Recent content by Bagonutz

+1. Give it time and it will be fine. PS, good to see another ABQ home brewer!

Powered by a Love controller, cooled with a mini-fridge cooling element and heated with reptile cord.

Some progress. We wired a reptile cord around the bottom of the chamber and insulated the door with 2 in foam board. The first color I chose was American Walnut, but it turned out to be a little too red. I then chose Van Dyke Brown and it came up perfectly. It's now ready to rock, and will be...

Thanks, good stuff! I just ordered my 1/2 SS ball valve and accessories today from bargainfittings. Im scraping the brass 3/8 setup for my Rubbermaid I currently have and putting in a false bottom as well. Good timing!

Yes please!!

I'm glad to hear you are having excellent results with the reptile cable. That is what I put in my chamber. I haven't fermented in it yet, but I've done some testing and I get a pretty quick warm up as well.

I gutted an old Haier mini-fridge, the compressor is mounted on the right side underneath the shelve. I put the cooling element on the shelf with a computer fan wired in. The heating element is a reptile heating cord that I've since mounted around the inside bottom of the chamber (not...

Here is my build. What started out as a small project quickly grew in size and cost, but whatever. I am able to comfortably fit 4 carboys in, and am able to fit most of my brewing equipment in the top cabinet (minus the keggles). A special shout out to my fellow Devil Dog Nick for the tools...

The finished product.

Got the face on and the door. Just "sealing up the cracks"

Insulated

The face

Gutted an old Haier mini-fridge to build a ferm chamber. As the project moved along, the dimensions got bigger. I can no fit up to 4 carboys in here, plus the storage on top for equipment.

Well, after poaching on all of your hard work and creativeness for over a year, I've decided to join up. I really can't thank all of you enough for the advice, knowledge and ideas that you have inadvertently given me. It is because of you fine folks that I now have a mini-brewery in my garage...