Fermentation Chamber

While I'm building my keezer (see my other thread), I'm also building a fermentation chamber. My build was inspired by several others in this forum. I live in Tucson so I can only really brew a few months of the year using ambient room temperature. However, even then we can get 40 degree temp swings during the spring and winter so this can create a problem. I started with a mini fridge I got for free and stripped the guts out. Then I built a frame using 2x4s that is big enough to fit two glass carboys. I have insulated the inside using 1" insulation (double layer on the floor). I will be using expanding foam and reflective tape to seal it up before I put in a floor. I will going the ebay aquarium controller route for temperature control. More pics to come as the build progresses.

Amuse me, please, I'm a noob. You are using the innards of a fridge to cool your own box? Is that an accurate assessment?

Yep. It's modeled after this:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/fu...lled-fermentation-chamber-about-200-a-175456/

So how many carboys will this thing fit?

M_C

Misplaced_Canuck said:

So how many carboys will this thing fit?

M_C

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It will fit my 6.5 gallon and 5 gallon glass carboys at the same time.

adamensis said:

It will fit my 6.5 gallon and 5 gallon glass carboys at the same time.

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Isn't it a fair amount of work for only a 2 carboy capacity? A slightly enlarged floor would have held 4 (or even more). I bought a used bottom-freezer fridge that can hold 4x 6.0 carboys and it's been awesome.

M_C

Misplaced_Canuck said:

Isn't it a fair amount of work for only a 2 carboy capacity? A slightly enlarged floor would have held 4 (or even more). I bought a used bottom-freezer fridge that can hold 4x 6.0 carboys and it's been awesome.

M_C

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Yeah, it is a bit of work and expensive. In the end it would have been cheaper and easier to get a freezer or fridge. However, I built this because space is a premium (this will be kept inside), so it is built to be 'just big enough'. A fridge/freezer would have been too big.

Misplaced_Canuck said:

I bought a used bottom-freezer fridge that can hold 4x 6.0 carboys and it's been awesome.

M_C

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this is a DIY forum

nice looking build! I did something similar for my kegerator see thread here:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/my-kegerator-build-frankin-mini-fridge-263926/

jtsims21 said:

this is a DIY forum

nice looking build! I did something similar for my kegerator see thread here:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/my-kegerator-build-frankin-mini-fridge-263926/

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Thanks. I had looked at your build before and it was part of the inspiration.