I am using a broken chest freezer as a fermentation cabinet in my basement now that the weather is getting cold here in PA. It is in the 50s in my basement so I put a small space heater in the freezer and have it hooked up to my temp controller.
The problem is the space heater never comes on. I have the temp control set to 66 but I realized that when I have the controller hooked up to my fridge in the summer, it turns the compressor to the fridge ON when the ambient temp reaches 66 to cool everything down, which is the opposite of what I want with my heater. I want the heater to run until the temp reaches 66 and then have the temp control shut the heater OFF.
Any idea how I would go about this?
The problem is the space heater never comes on. I have the temp control set to 66 but I realized that when I have the controller hooked up to my fridge in the summer, it turns the compressor to the fridge ON when the ambient temp reaches 66 to cool everything down, which is the opposite of what I want with my heater. I want the heater to run until the temp reaches 66 and then have the temp control shut the heater OFF.
Any idea how I would go about this?