Spork
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Hi all.
In the process of setting up for brewing. Following advice on here I've ordered ae ebay temp controller, and the brewing kit I have coming has a heating belt. I need some kind of cabinet to fit a fermenter in and chill it in hot weather / insulate it to help keep it warm in cold weather. It will be outside in my patio. Obviously, a cheap 2nd hand 'fridge or freezer is required!
And therin lies my question. Which is generally considered best? I've read that chest freezers have better insulation so are more economical. Can anyone verify this? Would it make much difference anyway if it only had to cool to say 18c? At the moment my back is good enough to lift a fermentor in and out of a chest freezer, but sometimes it plays up...
Can a chest freezer be used sitting on it's end? this would make the "top" into a front opening "door", or would this prevent the cooling mechanism from working properly?
Thanks for reading.
In the process of setting up for brewing. Following advice on here I've ordered ae ebay temp controller, and the brewing kit I have coming has a heating belt. I need some kind of cabinet to fit a fermenter in and chill it in hot weather / insulate it to help keep it warm in cold weather. It will be outside in my patio. Obviously, a cheap 2nd hand 'fridge or freezer is required!
And therin lies my question. Which is generally considered best? I've read that chest freezers have better insulation so are more economical. Can anyone verify this? Would it make much difference anyway if it only had to cool to say 18c? At the moment my back is good enough to lift a fermentor in and out of a chest freezer, but sometimes it plays up...
Can a chest freezer be used sitting on it's end? this would make the "top" into a front opening "door", or would this prevent the cooling mechanism from working properly?
Thanks for reading.