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Hi. I have a PID controller that I use for my HLT, Kettle and Fermenters. :super: I 100mph tape the thermocouple to the outside of the plastic fermenter about halfway up. It then controls my brew belt heater sitting at the bottom nicely to keep fermentation at 20oC. There is a temperature...

Yes, True. The main advantage with an SSR is for PID loop controlled heating where when the process variable becomes close to the setpoint variable, the switching becomes more frequent to avoid overshoot. In a standard relay, especially one that has a contact rating of 10A (really designed for...

Solid state relays are the way to go for sure. When running temp controllers in PI or PID mode, the switching frequency of the output device can be fairly high. SSRs are the only way to go unless you like replacing relays once the contacts have burnt out. To size a SSR correctly, you really...