Finlandbrews
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I have still not figured out what to use to heat my inside fridge for ale temperature control, can anybody recommend a safe equipment to use? I need it for a 25 gallons space.
lasko my heat ceramic heaters are the way to go I think. They are low wattage and safe to use and do great. I can keep my chamber at 95 in the middle of winter in my garage where ambient temp is single digits with one.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003XDTWN2/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
I like the ceramic heater lightbulbs for heating reptile tanks. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RMYKU3Y/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
I like the ceramic heater lightbulbs for heating reptile tanks. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RMYKU3Y/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
I recommend reptile heat tape from reptilebasics.com. It's the same stuff that home brew shops rebrand as fermwrap for a whole lot more money. I used 6 feet of it to line the walls of my fermentation chamber, and I have no problem doing saisons at 90F+ in my uninsulated garage in the winter.
lasko my heat ceramic heaters are the way to go i think. They are low wattage and safe to use and do great. I can keep my chamber at 95 in the middle of winter in my garage where ambient temp is single digits with one.
http://www.amazon.com/lasko-100-myh...e=utf8&qid=1454455903&sr=8-1&keywords=my+heat
Thanks drgonzo, can I ask if a heat mat can be as good as heat tape and would 15 watts be ok for 25 gallons space? My concern is to buy the tool and install. Not sure I can do that without being too messy and this tool to make hole seems rather expensive... Thanks for help
lasko my heat ceramic heaters are the way to go I think. They are low wattage and safe to use and do great. I can keep my chamber at 95 in the middle of winter in my garage where ambient temp is single digits with one.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003XDTWN2/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
I got a heat mat for seedlings from Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001WV010/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
Next time I'm going with heat tape - thinking of making some neoprene keg coozies with the heat tape for fermenting.
Thanks drgonzo, can I ask if a heat mat can be as good as heat tape and would 15 watts be ok for 25 gallons space? My concern is to buy the tool and install. Not sure I can do that without being too messy and this tool to make hole seems rather expensive... Thanks for help
lasko my heat ceramic heaters are the way to go I think. They are low wattage and safe to use and do great. I can keep my chamber at 95 in the middle of winter in my garage where ambient temp is single digits with one.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003XDTWN2/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
lasko my heat ceramic heaters are the way to go I think. They are low wattage and safe to use and do great. I can keep my chamber at 95 in the middle of winter in my garage where ambient temp is single digits with one.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003XDTWN2/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
lasko my heat ceramic heaters are the way to go I think. They are low wattage and safe to use and do great. I can keep my chamber at 95 in the middle of winter in my garage where ambient temp is single digits with one.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003XDTWN2/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
Don't buy the tool. Just have reptilebasics set it up for you. Buy this wiring set for $4.99, and in the drop down select to have them install it for you for $0.99. Very affordable. Again, this is the same stuff as fermwrap, so if you buy fermwrap you're just paying more for the same product.
I've never used a heat mat, so I can't speak to them, but I did read in another thread where someone contacted the manufacturer and they told them not to use it has a heating mat for fermenting as they were not designed to support that much weight. Again, I don't know, that's just what I read.
As far as how much you need, I really don't think you can overdo it for our application. Just line the walls of your fermentation chamber (use aluminum foil tape to get it to stay put), and you should be all good.
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