WildaYeast
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Hi,
I know there have been heaps of discussions about various heat sources for fermenting fridges, such as belts, blankets, light bulbs, etc. Have had my STC-1000 hooked up for a long time, but never bothered with anything on the heat side of the circuit. For brewing, doesn't tend to drop much below 18 here anyhow -- the insulation of the box is enough to do the trick.
However, for my sourdough bread I have often wanted to crank the temp up; it likes it around 23, which is hard to get in the winter, even in SEQ. So, I've got a lamp in there now, but was thinking that a blow dryer / heat gun might work well. They don't like to be on for long as they get quite hot, but if it had a low temp setting and a low fan speed, the blowing air might be very good -- solves the fan problem. I'm sure they can be picked up pretty cheap and I wouldn't think they'd need to run much...
Anyone ever try this or think about trying it? Did a search, but neither "blow dryer" nor "heat gun" seemed to show up.
Bread today and brewing tomorrow; God bless 'er majesty.
Cheers, Brian
I know there have been heaps of discussions about various heat sources for fermenting fridges, such as belts, blankets, light bulbs, etc. Have had my STC-1000 hooked up for a long time, but never bothered with anything on the heat side of the circuit. For brewing, doesn't tend to drop much below 18 here anyhow -- the insulation of the box is enough to do the trick.
However, for my sourdough bread I have often wanted to crank the temp up; it likes it around 23, which is hard to get in the winter, even in SEQ. So, I've got a lamp in there now, but was thinking that a blow dryer / heat gun might work well. They don't like to be on for long as they get quite hot, but if it had a low temp setting and a low fan speed, the blowing air might be very good -- solves the fan problem. I'm sure they can be picked up pretty cheap and I wouldn't think they'd need to run much...
Anyone ever try this or think about trying it? Did a search, but neither "blow dryer" nor "heat gun" seemed to show up.
Bread today and brewing tomorrow; God bless 'er majesty.
Cheers, Brian