Fermentation Chamber for £100
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 22:54Apparently I need to control my fermentation temperatures to get the best out of my beer. So I've invested hard cash and a little bit of effort to produce a fermentation chamber for £100. In hindsight I could have done it cheaper as the Beko Larder fridge itself was only £35 off eBay. The main cost has been the Mangrove Jack's heat pad and controller. I could have used a frost heater and wired the SCT 1000 or inkbird thing myself I suppose but this has only taken an hour or so to sort.
It's got my 11 gallon Hoppy in and is holding a steady 20 degrees.
Yet to fit is a 12V DC computer fan at, say 45 degrees to circulate the air.
It doesn't say in the controller manual but it comes up with F1, F2, F3 and F4; I've yet to play but does this mean it can have 4 separate temperatures programmed in for graduated fermentation temperature profiles or, say, 4 favourite temps stored?
Thanks again for any tips and pointers.
Oh, there's circa 40 pints of Weizen in the Hoppy just now.
It's got my 11 gallon Hoppy in and is holding a steady 20 degrees.
Yet to fit is a 12V DC computer fan at, say 45 degrees to circulate the air.
It doesn't say in the controller manual but it comes up with F1, F2, F3 and F4; I've yet to play but does this mean it can have 4 separate temperatures programmed in for graduated fermentation temperature profiles or, say, 4 favourite temps stored?
Thanks again for any tips and pointers.
Oh, there's circa 40 pints of Weizen in the Hoppy just now.
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