I just added a fan to my keezer in hopes the temp would distribute more and cut down on condensation but I have it only turn on with the controller. If you have a fan in your keezer are you running all the time?
I just added a fan to my keezer in hopes the temp would distribute more and cut down on condensation but I have it only turn on with the controller. If you have a fan in your keezer are you running all the time?
I just added a fan to my keezer in hopes the temp would distribute more and cut down on condensation but I have it only turn on with the controller. If you have a fan in your keezer are you running all the time?
I guess I will look at running the fan 24/7. It seemed wasteful but sounds like that is what most do.
No it isn't really, it takes a lot more power to start a fan, especially if it's cold and the bearings and or bushings are cold and tight. They will create more drag and consume much more power in starting than it was running. Overall, it is cheaper to run a fan 24/7 then it is to start it and stop it. This is especially true for motors that use capacitors for start.
(My daughter is currently enrolled in engineering classes quote she used motors, the one in our HVAC system in particular, to do a time and kilowatt study. We found that it actually saves about 1000 kilowatts over the course of a year to run it 24/7 rather than starting it when needed. We have kept the fan on for the last 16 months constantly and we have better temperature control and air quality because of it.)
I guess I will look at running the fan 24/7. It seemed wasteful but sounds like that is what most do.
Ever since I started using this I have zero condensation issues.
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Don't understand how a fan will help with condensation, I always thought that depends on your local humidity and how much air leakage one has to the keezer.
Maybe if I lived in a dry climate I would be a fan of freezer keezers, but IME in the northeast a fridge is better...my keezers always turned to swamp in the humid summer months...
I keep my gas inside so up until I added the fan my only hole was for the temp probe which I then filled with caulk. It has been so long since I added the collar I don't recall but I think I have weather striping between the collar and the freezer. I left the freezer lid alone on top of the collar because it fit well and should be just as good as if the collar wasn't there.
The fan has me stumped. For now I cut a small trench in the collar for the cord. If I was to drill another hole it would need to be excessively big to fit the plug. If the trench works I can add caulk to tighten it up.
I should probably take it all apart but with 2x10s it is fairly big and I'm being lazy.
On mine I put weatherstripping on the top of the freezer/bottom of the collar connection as well as on the top of the collar/bottom lid connection. Even though the freezer lid has its own seal, I found that it wasn't sealing tightly on mine as boards generally aren't straight enough to provide a good seal. Give it a try around yours with the dollar bill trick. Essentially put a dollar bill on top of the collar and close the lid. If you can pull it out without much effort then you don't have a tight seal. Try this all the way around your collar.
I wouldn't overthink the cord management too much. Just notch out a bit of the weatherstripping a bit, and run your cords through there. The lid seal should help keep out all but the smallest amount of air there.
Although at this point I think we've veered far , which was should you keep your keezer fan running 24/7, and to that I say yes.
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