ProjectBeer
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This hobby is too addictive, I've just gone and set myself up with a temperature controlled fridge to use as either a beer fridge or a fermentation chamber.
I spent some time hunting around on ebay and found a nice display fridge for £36.
I cleaned it out and gave it a once over with some black spray paint as it had scuffs and paint marks on it.
I then bought an STC 1000 and a tubular heater off Amazon, then took a trip down to Maplins to pick up the following:
Plastic Box MB5
Mains Plug
2 x plug sockets
5 metres of 3-core mains cable (2m for the main power lead, 1m each for heater/fridge plug sockets. Remaining cable was stripped and separated out for internal wiring in the box)
15A terminal blocks
Cable ties
I cut out holes in the box with a drill and a file (I don't own a dremel so this took a while). Followed the instructions on the video below:
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30TvX1Zz1-Y"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30TvX1Zz1-Y[/ame]
I built a small ledge for the FV to sit on. Turns out the guy measured the fridge wrong when I asked for dimensions as my FV barely fits in...may switch to a glass carboy at somepoint as I think they are thinner.
Currently it's chilling my 1st batch of homebrew down to 8C :)
I spent some time hunting around on ebay and found a nice display fridge for £36.
I cleaned it out and gave it a once over with some black spray paint as it had scuffs and paint marks on it.
I then bought an STC 1000 and a tubular heater off Amazon, then took a trip down to Maplins to pick up the following:
Plastic Box MB5
Mains Plug
2 x plug sockets
5 metres of 3-core mains cable (2m for the main power lead, 1m each for heater/fridge plug sockets. Remaining cable was stripped and separated out for internal wiring in the box)
15A terminal blocks
Cable ties
I cut out holes in the box with a drill and a file (I don't own a dremel so this took a while). Followed the instructions on the video below:
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30TvX1Zz1-Y"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30TvX1Zz1-Y[/ame]
I built a small ledge for the FV to sit on. Turns out the guy measured the fridge wrong when I asked for dimensions as my FV barely fits in...may switch to a glass carboy at somepoint as I think they are thinner.
Currently it's chilling my 1st batch of homebrew down to 8C :)
