Jimbob
Well-Known Member
Well, I've read and have been told countless times the importance of temperature control during the fermentation process. Several months back I got my hands on an old freezer and got a temperature controller, unfortunately our two year old twin girls require food on a periodic basis and the bride decided that the freezer would now be used for it's intended purposes. So on to new ideas.
I've been looking for another freezer on craigs list but we are pretty limited on room and I would probably have an appendage cut off (one of the functional ones) if I were to bring home a freezer as we are pretty limited on spare space. So I decided to put those 7 years of college studing mechanical engineering to work and devised quite the plan. I will be converting the right end of this:
into a temperature controlled fermentation chamber. I've dropped the bottom shelf to the as low is it will go and have the perfect amount of space for a 6 gallon carboy with an airlock. I'm wanting to create two chambers so that I can lager as well.
The goal here is to have a temperature controlled fermentation system, save money, and save space. The great thing about it is, I have enough scrap plywood to create the walls and a PC power supply. So I'll need insulation, thermostats, refridgeration parts, and hardware for the doors (maybe some stuff to seal the doors too).
I've been scamming some ideas of for the contoller portion from deathweed's posts and will probably try to use a similar concept with regard to using the thermostat with the PC power supply. I'm intending on building things up tomorrow with the wiring to follow shortly after. I'm going to try and do this on the cheap and try to find as much free stuff as I can.
If any of you have any recommendations please let me know.
I've been looking for another freezer on craigs list but we are pretty limited on room and I would probably have an appendage cut off (one of the functional ones) if I were to bring home a freezer as we are pretty limited on spare space. So I decided to put those 7 years of college studing mechanical engineering to work and devised quite the plan. I will be converting the right end of this:
into a temperature controlled fermentation chamber. I've dropped the bottom shelf to the as low is it will go and have the perfect amount of space for a 6 gallon carboy with an airlock. I'm wanting to create two chambers so that I can lager as well.
The goal here is to have a temperature controlled fermentation system, save money, and save space. The great thing about it is, I have enough scrap plywood to create the walls and a PC power supply. So I'll need insulation, thermostats, refridgeration parts, and hardware for the doors (maybe some stuff to seal the doors too).
I've been scamming some ideas of for the contoller portion from deathweed's posts and will probably try to use a similar concept with regard to using the thermostat with the PC power supply. I'm intending on building things up tomorrow with the wiring to follow shortly after. I'm going to try and do this on the cheap and try to find as much free stuff as I can.
If any of you have any recommendations please let me know.