Hi All,
So I have made my chamber....I have my little square magic chef, no idea the cubic feet. gotta be like 1.?? at any rate, this lil fridge must be a cooling beast..or my house is so cold that well,i just dont know. The last batch i brewed was supposed to be between 65-68, so that worked ok i suppose....after I realized it was supposed to be there. I have a batch of "off" beer now because of the huge temp swings. Well the batch I brewed this past weekend has a ferm temp of 67-74. Well, with the fridge at near 0 (which on mine is almost OFF), the carboy sitting inside, the doors wiiiiide open, my thermo says its 66. This would be a wired thermo with a probe that i tape to the side of the carboy. Well, this concerns me as i have another vessel in the chamber that has a long probed thermo in water, this one reads 64. If I am thinking correctly, this means the liquid temp is 64 really? or my thermos are just off from each other. I digress....i am worried that i am not going to be able to keep my wort warm enough! which is the opposite problem i had before...grrr. During the day, the ambient temp in my house is roughly 74 and at night its roughly 68. Can someone give me some pointers?? I have a ranco on the way to control the fridge, but at this rate, it may never turn the fridge on!
TIA,
M
So I have made my chamber....I have my little square magic chef, no idea the cubic feet. gotta be like 1.?? at any rate, this lil fridge must be a cooling beast..or my house is so cold that well,i just dont know. The last batch i brewed was supposed to be between 65-68, so that worked ok i suppose....after I realized it was supposed to be there. I have a batch of "off" beer now because of the huge temp swings. Well the batch I brewed this past weekend has a ferm temp of 67-74. Well, with the fridge at near 0 (which on mine is almost OFF), the carboy sitting inside, the doors wiiiiide open, my thermo says its 66. This would be a wired thermo with a probe that i tape to the side of the carboy. Well, this concerns me as i have another vessel in the chamber that has a long probed thermo in water, this one reads 64. If I am thinking correctly, this means the liquid temp is 64 really? or my thermos are just off from each other. I digress....i am worried that i am not going to be able to keep my wort warm enough! which is the opposite problem i had before...grrr. During the day, the ambient temp in my house is roughly 74 and at night its roughly 68. Can someone give me some pointers?? I have a ranco on the way to control the fridge, but at this rate, it may never turn the fridge on!
TIA,
M