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Originally Posted by sid
Add a thermostat to turn your A/C clutch on and off. I designed and built my own out of parts I had laying around the house (I'm an electronics engineer). But, prior to this, I was using a household wall thermostat to control the A/C clutch. The reason I ended up building my own is that the wall thermostat I used (which was also laying around the house, hence, free) had too much hysteresis (wasn't cycling enough, would get too cold and then too hot, needed to switch more frequently), but it was better than nothing.
Maybe there are off the shelf thermostats that have adjustable hysteresis. I didn't research it as I was too cheap to buy a new thermostat and could quickly build my own for free.
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this thread I started at 4x4wire I came across the
Dwyer Instruments TCS thermocouple controllers which may work fer yer setup. They are industrial controllers so they are very robust and durable. The price might scare you away...but sometimes if you want consistency...you need to pay the price if you can't design/build one on yer own.
Just so you know...I never did hook up my TCS module...but I still plan on using it on my truck fer something.
