Hello Good Thanks,
I'm looking to buy on of these ATM, because my back doesn't like my arms handling a 60 litre fermenter in and out of a chest freezer to keep at a cool 18 degrees.
So, the epic question, how do I keep this 17 GAL fermenter at 18 degrees? Gets quite warm in central NSW, so I really need an option for cooling.
I am going to purchase this fermenter with the FTSS system, so it will have immersion coils to cool the wort.
Has anyone got a cooling system for this fermenter? Tap water is too warm, fans system wont get cool enough, so it needs to be a refrigerated system.
Ran through some options but too expensive such as large fridge, cool room, glycol chillier etc.
Next was running a fridge or freezer with large water reservoir, use a submersible pump to cycle the cool water through immersion chiller. Pump would run off temp controller on fermenter. This seems inefficient.
Next was an aquarium chiller but they are bullshit expensive.
So, my thoughts are:
I managed to find a water bubbler, at zero cost, the refrigeration system still functions A1. A water bubbler contains approx. 2 Litre reservoir internal.
I can adjust the thermostat on the bubbler to control the temperature of fluid in reservoir, was thinking in the minuses.
Fill the reservoir with glycol.
Fit submersible fountain pump in the reservoir, and run this pump from the temperature controller on the fermenter, so it will react with wort temp and cycle on and off as required.
Cycle the glycol through the immersion chiller circuit, and dump back into the reservoir in the water bubbler.
What are your thoughts on this guys? I am planning on tackling this very soon, and will create a post of the unit once complete.
Caney.
I'm looking to buy on of these ATM, because my back doesn't like my arms handling a 60 litre fermenter in and out of a chest freezer to keep at a cool 18 degrees.
So, the epic question, how do I keep this 17 GAL fermenter at 18 degrees? Gets quite warm in central NSW, so I really need an option for cooling.
I am going to purchase this fermenter with the FTSS system, so it will have immersion coils to cool the wort.
Has anyone got a cooling system for this fermenter? Tap water is too warm, fans system wont get cool enough, so it needs to be a refrigerated system.
Ran through some options but too expensive such as large fridge, cool room, glycol chillier etc.
Next was running a fridge or freezer with large water reservoir, use a submersible pump to cycle the cool water through immersion chiller. Pump would run off temp controller on fermenter. This seems inefficient.
Next was an aquarium chiller but they are bullshit expensive.
So, my thoughts are:
I managed to find a water bubbler, at zero cost, the refrigeration system still functions A1. A water bubbler contains approx. 2 Litre reservoir internal.
I can adjust the thermostat on the bubbler to control the temperature of fluid in reservoir, was thinking in the minuses.
Fill the reservoir with glycol.
Fit submersible fountain pump in the reservoir, and run this pump from the temperature controller on the fermenter, so it will react with wort temp and cycle on and off as required.
Cycle the glycol through the immersion chiller circuit, and dump back into the reservoir in the water bubbler.
What are your thoughts on this guys? I am planning on tackling this very soon, and will create a post of the unit once complete.
Caney.