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Cutting holes to install the electrical equipment. Installed. Added some bling!!

And we are operational! I used some plastic electrical boxes from HD to assemble. The top temp controller turns on the air conditioner and a pump that just recirculates the fluid while the AC is on to prevent freezing on the coils. The second temp controller is just controlling the pump to...

Drilled some holes to pass tubing though to the heat exchanger.

Got some new toys in the mail. Some silicone tubing from brewershardware.com and some pumps and temp controllers.

Ran a first test of the chiller yesterday. Added 2 gallons of ~70 degree water and turned the air conditioner on. It cooled the water to 40F with ice forming on the coils in about 15 minutes. Before much ice formed, I turned the air conditioner off and closed the lid. I then left it for 18...

Kegs fit with room to spare. And here is an overall shot of the current state. Note I got some darker stain on it. I like the color much better now.

Here is the heat exchanger I will be using to cool the kegs. It is a transmission cooler. It is installed with zip-tie like things that came with it.

Whew! CO2 tank barely fit in. Had to carve out the insulation just a bit. View with shelf installed.

To add some durability, waterproofing, and better looks, I decided to line the insulated chamber with aluminum flashing. Here is a pic of all the pieces I cut to cover the panels. And here is a pic of them installed with some hvac aluminum tape to seal it all up. Here is a pic...

EDIT: Here is a pic of the semi-finished project. Read on to hear the build story. This is my first DIY project post on here, so go easy on me. I wanted to build an upgrade to my mini fridge kegerator. I spent a lot of time looking around on here at all of the very nice keezer designs, but...