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So, I have a little chest freezer, and I thought it would be great to use it to power a fermentation chamber. Well, we've had some unseasonably warm temps here and I've discovered that for me, this combination will not work.
I've got a fan pushing air from the bottom of the keezer into the ferm chamber, and a fan mixing up the air in the keezer.
The keezer is running all the time, and while the fermentation chamber is cooled to decent temps, I can tell this is not how I want things to work.
I'm thinking of getting one of the little 5500 btu window units and putting that on my fermentation chamber.
I've sized my fermentation chamber to hold a 15 gallon plastic conical, or 2 5 gallon carboys, with enough extra space to allow me to fit the AC unit.
What I want to know is, will the AC unit work?
What is the lowest temp I can expect the AC unit to provide?
Note: I live in Reno, NV, and for several months out of the year, temps will be highly variable, going up into the the hundreds.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can provide.
I've got a fan pushing air from the bottom of the keezer into the ferm chamber, and a fan mixing up the air in the keezer.
The keezer is running all the time, and while the fermentation chamber is cooled to decent temps, I can tell this is not how I want things to work.
I'm thinking of getting one of the little 5500 btu window units and putting that on my fermentation chamber.
I've sized my fermentation chamber to hold a 15 gallon plastic conical, or 2 5 gallon carboys, with enough extra space to allow me to fit the AC unit.
What I want to know is, will the AC unit work?
What is the lowest temp I can expect the AC unit to provide?
Note: I live in Reno, NV, and for several months out of the year, temps will be highly variable, going up into the the hundreds.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can provide.