wfowlks
Well-Known Member
So, I recently had won a bet with SWMBO, and my prize purse was $60 in my own slush fund.
I have decided that I want to build a fermentation chamber, and this will be my build thread. I have been looking at a lot of other ones, and as an engineer I like to tinker, and abuse things (using them for things other than they were originally intended).
I have looked at the "son of a fermentation chamber" as well as some other options and I wasn't exactly pleased with them, so hence me making my own.
My overall goal with this project is to find a solution that works, given some restraints:
SWMBO has yet to come home yet, but I have just scored a Mini fridge on Craig's list for $2. The reason it was so cheep?
The person had the fridge locked for transportation, however when he went to open it, the key broke off in the lock and he couldn't get it open.
So I finally got it open, and this is what it looked like inside.
Now I am debating whether to leave the fridge as is, take off the door and use it for the chamber, or to put the door on and some how suck out the cold air. All the heat exchange coils are on the back:
I have decided that I want to build a fermentation chamber, and this will be my build thread. I have been looking at a lot of other ones, and as an engineer I like to tinker, and abuse things (using them for things other than they were originally intended).
I have looked at the "son of a fermentation chamber" as well as some other options and I wasn't exactly pleased with them, so hence me making my own.
My overall goal with this project is to find a solution that works, given some restraints:
- It has to be under $80 total, ($20 is from what I had left before the bet).
- It has to fit in a corner of my bar room, as I live in a row house, and that is my only sanctuary.
- I'd like it to hold 2 6.5 gallon carboys.
- I would prefer to use a mini fridge or it's guts because our freezer is kind of full and can't handle liter bottles in it.
- I would preferably like to have it raised off the ground a little bit as to make it easier for racking purposes.
- I would like to have a view window, so that I can look at it, if not a door will suffice so that I can peek in.
SWMBO has yet to come home yet, but I have just scored a Mini fridge on Craig's list for $2. The reason it was so cheep?
The person had the fridge locked for transportation, however when he went to open it, the key broke off in the lock and he couldn't get it open.
So I finally got it open, and this is what it looked like inside.
Now I am debating whether to leave the fridge as is, take off the door and use it for the chamber, or to put the door on and some how suck out the cold air. All the heat exchange coils are on the back: