Thunder1 said:What temp are you all getting when the temperature is set to the coldest setting with the original thermostat? I am only getting down to 52. Does that seem right? I would have thought it would have been colder than that?
What temp are you all getting when the temperature is set to the coldest setting with the original thermostat? I am only getting down to 52. Does that seem right? I would have thought it would have been colder than that?
Thunder1 said:Perfect. Just wanted to make sure it wasn't defective. Now I need to build my thermostat! Thanks!
Just picked one up at lunch for $118.00. Clearance plus 20% off.
The catch is, everything online says sold out around here. I called 4 stores and found one with 3 in stock even though online it said that store did not sell this item!
Call around, you might be surprised. HD sku is 373746.
yeah it's only 25 watts. It's only supposed to attach to glass. Don't know what to do
Daver77 said:yeah it's only 25 watts. It's only supposed to attach to glass. Don't know what to do
At 25 watts on a plastic fermenter full of liquid it should be fine. I have a 45 watt warmer and have had no problems. It wraps around 80% of the carboy and is about 10 or 12" wide so it's also very low heat per sq inch.
Lumpyyyyy said:He doesn't have it attached to the carboy, it's on the door of the refrigerator.
yeah it's only 25 watts. It's only supposed to attach to glass. Don't know what to do
ingchr1 said:The one I'm using is about double that wattage. It's attached to the wall of the fridge and I have not had problems maintaining temps.
That's what I have, the flexwatt, and with it being on the wall I never have to move it from fermenter to fermenter. Never had a problem maintaining temps in my 45F garage.You should wrap it around the Carboy with electrical tape. I have flexwatt heat tape and that's the best bang for your buck
It should, here is a 6 gallon carboy:So this fridge will hold a 6.5 gallon glass carboy with a 3 piece air lock on it? Looking into either this or a 4.3cf mini fridge for a build real soon
Finally got around to plugging mine in (still waiting on STC-1000 and figuring out what I'm going to be doing for heat) but I did the temperature screw adjustment laid out above. You need to twist the screw counter-clockwise to tighten the spring and just sticking in both a dial and mercury thermometer (no water bottle) they read 18*. And that was only after being turned on for about 45 minutes at level 7. Good tip jborgy!!
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