Joe you know it is The B's broke my heart again this year...so next year it is!
Me too man, me too.
Joe you know it is The B's broke my heart again this year...so next year it is!
Now I need to hurry up and wait for some of your HBT'ers to happen through Maine for a pint.
mmb, I am still in a trial period with my door. Right now it just has weather stripping stuck to the inside of the gasket portion. The stripping on the hinge side of the door is still giving me some trouble, but once the door is closed it seems fine. Currently there is only a latch in the lower corner of the door, I am thinking of adding another to the top corner. (just a dead bolt). I am awaiting the electricity bill, but I do know the fridge is on it's very lowest setting and the temp is holding between 36 and 38 degrees with 2 kegs in it.
The frame on the far side of the door (the non-hinge side) is cut at a bit of an angle. There is a corresponding angle inside the fridge to accept it. This allowed the door to be deep enough to insulate, and still let it open and close freely. I'm terrible at putting this into words, but would be happy to take photos for you if you think they'd help you out. Don't be shy if you have any more questions, assuming my answer thus far hasn't destroyed any confidence you had in me
Thanks. I didn't make the chamber any larger because I don't want to put too much strain on the little fridge. Plus the back of the fridge needs to be exposed to the open air so it can exhaust and cool. I didn't necessarily need any more space and I'd like to keep the power cost down. The open side will probably just be used for placing a waste basket in, and I'll also be mounting a PC power supply in there which will power the lights and fans for the bar. I've wired 3 PC case fans: one blowing over the coils in the back, one inside the fridge blowing air from the chamber across the freezer plate of the fridge, and a third fan in the fridge blowing the now cooled air back out into the chamber. If that makes sense...again, steps to keep the strain on the fridge way down. I'm anxious to get the door to the chamber built so I can fire it up and see how well...or how poorly...it cools.
As for added value to the home...I doubt anything A realtor once told me that anything below ground level adds absolutely 0 to the price of your home...so I assume the bar I build in my finished basement, which in a realtor's eyes doesn't exist, is in fact worthless as well
D-Boss, I have a PC power supply setting behind the fridge. The PC fans are wired into that. Then I drilled a small hole through the fridge to run the wires for the fans through. Piece of cake!
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