kmacva
Active Member
Well its been in the 100 Deg. range here in Southeastern VA. I ferment in my detached garage which stays fairly cool normally and it has A/C which I only run when I'm at home. Temps are climbing and keeping my fermenting brews cool is getting to be a problem. I built a ferm chamber underneath my work bench with pink foam and put the carboys in a container of water and changed out the ice about 3 times a day but I still have trouble keeping them below 70 deg.
What I would like to do is I have a very old Hotpot upright freezer in my attached garage. It' the kind with an external condenser coil and the shelves are the cooling coils so there is no moving them. What I was thinking is building a ferm chamber next to the freezer and cutting one hole through the bottom side of the freezer and another higher up. Them use some ducting to the ferm chamber.
Anybody ever try this? I pretty sure there is nothing in the sidewalls of the freezer except insulation.
Would convection be enough to circulate the cold air? If not how could I temperature control a computer fan or something similar? SWMBO wants to keep using the freezer for our food. So no tearing it apart. And since my recent keezer build I need something inexpensive.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Kazi
What I would like to do is I have a very old Hotpot upright freezer in my attached garage. It' the kind with an external condenser coil and the shelves are the cooling coils so there is no moving them. What I was thinking is building a ferm chamber next to the freezer and cutting one hole through the bottom side of the freezer and another higher up. Them use some ducting to the ferm chamber.
Anybody ever try this? I pretty sure there is nothing in the sidewalls of the freezer except insulation.
Would convection be enough to circulate the cold air? If not how could I temperature control a computer fan or something similar? SWMBO wants to keep using the freezer for our food. So no tearing it apart. And since my recent keezer build I need something inexpensive.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Kazi