Adding Seedling Mat To Fermentation Chamber

[Mike Page]

Getting a seedling mat like this to add to my fermentation chamber for heat.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00P7U259C/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Where would you guys put it? My chamber is just a mini fridge with a STC-1000. I am considering putting it directly under the fermenter to heat the wort? Do you think this a bad call? Or should I put it up-against a wall to heat the ambient temp.

 

[jekeane]

I would think you can use it just like a fermwrap and wrap it around your vessel. This would give a more even distribution of you heat source. I secure my fermwrap with painters tape.

 

[bleme]

Mine is wrapped around the fermentor with a big bungee cord.

 

[Mike Page]

Mine is wrapped around the fermentor with a big bungee cord.

So you have something similar? I'm just worried it will heat the wort closest to the walls or bottom to fast and cause over heating in specific areas of the wort. Any experience with this?

 

[LLBeanJ]

I used one for about a year until it died. I just stood it up against the back wall of the freezer.

 

[bleme]

That hasn't been an issue at all. The seeding mat is very low power and doesn't create that much heat in the short time that it is on.

 

[Mike Page]

That hasn't been an issue at all. The seeding mat is very low power and doesn't create that much heat in the short time that it is on.

Great thanks. That's what I needed to know.