Costs and difficulty aside, i'm looking at the differences in effectiveness of a swamp cooler and son of fermenter for fermentation temperature control.
I was planning on building a son of fermenter type climate control, but am wondering if a swamp cooler is actually more effective/efficient. I am aware a swamp cooler might lead to some small deviations in temperature with the melting and replacing of ice, but I am thinking that a son of fermenter will do the same thing. That is, the thermostat will only kick in once a temperature change is detected. Also, the fact that in the swamp cooler the water surrounding the fermenting bucket acts as an insulator to ambient air temperature changes, so I would suspect fermentation temperatures would have smaller deviations.
What about ice life? I'm planning on using frozen water bottles or similar, does anyone know which I might be able to replace them less often in?
Overall, it's just starting to seem like there is no real advantage to a son of fermenter except for the fact that it's a little less messy.
Opinions? Thanks!
I was planning on building a son of fermenter type climate control, but am wondering if a swamp cooler is actually more effective/efficient. I am aware a swamp cooler might lead to some small deviations in temperature with the melting and replacing of ice, but I am thinking that a son of fermenter will do the same thing. That is, the thermostat will only kick in once a temperature change is detected. Also, the fact that in the swamp cooler the water surrounding the fermenting bucket acts as an insulator to ambient air temperature changes, so I would suspect fermentation temperatures would have smaller deviations.
What about ice life? I'm planning on using frozen water bottles or similar, does anyone know which I might be able to replace them less often in?
Overall, it's just starting to seem like there is no real advantage to a son of fermenter except for the fact that it's a little less messy.
Opinions? Thanks!