Tankard
Well-Known Member
So I ran across a nice looking kegerator at Home Depot yesterday. It's model #mckc49os from Vissani. I can not find any information online about Vissani kegerators, which kind of worries me.
It would be $399 on my Home Depot credit card. I was originally planning to build the "Son of a Fermenation Chiller", but I was wondering if I could do better with this kegerator.
Basically, I would put the carboy in the kegerator while it is fermenting to control the temperature. After fermentation is complete, I would fill up a corny keg and use it as a kegerator. I've been looking for a way to ditch bottling and this seems like the way to go.
I had a few questions. I looked in the manual at the store and it controls the temp between 36 and 44 degrees. This is obviously too cold to use as a fermentation chiller. Is there a recommended thermostat that will work between 36 and 74 degrees? This seems like a perfect range for both fermentation chiller purposes and kegerator purposes.
Has anyone heard of these kegerators, and is it hard to bypass the thermostat? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
It would be $399 on my Home Depot credit card. I was originally planning to build the "Son of a Fermenation Chiller", but I was wondering if I could do better with this kegerator.
Basically, I would put the carboy in the kegerator while it is fermenting to control the temperature. After fermentation is complete, I would fill up a corny keg and use it as a kegerator. I've been looking for a way to ditch bottling and this seems like the way to go.
I had a few questions. I looked in the manual at the store and it controls the temp between 36 and 44 degrees. This is obviously too cold to use as a fermentation chiller. Is there a recommended thermostat that will work between 36 and 74 degrees? This seems like a perfect range for both fermentation chiller purposes and kegerator purposes.
Has anyone heard of these kegerators, and is it hard to bypass the thermostat? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.