Alright, so it is finally getting warm here in Iowa... Good for golf, bad for brewing. I don't plan on having my apartments ac set at 65F all the time, so I am looking into some chilling ideas. I've read plenty of ideas for altering a mini fridge and such, but I love my mini fridge, and I'll need that later to chill my home brews.
I think I've devised a plan that should work at least somewhat efficiently. What I think I'm planning to do is build a box out of insulated sheathing and plywood. I haven't finished drawing blue prints and getting prices cause I wanted to get your guys opinions on how well it will work first, but I think it should be fairly low cost/maintenance. So I build the box out of insulation and support it with a hard outside cover of plywood. Then I line the inside with some waterproof material (suggestions for material?? I was thinking about cutting a huge garbage bag in half and trying to fit that??) Then I fill with some water and add water bottles of ice as needed. Obviously there is a lid built in same way.
What do you guys think? Will it work, will it work well? I want to fit two carboys in it, and I'm at work so not sure on exact dimensions of my carboy, but found some online. So I'm thinking my chest would be 36" long, 30" tall, and 20" deep.
I think I've devised a plan that should work at least somewhat efficiently. What I think I'm planning to do is build a box out of insulated sheathing and plywood. I haven't finished drawing blue prints and getting prices cause I wanted to get your guys opinions on how well it will work first, but I think it should be fairly low cost/maintenance. So I build the box out of insulation and support it with a hard outside cover of plywood. Then I line the inside with some waterproof material (suggestions for material?? I was thinking about cutting a huge garbage bag in half and trying to fit that??) Then I fill with some water and add water bottles of ice as needed. Obviously there is a lid built in same way.
What do you guys think? Will it work, will it work well? I want to fit two carboys in it, and I'm at work so not sure on exact dimensions of my carboy, but found some online. So I'm thinking my chest would be 36" long, 30" tall, and 20" deep.