Hi,
I have a spare sheet of foam insulation board from some building work and was planning to make a box to use when brewing in the shed during the winter, combined with an Electrim heat tray and Inkbird temperate controller to switch the heater on/off. The temperature probe would just be taped to the side of the fermentation bucket. Cooling won't be necessary as this will only be used when the outside temp is already lower than the target temp.
This is approximately what I'm thinking, with two more sides obviously:
The bottom foam board would be fixed to an MDF base, and the four sides and top would be one piece that fits over the top. The wires would just run out of a hole down the bottom somewhere.
Just wanted to get any thoughts on whether or not this is a good/bad/terrible idea? Or if there's anything I haven't considered? I noticed the description for the heater says that the bucket should not be covered, not sure if that's really a concern here?
Thanks.
I have a spare sheet of foam insulation board from some building work and was planning to make a box to use when brewing in the shed during the winter, combined with an Electrim heat tray and Inkbird temperate controller to switch the heater on/off. The temperature probe would just be taped to the side of the fermentation bucket. Cooling won't be necessary as this will only be used when the outside temp is already lower than the target temp.
This is approximately what I'm thinking, with two more sides obviously:
The bottom foam board would be fixed to an MDF base, and the four sides and top would be one piece that fits over the top. The wires would just run out of a hole down the bottom somewhere.
Just wanted to get any thoughts on whether or not this is a good/bad/terrible idea? Or if there's anything I haven't considered? I noticed the description for the heater says that the bucket should not be covered, not sure if that's really a concern here?
Thanks.
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