Ice Cream Chest Conversion Question

[rvb1019]

I recently obtained an old Ice Cream Chest with the plan to convert it to a kegerator with a tower. I bought the Brewer's Edge Digital Temperature Controller to regulate the temperature. The unit has a thermostat in place but even at the lowest setting, it's too cold. The BEDTC won't regulate the temperature. What should I do?

My guess- remove the unit's thermostat and hard wire it to run all the time. This way, the BEDTC will be the only thermostat running this bad boy.

Your thoughts?

[THE ICEMAN]

That'll work. Or you could just turn the old control as cold as it will go & then use your new control to regulate the temp.


THE ICEMAN

[rvb1019]

That'll work. Or you could just turn the old control as cold as it will go & then use your new control to regulate the temp.
THE ICEMAN

Tried it that way too, no dice!

How can you test to see if the controller is bad? I had to send one back already because the display was bad. The unit worked fine, but the digital screen was screwy. Could I have gotten two crap units in a row?

[THE ICEMAN]

Tried it that way too, no dice!

How can you test to see if the controller is bad? I had to send one back already because the display was bad. The unit worked fine, but the digital screen was screwy. Could I have gotten two crap units in a row?

You're going to have to define "screwy". I don't see it likely that two in a row could be bad. Those are fairly reliable controls. But, stranger things have happened.


THE ICEMAN

[rvb1019]

The unit would display to top bars of any of the numbers. It was like one whole line in the screen was dead. It turned a 5 into a funny looking backwards c.

I'll call on Monday and see if they will swap me for another unit.