Electric Fermentation heater outside

[MatchstickBrewingCo.]

I'm looking in to buying this (http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/electric-fermentation-heater.html) electric fermentation heater and was just wanted ask a question to anyone thats used one.

I was thinking about using it in my basement but realized my basement is too hot most of the time. Has anyone tried using this in a garage when its 30-50 degrees outside? Does it get hot enough to bring a glass carboy to around 65 degrees? would I have to worry about the carboy shattering?

I know that it would work great in a fridge but I won't have a fridge to use for a few more weeks and have the itch to brew very soon as I'm sure most of you can understand.

Has anyone experimented using something else as a "chamber" like an aluminum trash can or something cheap of that nature? Sorry for the dumb questions!

 

[duboman]

No experience using one outside of a ferm chamber but if the garage gets that cold I'd be afraid of thermal shock in the glass carboy

 

[WI_Wino]

What temp is your basement? A basic swamp cooler may be easy.

 

[MatchstickBrewingCo.]

Basement gets up to high 70's when heat is on so unless I get my fridge up from PA I think the basement is out of the questions.

duboman... I was kind of worried about the thermal shock too, thats why I wanted to see if anyone had any direct experience with this.

Thanks for the input!

 

[RM-MN]

Put your carboy in the garage with the heater, then put a big cardboard box over the whole thing. The cardboard had 2 advantages over the trash can. It's really cheap, and it's an insulator. It should work good. Put a piece of wood under the carboy to insulate it from the garage floor.