NWPAbrewer
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So I've inherited a working side by side refrigerator that I'm going to use as my fermentation chiller in some capacity. I don't have it in my possession yet, so I haven't been able to do any measurements, but I'm kind of assuming my standard carboy and bucket fermentors aren't going to fit on either side (particularly the freezer side).
So is anyone using a side by side fridge for this function who can prove me incorrect in my assumptions? I'd love to just mount a temperature controller in it and be good to go, but I'm afraid I might have to get into some more complicated alterations to use my fridge.
My first consideration was maybe taking the cooling system out of the fridge and just building a nice enclosure for it, a la thomcat333, but he did it with a minifridge, and I'm guessing a larger fridge is much more complicated.
Any thoughts?
So is anyone using a side by side fridge for this function who can prove me incorrect in my assumptions? I'd love to just mount a temperature controller in it and be good to go, but I'm afraid I might have to get into some more complicated alterations to use my fridge.
My first consideration was maybe taking the cooling system out of the fridge and just building a nice enclosure for it, a la thomcat333, but he did it with a minifridge, and I'm guessing a larger fridge is much more complicated.
Any thoughts?