BigYin
Regular.
My 'FV#1' has a glass submersible heater in it, but the FV can only take max 22 litres, and my last 2 AG brews came out with more like 24 litres.
My two other FV's didn't have any heater fitted, and thanks to the sub zero noght time temperatures I want to ferment with a much more constant heat, but they are that bit bigger, and can comfoprtably take 26 litres and still leave head space for a bit of vigorous yeast action.
So, I nipped into the pet shop this morning, and acquired a stick on thermometer strip, and their smallest aquarium heater.
I drilled a 28mm hole in the top of the side wall of the FV to take the rubber bung, the cable passes through that and is sealed with high grade silicon sealant, and I decided to sit the heater right down at the bottom, since it's so small, and heat rises anyway..
Once the silicon has had 24 hrs to cure I'll shift my AG#3 brew from it's current unheated fermenter into this one :mrgreen:
My two other FV's didn't have any heater fitted, and thanks to the sub zero noght time temperatures I want to ferment with a much more constant heat, but they are that bit bigger, and can comfoprtably take 26 litres and still leave head space for a bit of vigorous yeast action.
So, I nipped into the pet shop this morning, and acquired a stick on thermometer strip, and their smallest aquarium heater.
I drilled a 28mm hole in the top of the side wall of the FV to take the rubber bung, the cable passes through that and is sealed with high grade silicon sealant, and I decided to sit the heater right down at the bottom, since it's so small, and heat rises anyway..
Once the silicon has had 24 hrs to cure I'll shift my AG#3 brew from it's current unheated fermenter into this one :mrgreen:
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