12 Aug
2005
12 Aug
'05
2:05 p.m.
How about $44 for a dorm frig:
http://slickdeals.net/#p6365
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2. Cold box -- roughly $180 for new components. Buy a dorm frig from
Home Depot or Menards when you see one on sale. You can find them for
around $80. Remove the door. Build a box out of rigid foam insulation,
construction adhesive, silicone and duct tape. Buy a Johnson Controls
Refrigerator Thermostat ($50 new) to control. ALT: Malt Boy & I use to
use a cheap appliance timer, and 1 Gallon glass apple juice jar with a
floating candy thermometer. We assumed the thermal mass of the 1 Gal
jar was roughly equal to the fermenters/kegs. Adjust appliance timer
according to temp. Requires frequent monitoring. WAF could be an issue.
I don't recommend used dorm frigs -- they're just not meant to last,
especially with the forced power on/off from you temperature
controller.
--- Jim Imbertson <imbojim(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Andrew, Very good post it will be very usfull.I
will use it for a
good reference. I have no way of chilling my kegs right now. I work
out of 2 liter pop bottles or drink it at room temp. A cooler for the
kegs is high on the list right now. My wife is supportive after
tasting the GREAT beers at the home concerts. She really liked Al's
WIT and Steve's Saision and dry mead. I am now worried that I might
have to take a turn at being the driver.