Hello, long time resercher here, first post
I am gathering parts required to make a fermenting fridge.
I have bought the fridge, a westinghouse chillstream upright fridge only, 370L. Good thing about this fridge is it has an inbuilt fan and I will hard wire this to run constantly not just when the compressor runs so circulation will be good when heating/cooling/doing nothing.
I have a "Brewmate" controller(STC-1000) this will be used for heating and cooling the fridge, This will not be in line with the fridge power supply, I am an engineer and could not live with myself just cutting the power to control the fridge temp, also not knowing if the light would come on or not when you open the door is just crazy and not in line with my obsessive compulsive disorder.
Heating: I am going to glue a heat mat to the side of the fridge and wire this to my controller, I do not think I will require much heating in Sydney, if it is not enough, I will glue another heat mat the same to the other side.
Cooling: I have removed the original fridge thermostat and will wire the controller in its place, I could not relax knowing the old one is still in there doing nothing.
Anyway I know theres been lots of simillar threads but my projects do get interesting so watch this space
I think I have attached my wiring schematic
View attachment fridge_controller_pdf.pdf
I am gathering parts required to make a fermenting fridge.
I have bought the fridge, a westinghouse chillstream upright fridge only, 370L. Good thing about this fridge is it has an inbuilt fan and I will hard wire this to run constantly not just when the compressor runs so circulation will be good when heating/cooling/doing nothing.
I have a "Brewmate" controller(STC-1000) this will be used for heating and cooling the fridge, This will not be in line with the fridge power supply, I am an engineer and could not live with myself just cutting the power to control the fridge temp, also not knowing if the light would come on or not when you open the door is just crazy and not in line with my obsessive compulsive disorder.
Heating: I am going to glue a heat mat to the side of the fridge and wire this to my controller, I do not think I will require much heating in Sydney, if it is not enough, I will glue another heat mat the same to the other side.
Cooling: I have removed the original fridge thermostat and will wire the controller in its place, I could not relax knowing the old one is still in there doing nothing.
Anyway I know theres been lots of simillar threads but my projects do get interesting so watch this space
I think I have attached my wiring schematic
View attachment fridge_controller_pdf.pdf