Rust never sleeps

[whovous]

I have an Ohmbrew Fermometer on order and want to use it with a 20 year old full size refrigerator. It will be in the garage, so I will need to heat the chamber in the winter.

The fridge was free and here's why:
1) There is a slow leak from the freezer to the refrigeration compartment. The drip is in one place. so a bowl can catch it all. The drip is rather slow, so emptying it once a month or so should suffice.
2) The former owner just ignored the drip most of the time. Eventually, it caused a bit of rust under the veggie drawers in the bottom of the unit.

I want to basically ignore both problems, other than using a bowl to catch the drip. Is this wise? The drip won't touch my vessel. And, I'd like to think that the rust just does not matter.

Am I approaching this the right way?

Thanks!

 

[1977Brewer]

Sounds serviceable to me. You might even stop the drip with a dehumidifier in the freezer. It might also never drip since you won't be running it a fridge temps.

Interior rust is no biggie. If it bugs you hit it with some Krylon between batches.

 

[flars]

Thread two or three months ago. Similar problem. I think the solution was to clean a drain tube meant to take condensation into the pan under refrigerator.

 

[whovous]

Thanks, that is what I need to know.

Another question, for the much longer term: Can I use the freezer to cool beer to drinking temps? More important, can I do that at the same time I am using the main compartment as a fermentation chamber? No doubt I'd need a second controller, but how many other problems am I looking at?

I may never try this, but would like to know.

 

[whovous]

Past attempts at locating the drain tube in this model have failed. It drips in an out of the way place, and if it keeps dripping, it keeps dripping.

 

[1977Brewer]

Your freezer compartment will chill most of the way, most of the time. I'd store beer in it if I had one.

 

[soccerdad]

WWNYD? He's the man to call when rust never sleeps.

 

[1977Brewer]

WWNYD? He's the man to call when rust never sleeps.

It's better to burn out.

 

[cattmoble]

Than fade away