kpr121
Well-Known Member
So a buddy of mine is offering to give me his his 15-18 CF dead chest freezer (basically doesnt want to pay to have it disposed of). He's had a HVAC guy look at it already and he said that it would need either new R12 and recharged, or would need all the guts replaced (both not cheap). I plan to check to see if it may just need a new capacitor but I doubt thats the case because the HVAC guy is an aquantance and does quality work. He wouldnt be trying to rip us off. I figure that is going to cost me upwards of 150 bucks either way.
So here is my plan. Tell me if I am crazy:
Cut a square hole in the side of the freezer and mount an AC Unit. Then add a temp controller and bypass the existing AC thermostat. Leave in the garage or under the back porch for fermenting, and long term beer and grain storage.
It would basically be similar to the other AC unit builds except I would already have a large airtight insulated box.
Anyone see any problems with this? Any suggestions? Pictures of existing builds?
So here is my plan. Tell me if I am crazy:
Cut a square hole in the side of the freezer and mount an AC Unit. Then add a temp controller and bypass the existing AC thermostat. Leave in the garage or under the back porch for fermenting, and long term beer and grain storage.
It would basically be similar to the other AC unit builds except I would already have a large airtight insulated box.
Anyone see any problems with this? Any suggestions? Pictures of existing builds?