Gremlyn
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What happened to the pics?
You are right, I need to put a few more up... I'll try to get to that soon.
What happened to the pics?
these temps are SUCKING right now!
... these temps are SUCKING right now!
looks good man...
hope your ferm chamber is built... these temps are SUCKING right now!
Seriously!! So glad these bad boys are are in their little fridge...
sweet!For what it's worth, I bought a mini fridge off CL... thank goodness! I don't have a temp controller built yet, but I've done well enough by putting the fridge on an automatic timer - like for your lights. Cycling it on for half an hour every hour and a half to two or three hours seems to do the trick this week.
Looks like a 6.5 gal carboy to me.
Mini Fridge Tear Down
Sanke Fermentor with Brewers Hardware Conversion Cap:
ILOVEBEER, have you ever tried lifting 10 gal of beer in a Sanke keg 32+ inches vertically and setting it down gently into a chest freezer? If not, give it a shot and you'll answer your own question
Love the stand i been thinking about building one like this anyway you can give me the measurements of the basic frame.
The Fermentation Chamber:
and bought a computer power supply to run the fans to draw air over a heatsink bonded to the the cooling tray.
The Chamber Build
I'm planning on using a mini-fridge I have sitting around to build a custom-sized kegerator. Two questions:
1) What is the heat sink bonded to the cooling tray for and can you provide a bitter picture of what exactly that looks like?
2) Do you think mini-fridge components are powerful enough to cool this box down to 38F?
Thanks!
Gremlyn, I'm planning on building one of these and I also use a coleman extreme as my MLT. Do you have any support for the extra length of the cooler or do you just center it?
I've been looking at taking apart a mini fridge for a kegerator build. Were you able to keep the temperature control that came in the fridge intact?
soadtool said:Hey I know you're asking the OP but I've been working on my build for several months and think i have enough experience to answer your question too.
In short, yes! I've been through three minifridges now. The first one I accidentally busted the freon line because it was rusted in a corner. The second just didn't turn on after i disassembled it. The only thing that I could tell went wrong was i broke the hollow tube that i assume is the temperature gauge because it wasn't very long and went directly to the temperature control box. I'm on my third now and it is working like a charm. The only problem is, it had separate cold plates for the fridge and freezer so the temperature controller is essentially useless to me since the freezer plate keeps, well, freezing. I don't know whether having a one plate system like my first two would change that. The temp in my keezer dropped down to 15 degrees F and still hadn't turned off. I bought a cheap temperature controller off of Amazon that should arrive shortly. It was $50 and you plug the minifridge into it and it has a temperature gauge so it controls when the fridge turns on and off based on your desired temperature gauge.
Hope this helps! Good luck!
Mini Fridge Tear Down
Sanke Fermentor with Brewers Hardware Conversion Cap:
What tool did you use to cut the mini fridge?
Did you wire the fridge right into your temp controller? If so, do you just not worry if it's on high/low (on mine its 1-7)? Looks like you left the internal thermostat behind.
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