LarryC
Well-Known Member
I just finished setting up my Keezer / fermentation chamber (no fancy cabinet or taps - yet!). I have a Ranco control running a FermWrap on my Better Bottle and a STC 1000 controlling the freezer temp. I'm currently fermenting a summer ale and it did a great job of holding the temp at 68° during the active fermentation.
Now the fermentation is slowed down and I'm gradually ratcheting up the temp a bit to finish out the beer. However, I find that I have had to raise my freezer temp to get the FermWrap to bring the temp up (going to top out at 71°). Currently the freezer temp is at 9°C (48° F) which is higher than I'd like to keep it when there are full kegs in there. I'm a bit disappointing in the FermWraps ability to raise the temp up in these conditions but maybe that wasn't what it was designed to do.
So I was thinking of just buying an inexpensive heating pad and setting that under the BB and plugged into the Ranco along with the FermWrap. There is some condensation on the walls inside the freezer but nothing on the floor so it seems like that would be OK. Anybody done this? Any better ideas of raising the temp without warming the freezer temp anymore?
Now the fermentation is slowed down and I'm gradually ratcheting up the temp a bit to finish out the beer. However, I find that I have had to raise my freezer temp to get the FermWrap to bring the temp up (going to top out at 71°). Currently the freezer temp is at 9°C (48° F) which is higher than I'd like to keep it when there are full kegs in there. I'm a bit disappointing in the FermWraps ability to raise the temp up in these conditions but maybe that wasn't what it was designed to do.
So I was thinking of just buying an inexpensive heating pad and setting that under the BB and plugged into the Ranco along with the FermWrap. There is some condensation on the walls inside the freezer but nothing on the floor so it seems like that would be OK. Anybody done this? Any better ideas of raising the temp without warming the freezer temp anymore?