jasonclick
Well-Known Member
I've been thinking about this project for a while and thought I would throw it out here to see if it's feasible or if anyone else has attempted it.
Basically what I'm trying to accomplish is to save some space in my garage and save on my electrical bill with one appliance.
Currently I have a commercial kegerator. I bought this cheap off of craigslist and thought I would get more use out of it than I do. What I've found is the lines are a pain to keep clean and the tap get's sticky if I don't use it often enough. What I've been doing is keeping my kegs in it and using one of the picnic taps. I've also got a converted chest freezer with a temp control to serve as my fermentation chamber.
Here's my idea... Sell the kegerator #1. Then convert the freezer into a keezer with the addition of a collar to extend the lid up... not to add taps but to put a fan on one side to blow cold air into a fermentation chamber I'll build onto the side of the freezer.... similar to some of the chambers here on this forum. I will put a temp control on the fan and block it off when it's not used. That way I can keep the freezer at a colder steady temp to keep my kegs cold and then use some of the cold air to cool down a fermentation chamber box on the side of the freezer when I'm fermenting. Is this idea feasible? I'd rather not go through the effort if I'm totally missing something somewhere.
Thanks.
Basically what I'm trying to accomplish is to save some space in my garage and save on my electrical bill with one appliance.
Currently I have a commercial kegerator. I bought this cheap off of craigslist and thought I would get more use out of it than I do. What I've found is the lines are a pain to keep clean and the tap get's sticky if I don't use it often enough. What I've been doing is keeping my kegs in it and using one of the picnic taps. I've also got a converted chest freezer with a temp control to serve as my fermentation chamber.
Here's my idea... Sell the kegerator #1. Then convert the freezer into a keezer with the addition of a collar to extend the lid up... not to add taps but to put a fan on one side to blow cold air into a fermentation chamber I'll build onto the side of the freezer.... similar to some of the chambers here on this forum. I will put a temp control on the fan and block it off when it's not used. That way I can keep the freezer at a colder steady temp to keep my kegs cold and then use some of the cold air to cool down a fermentation chamber box on the side of the freezer when I'm fermenting. Is this idea feasible? I'd rather not go through the effort if I'm totally missing something somewhere.
Thanks.