I built an 8 tap keezer from a used upright Frigidaire freezer and I was wondering if my performance issues were typical for an upright freezer or if my unit maybe has issues with older components.
Obviously an upright is going to lose all the cool air when opening each time, but anytime I clean beer lines it becomes an issue. Say I have the temperature in the inkbird set to 38F and the temperature rises to 44F on the beer can, the unit will run for 3 hours and get the beer can to 41F. Which is somewhat to be expected.
***The concern I have is that freezer itself has a temperature display and will show an internal temperature of 22-28F during this process which leads me to believe it is not getting cold enough.***
Usually if I have guests coming over and I plan to clean beer lines I need to do it at least two days in advance to stop the unit from freezing over to get back down to 38F.
I bought this unit used and not sure how it should perform. Should I look into getting a new unit or is this typical upright performance?
- Freezer is reasonably old. It does freeze, but takes some time compared to a chest freezer.
- Using a Wi-Fi inkbird (ITC-308), only rated for 1200W, not sure if that's an issue once the compressor starts, probably not.
- Inkbird probe on a can of beer in a koozie
- Frost free with evaporator coil internal to unit with heater.
- Two 120mm fans to prevent stratification
- Unit is on my patio, not rated for outdoor use, but struggles even if it's 70F.
Obviously an upright is going to lose all the cool air when opening each time, but anytime I clean beer lines it becomes an issue. Say I have the temperature in the inkbird set to 38F and the temperature rises to 44F on the beer can, the unit will run for 3 hours and get the beer can to 41F. Which is somewhat to be expected.
***The concern I have is that freezer itself has a temperature display and will show an internal temperature of 22-28F during this process which leads me to believe it is not getting cold enough.***
Usually if I have guests coming over and I plan to clean beer lines I need to do it at least two days in advance to stop the unit from freezing over to get back down to 38F.
I bought this unit used and not sure how it should perform. Should I look into getting a new unit or is this typical upright performance?
