diff --git a/components/sud.py b/components/sud.py
index 5a5e9a2..8e2cb75 100644
--- a/components/sud.py
+++ b/components/sud.py
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ class Sud(AttributeChange):
 		self._data = data
 
 		self._reset_run_state()
+		self.log.info("Loaded '{}'".format(self.name))
 		return True
 
 	def derive_plant_params(self, grain_mass, water_mass):
@@ -183,11 +184,13 @@ class Sud(AttributeChange):
 		if self.state == SudState.PAUSED:
 			self.state = self._paused_from
 			self._paused_from = None
+			self.log.info("Continued")
 			return
 		if self.state not in (SudState.IDLE, SudState.DONE):
 			return
 		self.index = -1
 		self.elapsed = 0.0
+		self.log.info("Started")
 		self._advance()
 
 	def pause(self):
@@ -196,11 +199,13 @@ class Sud(AttributeChange):
 		if self.state in (SudState.RAMPING, SudState.HOLDING):
 			self._paused_from = self.state
 			self.state = SudState.PAUSED
+			self.log.info("Paused")
 
 	def stop(self):
 		"""Aborts the run, discarding progress back to IDLE."""
 		if self.state not in (SudState.IDLE, SudState.DONE):
 			self._reset_run_state()
+			self.log.info("Stopped")
 
 	def confirm(self):
 		if self.state == SudState.WAIT_USER:
@@ -243,6 +248,7 @@ class Sud(AttributeChange):
 			self.state = SudState.DONE
 			self.user_message = None
 			self.step = None
+			self.log.info("Finished")
 			return
 
 		next_step = self.schedule[self.index]
@@ -254,9 +260,11 @@ class Sud(AttributeChange):
 		self.state = SudState.RAMPING
 		self.user_message = next_step.get('user_message')
 		self.step = next_step
+		self.log.info("Entering step {} ({})".format(next_step['number'], next_step.get('descr')))
 
 	def _finish_step(self):
 		if self.step.get('user_wait_for_continue', False):
 			self.state = SudState.WAIT_USER
+			self.log.info("Waiting for user interaction")
 		else:
 			self._advance()
diff --git a/components/sud_forecast.py b/components/sud_forecast.py
index 7f2dd87..34b993c 100644
--- a/components/sud_forecast.py
+++ b/components/sud_forecast.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import logging
 from components.plant import Pot
 from components.pid import PidFactory
 from components.sud import Sud, SudState
@@ -7,6 +8,14 @@ from components.sud import Sud, SudState
 # simulation forever - the estimate is simply cut off there.
 MAX_TICKS = 200000
 
+# estimate() below drives a throwaway Sud through an entire schedule in a
+# tight loop (no real waiting) purely to predict its duration - since it's
+# still a Sud, it would otherwise log through the exact same "Sud" logger
+# the real, server-driven one uses (components/sud.py's self.log), making
+# an instant internal forecast run indistinguishable in the log from an
+# actual brew. Quiet by default; raise this logger's own level to see it.
+logging.getLogger('SudForecastEstimator').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
 # Mirrors tasks/heater.py's own pulse_period_s - HeaterTask duty-cycles its
 # device's discrete power steps over a rolling window this many *real*
 # seconds wide, regardless of warp factor (see estimate()'s actuate()
@@ -95,6 +104,7 @@ class SudForecastEstimator:
 			start_theta = self.theta_amb
 
 		sud = Sud(self.pot_config)
+		sud.log = logging.getLogger('SudForecastEstimator')
 		if not sud.load(doc) or not sud.schedule:
 			return [0.0], [start_theta], SudState.DONE, {}
 
diff --git a/tasks/heater.py b/tasks/heater.py
index 824b3ea..2d33056 100755
--- a/tasks/heater.py
+++ b/tasks/heater.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class HeaterTask(ATask):
 		self._on_connected_changed = callback
 
 	def on_connected_changed(self, value):
+		self.log.info("Connected" if value else "Disconnected")
 		fire_and_forget(self.send({'Connected': value}))
 		if self._on_connected_changed:
 			self._on_connected_changed(value)
diff --git a/tasks/stirrer.py b/tasks/stirrer.py
index a028580..cfc9cad 100644
--- a/tasks/stirrer.py
+++ b/tasks/stirrer.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class StirrerTask(ATask):
 		self._on_connected_changed = callback
 
 	def on_connected_changed(self, value):
+		self.log.info("Connected" if value else "Disconnected")
 		fire_and_forget(self.send({'Connected': value}))
 		if self._on_connected_changed:
 			self._on_connected_changed(value)