Fermentation Chamber Heating Recommendations

[RyPA]

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I am trying to prep my fermentation chamber (kegerator fridge) to get warm enough for kveik. Does anyone have experience with the below pads? If i line these on the walls of the chamber, can i get my all rounder fermenter to ~95F?

https://a.co/d/3X72czk

 

[Deadalus]

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I am trying to prep my fermentation chamber (kegerator fridge) to get warm enough for kveik. Does anyone have experience with the below pads? If i line these on the walls of the chamber, can i get my all rounder fermenter to ~95F?

https://a.co/d/3X72czk

I cooked a kolsch once with a seedling mat, I was not understanding the settings properly on a controller. I had wrapped the mat around a carboy. I know it got up into at least the high 80s. It would have been in a colder month in my basement as I had them covered. They are ~20 watts usually. The one you linked is on the lower side @17.5 watts. I normally used one mat wrapped around a carboy for ales in the winter and cooler months in my basement but I haven't used a kveik in a long time and never with a mat.

Look at the Brewbuilt unitank stick-on cone warmers. I think they list the wattage for various sizes to get an idea of how much might be needed. You might be able to hit that temp with 20 watts and likely with 40. You would be inside a chamber vs room temperature as I was.

 

[Indian_villager]

Bringing this thread back from the dead.

I am trying to prep my fermentation chamber (kegerator fridge) to get warm enough for kveik. Does anyone have experience with the below pads? If i line these on the walls of the chamber, can i get my all rounder fermenter to ~95F?

https://a.co/d/3X72czk

Those will work, I use something similar with an inkbird controller. The 10x20 ones are only 17.5 w so you really don't have to worry about cooking your yeast.

 

[RyPA]

Those will work, I use something similar with an inkbird controller. The 10x20 ones are only 17.5 w so you really don't have to worry about cooking your yeast.

Are they suitable to warm a chamber, or do you need to have them pressed up against the vessel?

 

[Indian_villager]

I have used them wrapped around the fermenter and for fermenters with a flat bottom I have just placed the fermenter on top (big mouth bubbler, speidel, fermonster etc.) At 17.5 w it can heat a chamber but you will get better mileage having direct contact.