Potential fermentation chamber

[android]

well OK, it will become a fermentation chamber somehow... i'm curious to get some opinions from those of you who've done them or have know-how in refrigeration. the pics below are of the same unit in white, i got a black one for really cheap from a college kid here on craigslist, still works great. the only trepidation i have is from the separate freezer compartment... there's no separate control for it and i'm wondering if it will continue to try and freeze since i plan to remove the doors and build an extension on it.

anyway, ideas, thoughts on how this will work would be appreciated.

 

[Hang Glider]

Yes, it will 'try' to freeze, but with a temp controller and a fan to stir the air around your chamber, should work fine...

 

[android]

sweet, thanks.

 

[SankePankey]

Hey-

This is kind of OT, but I couldn't find the answer anywhere.

Would it be possible to cut out (even partially) the separation between the freezer and the fridge? I have seen people do this with a side by side, but not with one like this. For cold crashing/lagering purposes.

I imagine the coolant lines are all around the freezer box- in which case, no, but I can't find any schematics online about these fridges.

This would be in lieu of getting an upright freezer.

Thanks.

 

[android]

i've definitely considered it, but i'm also worried about the cooling lines. i'm almost 100% sure they run all around the freezer compartment, which gets pretty damn cold. i was hoping to minimize the size of the extension i put on it, but i think i'll just provide room for 2 fermenters, i'll be using it mostly for fermenting lagers in and lagering them. and probably a few ales in the summer when my basement gets too warm. i don't want to make it too big and lose the good cooling ability of it. i think i'll put a muffin fan on the top and on the bottom to maxmize the cooling ability from the freezer compartment.