter. As it turned out, it did. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Pretty Posted February 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 Cheers @Dustin Frothman, yep 35 yesterday in the Hunter Valley. Has reached kegging temp overnight. Will check lid and compressor vents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted February 10, 2022 Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 12 hours ago, Robert Pretty said: Hi To evening while going from cold crush to kegging temperature. I got a temperature control error message. In 2 hours it has only reached 7 degrees from the 4 degree cold crush temperature. Never seen this before. Anyone seen this / know what's going on? Put it back to storage, then back to kegging temperature. Is starting to go back up. Had similar issue refer https://community.brewart.com/topic/807-heat-waves-and-just-hot-days/?do=findComment&comment=11797 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillies Brewing Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 I never got the error on the droid or app, but both times I've cold crashed it hangs out at about 6-7c, turning on very regularly but never reaching the 4c. The first time I found ice in it, so it was definitely getting cold enough. My hunch is that the ice formed near where the cooling is and stopped effective flow of cold beer around the droid. This time I turned it off for a bit to hopefully let the ice melt and then tied again. I accidentally fell asleep though so it warmed up to 14c, when I just wanted to let it even out the temperature and get up to 8 or so. My ambient temps are usually about 29-30, which I think contributes. The aircon gets fixed Monday so that might make a difference 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razovich Posted November 9, 2022 Report Share Posted November 9, 2022 Hi 5 days into my first brew and I have an E1 error now three times in a row. Temp just keeps on rising. Have even tried the power on/off. Gutted as I was so excited to get the ball rollling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted November 9, 2022 Report Share Posted November 9, 2022 6 hours ago, Razovich said: Hi 5 days into my first brew and I have an E1 error now three times in a row. Temp just keeps on rising. Have even tried the power on/off. Gutted as I was so excited to get the ball rollling. At what temperature was the water when you started the brew? Don’t be too upset, sometimes there are bugs but all solvable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thagomizer Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 16 hours ago, Razovich said: Hi 5 days into my first brew and I have an E1 error now three times in a row. Temp just keeps on rising. Have even tried the power on/off. Gutted as I was so excited to get the ball rollling. I'm sorry you're having this issue. As pointed out in the Captain's chart just above, I'm thinking the liquid level is too low. There must be a minimum of 9L of wort for the temperature controls to work properly. I believe there are two temperature sensors: one low and one high in the droid. The difference between them is how the droid detects the beginning and end of fermentation. If your droid is filled to the 10L mark, then this is not the cause of your problem. However, this is not an uncommon reason for the E1 error. If the wort level was not the problem, I would recommend contacting BrewArt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razovich Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 Thanks for the replies @Thagomizer @Captain 3 Droids . Definitely filled droid to 10l mark before starting brew. Contacted BrewArt and got @Liam, sorted it by reshipping a droid and brewprint. Great customer service AAA+ 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Seymour Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 I've had this error twice this morning. I own 3 droids, it's only happening on 1 of them. The compressor vents are away from other objects. The lid is on properly. And the water level seems a bit higher than 10 litres. The same can be said for the other 2 droids and I don't have the error on those ones. I'm sure I filled it up to exactly 10L. I'm assuming it may rise a bit during the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBee Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 I had a temp error last night coming from a cold crash to kegging temp, I turned the droid off for a minute and the back on (re-boot) and all was fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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