paparker21
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Im about to order the stuff to DIY fermwrap, but i thought before i spent the money I would make sure it's going to work. So if you've got experience with the following setup, please chime in!
Fermentation chamber will by an actively cooling refrigerator set to hold 45 F. I'll only be doing stuff at the typical 60-65 F ale temperature with this setup. I have an STC 1000 which will ONLY be used (at this time anyway) to control heat. This means I need to average +20F into my fermentation bucket.
Will the standard 24"x11" fermwrap / flexwatt put out enough heat to make up this temperature difference?
If not, does anyone have experience trying to use 4 strips of 3" x 24" flexwatt to achieve the same goal? It has a slightly higher heat ouput as shown below.
Alternatively, is there any other, equally small footprint suggestion to heating JUST the fermentation vessel? This is going into the same fridge that acts as my kegorator, hence the concern. Eventually i'll have an entirely seperate ferm setup and the STC1000 will be used to control both heating and cooling, but for now i'm working with what i've got.
Fermentation chamber will by an actively cooling refrigerator set to hold 45 F. I'll only be doing stuff at the typical 60-65 F ale temperature with this setup. I have an STC 1000 which will ONLY be used (at this time anyway) to control heat. This means I need to average +20F into my fermentation bucket.
Will the standard 24"x11" fermwrap / flexwatt put out enough heat to make up this temperature difference?
If not, does anyone have experience trying to use 4 strips of 3" x 24" flexwatt to achieve the same goal? It has a slightly higher heat ouput as shown below.
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from reptilebasics.com:
3"/6watt= .17 watts/sq.in.
3"/10watt= .27 watts/sq.in.
4"/8watt= .17 watts/sq.in.
11"/20watt= .15 watts/sq.in
Alternatively, is there any other, equally small footprint suggestion to heating JUST the fermentation vessel? This is going into the same fridge that acts as my kegorator, hence the concern. Eventually i'll have an entirely seperate ferm setup and the STC1000 will be used to control both heating and cooling, but for now i'm working with what i've got.