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Looks awesome! I need to get working on this, but I think I better raise my life insurance and home insurance first.
 
Yea. Not many here who believed in this project from start. Its interesting.
Down to 8 degrees now.

Screw the norm, you've got to experiment to see if it works right? That's one of the best parts of this hobby for me!:rockin:
 
Im constantly down to 6°C/43°F now. On extreme warm days when tep in the room exeeds 27°C, it rises above 8°C. But when its only 25°C in the room, it stays at 6°C. So I think that it would be appropiate wit at least 5 peltiers for two kegs. We are gonna do a little project for 1 keg with only 3 air cooled peltiers.
Maybe Im gonna ad 2 more peltiers and air cool them. Just in the name of sciense. Or, just because I have 2 more laying around.

Now I have a question. You guys who have something similar.... How do you connect the vinyl tubing? i managed to press it into a John Guest fitting and recieve a restrictor setup. But the JG fittings are 3/8, while my tubing is 10 mm. 3/8 is roughly 9.5mm.
 
Just an update here for all the no sayers out there!
Im constantly down to 40°F or like 4°C here now when I can keep it to 72°F/22°C inside!
Wouldnt you call it in as a win??

I left this behind now and take on my next challenge. This one is not beer, but a racecar. I just need to do this....

Well... I still have my bottlingmashine unfinished!
 
Hi

I think you will need more water flow than you believe.
To get the coolers to do a good job, you want nearly zero temperature differenace between the water in radiator and the water in the cooling block.

Bob

Well... I now use this same ol damned pump but at what I think is 3.5 volts. Its what the computer supply give at the least? I got tired of the noise from the pump. But still im down lager temp here!

So Either way, I won!!!!!
 
So now I can tell you all the secret!
:ban::mug:



Dont go all this way. Buy a refrigirator.


Can you elaborate? I built an enclosure to hold a single keg at cellar temperature and used the peltier unit from a wine fridge, but it is unable to get more than about 10 degrees below ambient with a 5 gallon corny. Trying to decide if i should start over or find a 2nd peltier unit to add to this.
 
Yea! I would do that! AND fan inside. I think when I installed the fan, thats when my temp began to drop! Im currently down 15°C below the room temp. Sometimes lower. It varies between 5°C and 7°C when the room is about 21°C to23°C.
Im happy, but maybe the watercooling is overkill. We are gonna build another cooler for a friend, and that one will just be for 1 corny but he wants 4 peltiers. Air cooled. its better, cause then we can reduce voltage if necessary.

Good luck
 
scaryeyes said:
Yea! I would do that! AND fan inside. I think when I installed the fan, thats when my temp began to drop! Im currently down 15°C below the room temp. Sometimes lower. It varies between 5°C and 7°C when the room is about 21°C to23°C.
Im happy, but maybe the watercooling is overkill. We are gonna build another cooler for a friend, and that one will just be for 1 corny but he wants 4 peltiers. Air cooled. its better, cause then we can reduce voltage if necessary.

Good luck

Thanks, ill try a fan first as i have an extra fan lying around somewhere. I think ill move it to my basement where its a bit cooler as well.
 
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