Rocker1986
Well-Known Member
I think the keg king controller is basically just an STC-1000 pre-wired and ready to go. Or at least, pretty much the same type of controller as an STC.
I do have a heating pad but I don't use it because I brew and ferment lagers over the winter, partly because I can't be arsed heating the fridge, partly because I do enjoy a good lager, but mainly because I can't get ales to carbonate properly in winter unless I put them in the fermenting fridge with a heat source, and I can't be stuffed loading the fridge with bottles only to move them again 2 weeks later. Would rather just stick them in the cupboard once and leave them there. :lol: I have found though, that ales have generally kept up at fermentation temps by themselves inside the fridge, but overall I find it simpler just to do lagers.
I don't think it would be possible to have a freezer run separately from the fridge in a combined unit. There is only one power lead - the way these temp controllers maintain whatever temperature they are set to, is to cut the power to the appliance (fridge in this case) and re-instate it periodically. They don't over ride the fridge thermostat or any ******** like that, unless they are hard wired into it to do so, which is completely unnecessary anyway. All they do is turn the power on and off.
I do have a heating pad but I don't use it because I brew and ferment lagers over the winter, partly because I can't be arsed heating the fridge, partly because I do enjoy a good lager, but mainly because I can't get ales to carbonate properly in winter unless I put them in the fermenting fridge with a heat source, and I can't be stuffed loading the fridge with bottles only to move them again 2 weeks later. Would rather just stick them in the cupboard once and leave them there. :lol: I have found though, that ales have generally kept up at fermentation temps by themselves inside the fridge, but overall I find it simpler just to do lagers.
I don't think it would be possible to have a freezer run separately from the fridge in a combined unit. There is only one power lead - the way these temp controllers maintain whatever temperature they are set to, is to cut the power to the appliance (fridge in this case) and re-instate it periodically. They don't over ride the fridge thermostat or any ******** like that, unless they are hard wired into it to do so, which is completely unnecessary anyway. All they do is turn the power on and off.