Any quick fix to raise fermentation chest temp

[lhommedieu]

Good news. I put a 6.5 gallon carboy in a fridge in my garage and lo and behold - it turns out I can fit two of them! This will be perfect for fermenting 10 gallon batches.

I experimented with putting the fridge control on its highest (i.e. warmest) setting and replaced the light bulb in the can with a 60 ceramic heater. My STC-1000 temperature probe goes into a jug of water in the fridge and the device turns the heater on when the temperature drops below its set-point. I've been holding 9.9C for two days now and the fridge hardly ever cycles on because of the thermal mass in the keg of pilsner that I'm priming at the moment. With two full carboys and the probe in one of them, the system should be even more efficient.

I've seen the thread on adjusting the internal temperature controller, and I'm going to do this to my chest freezer for when I want to cold crash at 32F.

Thanks again for your comments.

 

[jimjohson]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxMGTAkIP28[/ame] I use this in my chamber with a 40w bulb here in west central GA