joshF
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Hi guys,
I'm new to these forums but thought i'd share my temperature control setup with anyone who's interested.
First pic is this circular shaped fridge i bought for the bargain price of $20 from gumtree. It was missing a wheel and overall it looked like it had been shat out of something evil but a bit of ajax and some elbow grease got it looking pretty decent.
The original lid was inflexible and made of plastic so i made a short trip to bunnings and got some of that stuff that the Real estate 'For sale' signs are made out of. No idea what its called but apparently its somewhat insulated? Used the original lid to cut a circular trace on the for sale sign thing, then put a hole big enough for the carboy to go through. Cut a straight line from one side through to the middle hole and then bent it around so it arked up a little bit like a chinese hat (or raidens hat from mortal kombat).
The pic only shows my secondary fermenter but it wouldn't be overly hard to cut something similar out for the primary. I've got an SCT-1000 on the way so i can hook it up to my thermometer and have a sweet temperature control setup.
I think the best thing about this, apart from the low cost, is that the fridge doesnt take up much space, especially living in an apartment when you need all the space you can get!
Not sure where you can get those same fridges but thought it was worthwhile sharing the idea with you guys.
cheers,
Josh
I'm new to these forums but thought i'd share my temperature control setup with anyone who's interested.
First pic is this circular shaped fridge i bought for the bargain price of $20 from gumtree. It was missing a wheel and overall it looked like it had been shat out of something evil but a bit of ajax and some elbow grease got it looking pretty decent.
The original lid was inflexible and made of plastic so i made a short trip to bunnings and got some of that stuff that the Real estate 'For sale' signs are made out of. No idea what its called but apparently its somewhat insulated? Used the original lid to cut a circular trace on the for sale sign thing, then put a hole big enough for the carboy to go through. Cut a straight line from one side through to the middle hole and then bent it around so it arked up a little bit like a chinese hat (or raidens hat from mortal kombat).
The pic only shows my secondary fermenter but it wouldn't be overly hard to cut something similar out for the primary. I've got an SCT-1000 on the way so i can hook it up to my thermometer and have a sweet temperature control setup.
I think the best thing about this, apart from the low cost, is that the fridge doesnt take up much space, especially living in an apartment when you need all the space you can get!
Not sure where you can get those same fridges but thought it was worthwhile sharing the idea with you guys.
cheers,
Josh