PorterGlenn
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I recently put together a chest freezer (5 cubic feet) with an STC-1000 and I currently do not have a heater in this thing, however its in my Denver, CO basement and aside from the freezer compressor turning on, there shouldnt be any outside forces making it too cold this time of year?
Anyways I have a indoor/outdoor min/max thermometer in the freezer and I am getting readings all over the place. The indoor reading is taken at the top of the freezer in the little basket from ~60*F to ~70*F and the outdoor is a reader on a chord that hangs to the bottom of the freezer reading from ~50*F to ~60*F.
I realize hot air rises so this makes sense, but I am getting ~20*F swings from min/max bottom of freezer to top of freezer, this seems pretty excessive? Its that much swing going to effect my fermentation?
Also I think the outdoor reader on the chord that hangs to the bottom is touching the metal lining? Could the metal (anywhere, top/bottom/sides?) be that much cooler than the air at the top/middle/bottom? If so should I put my fermentors on a towel or something so it isnt sitting on the cold metal?
Will the STC-1000 temp reader on the chord be ok in a glass of water in there to try and emulate what temp the beer actually is?
Anyways I have a indoor/outdoor min/max thermometer in the freezer and I am getting readings all over the place. The indoor reading is taken at the top of the freezer in the little basket from ~60*F to ~70*F and the outdoor is a reader on a chord that hangs to the bottom of the freezer reading from ~50*F to ~60*F.
I realize hot air rises so this makes sense, but I am getting ~20*F swings from min/max bottom of freezer to top of freezer, this seems pretty excessive? Its that much swing going to effect my fermentation?
Also I think the outdoor reader on the chord that hangs to the bottom is touching the metal lining? Could the metal (anywhere, top/bottom/sides?) be that much cooler than the air at the top/middle/bottom? If so should I put my fermentors on a towel or something so it isnt sitting on the cold metal?
Will the STC-1000 temp reader on the chord be ok in a glass of water in there to try and emulate what temp the beer actually is?