So, I was going to buy a chest style freezer, and toss a thermostat controller on it to use as a climate controlled fermentation chamber. At most, I'll only ever have 2 carboys going at once, and I only one 1 so far.
I haven't gotten the chest freezer yet, but I do have an extra full size refrigerator in the garage... I also already bought my thermostat controller from Amazon, and made my ghetto light bulb in a paint can heating element.
Just to throw this out there, I got the IMAGE® Mini Digital Temperature Controller Thermostat Aquarium Sensor STC-1000.
The refrigerator I have is a side by side (Freezer Left/Fridge Right) and I currently use the fridge side for beer (bottles, cans etc). I don't use the freezer side at all.
My question is, can I use that thermostat controller to ONLY control the freezer side? Anyone ever done something like that?
From the directions, and looking at the STC-1000, It looks like you cut off the plug end of a freezer/fridge and wire it through the controller so it can turn it on and off accordingly. However, on the back of my fridge, there is only one plug (obviously, like all other fridges) and it powers the fridge AND the freezer.
I found this thread. Its a long read, but it's helping my plan a bit!
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/side-side-kegerator-fermentation-chamber-161176/
I haven't gotten the chest freezer yet, but I do have an extra full size refrigerator in the garage... I also already bought my thermostat controller from Amazon, and made my ghetto light bulb in a paint can heating element.
Just to throw this out there, I got the IMAGE® Mini Digital Temperature Controller Thermostat Aquarium Sensor STC-1000.
The refrigerator I have is a side by side (Freezer Left/Fridge Right) and I currently use the fridge side for beer (bottles, cans etc). I don't use the freezer side at all.
My question is, can I use that thermostat controller to ONLY control the freezer side? Anyone ever done something like that?
From the directions, and looking at the STC-1000, It looks like you cut off the plug end of a freezer/fridge and wire it through the controller so it can turn it on and off accordingly. However, on the back of my fridge, there is only one plug (obviously, like all other fridges) and it powers the fridge AND the freezer.
I found this thread. Its a long read, but it's helping my plan a bit!
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/side-side-kegerator-fermentation-chamber-161176/
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