I had some good luck in upgrading my brewery. First, I bought a guy's brewing stuff since he had not brewed since 2001. I paid $150 and got a keggle, counterflow chiller, jet burner, CO2 regulator, temp controller, 10+ gallon Igloo drink cooler, round, that is set up for a MLT, 2 carboys, and other odds and ends. The keggle had a bulkhead welded in. I added a sight glass, pickup tube, and a thermometer.
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Question, how do you clean the sight glass after brewing? Also, from the pictures is there anything else I need to do or have set up wrong?
Second, I wanted to better control my fermenting temps and found an old fridge for $20.
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The questions I have on this is how to control it. The lowest that the fridge part gets is 40. I was going to use a temp controller to control the temp just by controlling the power. Then I thought that I could block off the factory air duct from the freeze to the fridge and install a new on with a muffin fan controlled by the temp controller. I thought that this would be better on the compressor. Would this work? Would it be better than just plugging the whole thing into the temp controller.
Thanks in advance for the advice!
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26994&stc=1&d=1307305045
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26995&stc=1&d=1307305190
Question, how do you clean the sight glass after brewing? Also, from the pictures is there anything else I need to do or have set up wrong?
Second, I wanted to better control my fermenting temps and found an old fridge for $20.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26996&stc=1&d=1307305614
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=27000&stc=1&d=1307306508
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=27001&stc=1&d=1307307035
The questions I have on this is how to control it. The lowest that the fridge part gets is 40. I was going to use a temp controller to control the temp just by controlling the power. Then I thought that I could block off the factory air duct from the freeze to the fridge and install a new on with a muffin fan controlled by the temp controller. I thought that this would be better on the compressor. Would this work? Would it be better than just plugging the whole thing into the temp controller.
Thanks in advance for the advice!