tconnolly1120
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Hey all,
Just kegged my first beer a few days ago and purchased a chest freezer to keep it in (also to use as a fermentation chamber at different times). I purchased a Johnson Controls A19AAT-2C Freezer Temperature Controller to regulate the temperature and hopefully keep it around 40 F. I've had the Chest Freezer plugged into the Controller for 4 days now and the Chest Freezer has yet to go below 60 F. I followed the exact instructions:
1. Plug the Chest Freezer into the female portion of the controller plug and plug the male portion into the wall.
2. Put the coil into the chest freezer.
3. Put the chest freezer to the coldest temperature on the on-board thermostat.
I have to keep adjusting the external set point lower and lower to get the freezer to turn back on. I have the external set point at 38 F now and the freezer is still at 60 F. Every time I lower the external temp controller by 5 F the freezer kicks back on for about 5 minutes and then shuts back off.
This has effectively led to the carbonating of my beer to take forever.
What could be the problem here? The chest freezer is brand new.
Just kegged my first beer a few days ago and purchased a chest freezer to keep it in (also to use as a fermentation chamber at different times). I purchased a Johnson Controls A19AAT-2C Freezer Temperature Controller to regulate the temperature and hopefully keep it around 40 F. I've had the Chest Freezer plugged into the Controller for 4 days now and the Chest Freezer has yet to go below 60 F. I followed the exact instructions:
1. Plug the Chest Freezer into the female portion of the controller plug and plug the male portion into the wall.
2. Put the coil into the chest freezer.
3. Put the chest freezer to the coldest temperature on the on-board thermostat.
I have to keep adjusting the external set point lower and lower to get the freezer to turn back on. I have the external set point at 38 F now and the freezer is still at 60 F. Every time I lower the external temp controller by 5 F the freezer kicks back on for about 5 minutes and then shuts back off.
This has effectively led to the carbonating of my beer to take forever.
What could be the problem here? The chest freezer is brand new.