Thanks for the suggestion.
I can tell when the foam fell off, because there is a big dip on the Inkbird graph.
I can tell when the foam fell off, because there is a big dip on the Inkbird graph.
I hold mine on with a few small bungee cords strung togetherWell, it turns out tape does not like sticking to Torpedo kegs. This afternoon, the foam fell off. I tried electrical tape. No good. I tried medical tape--the stuff you can never get off your skin once you put it on--no good. I could not find the duck tape or gorilla tape.
I asked myself what kind of adhesive sticks to things that are wet.
Now the probe is back in place, held there by two big gauze bandages. The self-adhesive bandages they make these days will stick to anything.
Why is the outside of your fermenter wet? I find that painter's tape (low adhesion by design) works fine when applied to a dry surface of a fermentation vessel.Well, it turns out tape does not like sticking to Torpedo kegs. This afternoon, the foam fell off. I tried electrical tape. No good. I tried medical tape--the stuff you can never get off your skin once you put it on--no good. I could not find the duck tape or gorilla tape.
I asked myself what kind of adhesive sticks to things that are wet.
Now the probe is back in place, held there by two big gauze bandages. The self-adhesive bandages they make these days will stick to anything.
How did you get condensation at typical fermentation temperatures? My water supply isn't usually cold enough to get the wort down to target pitching temp, so I put my fermenters in the chest freezer, tape the temp probe under a piece of foam, and set the controller to pitching temp. No chance for condensation before I apply the tape.I think it had condensation on it.
As luck would have it, there was a can of plumber's putty on top of the fermenting fridge. It's hard and crumbly, so if someone is getting plumber's putty to work, it must be a different kind.
I got bandages to work again. I have a lot of painter's tape, so maybe I can apply some over the bandages to hold foam on.
I'm going to get some bungee cords.
Well, it turns out tape does not like sticking to Torpedo kegs. This afternoon, the foam fell off. I tried electrical tape. No good. I tried medical tape--the stuff you can never get off your skin once you put it on--no good. I could not find the duck tape or gorilla tape.
I asked myself what kind of adhesive sticks to things that are wet.
Now the probe is back in place, held there by two big gauze bandages. The self-adhesive bandages they make these days will stick to anything.
Captain Obvious here. Maybe tape it when the keg is dry? A water-proof tape should stick fine thereafter.sticks to things that are wet
FYI - The fermometers I've used are marked every 2 degrees, but it there is a blue indicator instead of green, the temperature is between the blue and the brown. So you can read to 1 degree. And if it's turquoise (blue-green), I call it to the nearest half degree. That's not in the instructions, but it makes sense to me.
I suspect that the window cleaner left a surface film on the fermenter, which is the root of your problem. You should always rinse off any cleaners, and dry well before applying tape.It was dry when I put the tape on, and it got wet later. Then when I dried it off and cleaned it with window cleaner, I could not get anything to stick well. I should have pointed that out.