TwoHeadsBrewing
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Right on, I'd love to see your build thread when you're finished!
Nice, thanks. And just as an update; it's been into the high 30's here at night recently, which results in a temp of about 45F in the garage. But, thanks to the insulation in the chamber, temps inside have barely dipped lower than 60F. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I won't have to add a heater at all to this unit.
Great work, I was looking for something really close to this. Just wondered if you've had any issues with this since last posting, I'm in dire need of something like this and was thinking of doing a combo serving/fermenting chamber along these lines.Nice, thanks. And just as an update; it's been into the high 30's here at night recently, which results in a temp of about 45F in the garage. But, thanks to the insulation in the chamber, temps inside have barely dipped lower than 60F. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I won't have to add a heater at all to this unit.
Great work, I was looking for something really close to this. Just wondered if you've had any issues with this since last posting, I'm in dire need of something like this and was thinking of doing a combo serving/fermenting chamber along these lines.
Nope, this ferm chamber works great and even holds lagering temps fine as well. It takes a few hours to get down to temp, especially in the summer heat, but once there it holds the temp easily. I think it would also work as a kegerator, but definitely plan on 2" of insulation sheathing if that's what you intend. It really will run a lot if it's not insulated and sealed up well. Cheers!
any suggestions on how to make it a dual purpose serving & fermenting setup? I was thinking just putting a plywood wall as a divider with a couple of holes and fans setup to a thermostat to kick on and blow cold air into the fermenting chamber.
I just completed building my chamber and I'm having issues getting the chamber to drop below 48*. The fridge stays on the entire time and it just won't drop. I cannot find any leaks, but when I built the chamber I have the fridge enclosed except for the back and 1" up the side. Am I "choking" fridge, not allowing it to release it's heat, so it can't cool?
Well, since the weather has been cold these past few months I've been fermenting in my walk-in closet. Yeah...SWMBO has not been particularly thrilled with the glorious smell of fermentation! So, as the warm weather approaches I've been planning out a fermentation chamber build for the garage. I've got a nice workbench that seemed like the perfect place.
I fitted the fridge in the left hand side, firmly situated against the 2x4 frame of the shelf behind it.
Next step: add some framing on the floor and the back wall.
Then some insulation for the back wall and a plywood floor to adhere the insulation:
LOL, thanks for looking! I had a similar problem with all of my beer in our walkin closet off the master bedroom. After an especially stinky batch of hefeweizen, followed with 25 gallons total in there...well you get the picture. SWMBO finally said, "hey, did you get all the supplies for your fermentation chamber yet????".
THB (or anybody else who has built this device),
Have you had any luck getting to temperatures as low as freezing?
Thanks!
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