Humidity Killed My Space Heater

[imperialipa]

And suggestions on what I cna use in my temp controlled fermentation chamber. Its a chest freezer with a digital temp controller hooked up to it.

I noticed today my portable space heater was all rusted out and coroded. It gets pretty humid in there I would imagine.

What would you recommend I can plug in that is resistant to humidity and corrosion.

I dont want a light source becasue I am not warpping my carboy in foil everytime I brew. so I need soething that heats up and does no emit uv or light. Suggestions?

 

[BryngelBrau]

You could use Fermwrap depending on the size of you fermentation chamber. You wouldn't necessarily need to wrap the fermenter if it is a larger space with multiple fermenters. If it is insulated well you are just trying to maintain a temperature and that shouldn't take a lot of energy. There are also desiccants that you use to reduce the humidity.

 

[day_trippr]

i built a 120 watt "heater" using ten 10 ohm wire wound ceramic resistors wired across a pair of terminal strips.

I set this on the floor of my primary ferm fridge during the cold season. Works great...

Cheers!

 

[Malric]

+1 for the fermwrap

 

[StMarcos]

Use an incandescent bulb and put a black garbage bag over the carboy. I used to tear a hole in the bottom of the bag for the carboy neck and airlock to poke through, and then slide it over the top. Easy, functional and cheap....

 

[ekjohns]

or those lizard heat string found cheaply at pet stores

 

[horseinmay]

They make ceramic bulbs for heating reptiles. It's shaped like a lightbulb, but it's white ceramic. No Light, only heat.

 

[Bartp]

I second incandescent bulb, I've been using a clamp lamp in my fermentation chamber with great results. A 60w bulb will give off exactly as much heat as a 60w heater. Plus its dirt cheap and much safer I feel. I never worried about light exposure, incandescent bulbs are not a source of UV light, which will skunk your beer. But if you're really worried about it than put the bulb inside a tin coffee can and poke some holes in it.


Lamp
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00076Q0FQ/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

 

[Malric]

I spent under $10 for my ferm wrap. Works great with my dual stage controller.

http://mattmegbrew.blogspot.com/2009/11/cheap-fermwrap.html