The key is that the temperature control should be accurate to within a degree or so, and keep the water bath constant to that temperature. I'm sure that some of you know how to do that and are capable of building such a device. I was happy to pay the $99. I already had the $25 slow cooker and foodsaver vacuum sealer, but Ziploc freezer bags work better for some things. The results are well worth it!
Greg -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Craig Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 6:14 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Cooking Sous Vide On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:05:20 -0400 Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > Some people have taken a Crockpot and a simple Arduino controller to > make one of those things for cheap money. Basically a thermo sensor > and a relay to control the Crockpot, maybe $30 worth of parts and some > simple programming. This is very easy to do even as a beginner > project as I think there are instructables about it, I have seen > various sites with such things and all the details. Or you could do it the analog route with a wall-wart power source, an op-amp, a few resistors, a few capacitors, and a relay ... Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
