Advantage BC-SCC Tank Control Cabinets

No. It's a wall-mount electrical control cabinet with no refrigeration of its own; it distributes cooling from a separately sized central glycol chiller across multiple tanks. See the BG series for the chiller itself. On a quote the cabinet always appears beside a chiller, never in place of one, and adding it changes nothing about the total load the chiller sees - the tanks still draw their combined heat from the same loop.

Up to eight. Seven standard models cover 2 through 8 tanks, one independent control channel per tank, each with its own thermocouple and 1/2" solenoid valve. A cellar that grows past eight tanks takes a second cabinet on the same glycol loop rather than a bigger one, so it can make sense to split tanks by area - fermenters on one cabinet, bright tanks on another - which also keeps the wiring runs to each tank shorter.

No. A BC-SCC only distributes and controls cooling that a central glycol chiller already produces; undersize the chiller feeding it and every tank competes for the same limited cooling regardless of how the cabinet is configured. Eight 15-barrel fermenters in active fermentation draw about 7,200 BTU/hr. Crash two of them together from 75°F to 35°F over 18 hours and those two alone add about 17,000 BTU/hr. The cabinet will happily open both crash valves at once; whether the glycol stays cold enough is entirely the chiller's job.

Standard single-phase 110/115V, 60 Hz power for the control panel itself - no three-phase power required, apart from whatever power the chiller feeding it needs. The bigger wiring job is in the field: every channel needs a sensor lead and a valve circuit run out to its tank. Extend thermocouples only with matching thermocouple-grade wire, because ordinary copper hookup wire creates an extra junction that can put a tank's reading a degree or more off.

By opening and closing one jacket valve. Each channel reads a thermocouple on its tank and, when that tank calls for cooling, energizes a 1/2" solenoid valve that lets chilled glycol into the jacket. The panel shows each channel's adjustable set point and actual temperature, so an operator can check and change every fermenter or bright tank from one cabinet. The loop itself stays at the central chiller's setpoint; only each tank's valve cycles. Mount the sensor in a thermowell reading the beer, not against the jacket, or it reads glycol, cycles the valve constantly and leaves the tank warm.

Three things, starting with the tank count, which is the model: BC-SCC-2T through BC-SCC-8T, one channel per tank. If more tanks are planned, a cabinet with unused channels avoids replacing the panel later. Second, whether you want the optional high-temperature lockout. Third, whether you want the optional emergency stop button. Also confirm how the thermocouple and the 1/2" solenoid valve will mount on each tank's jacket piping. Send the tank count, each tank's target temperature and the options through Request a Quote; we'll pair the Advantage cabinet with the glycol chiller feeding it.

Whatever the central chiller delivers; the cabinet only opens and closes valves. BG chillers are built to deliver 25-30°F glycol, and Advantage specifies inhibited propylene glycol at 30-35% for 25°F, mixed so it freezes roughly 25°F under the lowest setpoint. Every tank set point on the cabinet has to sit above the loop temperature, because a jacket can only pull a tank toward the glycol supply temperature. A 33°F crash target on 28°F glycol leaves just 5°F of driving force, so the last few degrees come slowly. Check the mix with a refractometer on a schedule, since a diluted loop can freeze the chiller's evaporator.