Scout
Well-Known Member
Im getting a refrigerator set up for fermenting, and like many others, I have a small space heater inside for heat. As a test, I put a small cup of water inside with the probe in it and turned everything one. The result was some pretty wild temperature swings. I figured it had to do with the delay of that water heating to the air temp, and once the heat shut off the water temp would continue to climb until the fridge would come on to cool it, rinse and repeat.
My thoughts are to get a reptile heat mat to stick on the fermenter (a keggle) which would prevent the wort from over temps. The other thought is that since the fridge is in my garage, I should just leave the heat off during the summer and fridge off in the winter. Maybe both the heat mat and unplugging?
My thoughts are to get a reptile heat mat to stick on the fermenter (a keggle) which would prevent the wort from over temps. The other thought is that since the fridge is in my garage, I should just leave the heat off during the summer and fridge off in the winter. Maybe both the heat mat and unplugging?