Hubby said:All I'd suggest is some form temp controller to turn off at the max temp you are aiming at - they have a constant output and inside a fridge the temp will continue to rise. Otherwise a timer and close monitoring might get you by.
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Linz said:Ive got a heater pad from a water bed.......controlable from the factory!! off ebay, its cheaper than the heaters from a HBS
Beer bum said:I use a 27 watt 300mm x 300mm heat pad for my brewing. I control it with a temp probe in the fermenter which connects back to a digital temp controller which in turn switches the heat pad on and off according to the temp of the wort. This works fine.
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Beer bum said:I have a proportional switch time of 20secs on and 20secs off. Once the set point has been reached then the heat pad stays off until the brew temp drops under the set point, then it goes on/off again in 20sec intervals until the brew temp goes over the set point. I had a temp probe made which goes through the rubber stopper in the lid and reaches to the centre of the wort.
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mika_lika said:I've just got a heater band that wraps around the outside of the fermenter. Think it was only ~$30 (maybe less) and supposedly you can control the temp of the brew (at least to some degree) by how high up the fermenter you position it.
Beer bum said:I use a 27 watt 300mm x 300mm heat pad for my brewing. I control it with a temp probe in the fermenter which connects back to a digital temp controller which in turn switches the heat pad on and off according to the temp of the wort. This works fine.
MVZOOM said:HI All,
Going to chuck a heat pad in the fermenting fridge as I'm about to do an APA with US51 yeast (min temp 17deg).
Any recommendations etc?
Cheers - Mike
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