wambizzle
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Finally finished except for the faucets
Finally finished except for the faucets
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Finally finished. More taps as I get more funds.
I opted to keep the gas on the outside so I could keep 5 kegs. I may build a box to cover it in the future. I am also on the fence as to whether I need to add insulation. 2+ inches of wood is a pretty good insulator.
Beverage factory has the perlicks with SS shanks for 56.00. That's where I got my 3. Now I'm looking for a good priced stout faucet for my fourth
I just finished mine last night, minus the temp controller. I plugged it in to test it, and even on the warmest setting the thing got down to less than 25 degrees and started to ice up in about 20 minutes. For the seal I used the spongey weather stripping and placed an outer "apron" collar to the main collar. I used 2x8's for the inner and 1x10 for the outer. It also gave me a place to attach a drip tray. Take a look at the pics. Good luck
John
So jealous you all found black chest freezers, I'm stuck with a white one.
Jomamma - what size wood did you use for the collar build?
I am in the middle of building my keezer out of a magic chef 5 cubic ft freezer. The only thing left are the taps lines &co2. It currently is used as a beer cooler for various bottles of beer. My keezer is currently set to 37 degrees and maintains the temp for 5 minutes which means the compressor is off and on every 5 minutes. For this reason I'm contemplating installing a CPU fan to reduce the amount of time the compressor has to run.
A fan will help provide a more evenly distributed temperature so you don't have temperature layering inside the freezer. It will also help prevent mold. But it's not going to drastically change how much your freezer runs.
Are you using an STC-1000 as your temp controller? What is the F2 setting set on? That controls how much it will allow the temperature to fluctuate before it calls for cooling. I have mine set on .5 deg C, but since you're in Fahrenheit, I would set it at 1 deg F to lengthen the time the compressor is not running.
How do you have your temp probe placed in the freezer? Is it open air or in a liquid? I have mine in a half gallon plastic milk jug full of water. It reduces the reaction time to slight temperature fluctuations inside the freezer.
If I had to guess, my freezer runs once every 1-1/2 to 2 hrs.
I hope that helps.
an inch of wood is roughly R-1...an inch of EPS foam is roughly R-3.5 an inch of XPS is roughly R-5.
A rather larger difference. Just a half inch of XPS foamboard with a little spray foam to seal the seams could up the insulation quite a bit....
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