I just finished building my 8 tap keezer and it's been up and running for about two days. The taps are installed and I've got six cornies of beer chilling down in it right now, but I haven't installed the gas manifolds or hooked up the gas and the beer lines yet. That's all that's left to do.
I'm using a 2008+ Love TS-13010 to control the temp. I have my set point at 37 degrees. During the first day it was running, the temp would swing between 43 and 69 degrees. It never got down near my SP. Then early this morning I put the TS temp probe in a container of water and set it on top of an empty plastic container on the floor of the keezer. The temp plunged steadily over the next several hours down to 37 degrees, and has gone from 37 to 41 (my hysteresis is set to 3 degrees) since then.
What has me concerned is that when the compressor is on, which seems to be most of the time or at least whenever I'm checking on it, the outside of the freezer is HOT. I mean, REAL HOT, not just warm. If you put your hand on it, you'll snatch it back in about a second. At the same time, there is a thin layer of ice buildup on the walls inside the keezer.
I don't feel any air leaks anywhere. The collar is a little cool, but not cold to the touch. The gaskets are all sealing well.
The extremely hot exterior walls of the keezer is what worries me the most. I have another larger chest freezer that I use for food. When the compressor is on the outside walls get pretty hot, but the compressor isn't on that much. The compressor on my new keezer seems to be on a lot more than it is off.
What is a normal percentage of time for the compressor to be on, is the extreme heat outside and ice inside normal, and if not, what could be the problem?
I'm using a 2008+ Love TS-13010 to control the temp. I have my set point at 37 degrees. During the first day it was running, the temp would swing between 43 and 69 degrees. It never got down near my SP. Then early this morning I put the TS temp probe in a container of water and set it on top of an empty plastic container on the floor of the keezer. The temp plunged steadily over the next several hours down to 37 degrees, and has gone from 37 to 41 (my hysteresis is set to 3 degrees) since then.
What has me concerned is that when the compressor is on, which seems to be most of the time or at least whenever I'm checking on it, the outside of the freezer is HOT. I mean, REAL HOT, not just warm. If you put your hand on it, you'll snatch it back in about a second. At the same time, there is a thin layer of ice buildup on the walls inside the keezer.
I don't feel any air leaks anywhere. The collar is a little cool, but not cold to the touch. The gaskets are all sealing well.
The extremely hot exterior walls of the keezer is what worries me the most. I have another larger chest freezer that I use for food. When the compressor is on the outside walls get pretty hot, but the compressor isn't on that much. The compressor on my new keezer seems to be on a lot more than it is off.
What is a normal percentage of time for the compressor to be on, is the extreme heat outside and ice inside normal, and if not, what could be the problem?