Heating a 14 gallon conical

[Bane]

I have a 14 gallon Stout Tanks conical. I have a cooling setup, but have recently move to a colder climate and find the need to heat it during the winter as I brew in my garage. Anyone have a good solution for heating of a 14 gallon conical? How well do things like the Spike conical heater work?

 

[mabrungard]

I ferment in a temperature controlled chamber that has a thermostatically controlled cooling circuit. In the winter, I put a heating pad in the chamber to keep it from falling too low. The cooling system keeps it from getting too high.

Add a heat source and keep your cooling source and it should work out. Crude, but effective.

 

[Jtvann]

Just ran into this problem myself.

What's your cooling method? Can you just use a warm water source instead of cold and keep doing the same thing? I put a fish tank heater in a cooler and pump warm water through the coils. It works great.

 

[Bane]

Just ran into this problem myself.

What's your cooling method? Can you just use a warm water source instead of cold and keep doing the same thing? I put a fish tank heater in a cooler and pump warm water through the coils. It works great.

I'm planning to test the heater for the brew bucket I bought from you to see what kind of increase over ambient it can provide when it's cold.

 

[Jtvann]

Doh ... didn't pay attention to the name. Using the brew bucket, you can expect the heater to handle 10-15 degree below ambient. I wouldn't trust ot much below that.

You can plug the pump into the heater plug on the controller and have it pump warm water. That will work in sub zero temps. I just had a Male fermenting at 68 while it was 18 degrees in my garage.

 

[Bane]

Doh ... didn't pay attention to the name. Using the brew bucket, you can expect the heater to handle 10-15 degree below ambient. I wouldn't trust ot much below that.

You can plug the pump into the heater plug on the controller and have it pump warm water. That will work in sub zero temps. I just had a Male fermenting at 68 while it was 18 degrees in my garage.

10 to 15 may be enough. My garage is usually 20 degrees above out side temp anyway.

 

[Dland]

If you want to keep it simple, a Fermwrap heater taped on and some insualtion works. Control w inkbird 308.

 

[GrumpyWally]

This seems to work for me: https://www.brewersfriend.com/2013/...tion-temperature-with-a-fermentation-chamber/