Kegerator - done slightly differently

[BrewerBandit]

I know there are lots of 'how to build a kegerator' threads all over the internet but I thought I share a few pics of how I did mine, for anyone that is interested in making one.

I was keen to keep the cost down but also to make it a little bit neater without hacking the fridge to bits!

Instead of the usual Sneider enclosure with sockets I used an 85mm 6 inlet junction box that came with a 5 pole terminal. I needed a second junction box so I could rob a second strip of terminals. This is sat in the gubbins in the back of the fridge. The STC1000 (£8 - eBay) is mounted in the plastic stand-off on the back of the fridge and I used a 1ft 40w tubular heater (£15 - toolstation). I don't know where the junction boxes came from or what they cost... I've had a multipack of 10 in the shed for years!

The sensor comes through a hole at the back of the fridge and blu-tacked from the ceiling. The pic looks like there is a drill hole in the top... it's blu-tac

It does mean cutting the socket off the fridge and wiring in the cable. I did consider using those 3 pin 'kettle' (desktop PC) plugs so it can be easily put back to being a fridge... but thats not going to be needed!

I used BigCol49's wiring diagram... it's by far the clearest for UK, IMO.
HOW TO GUIDE: STC1000 Build (inc wiring diagrams)

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[Benfleet Brewery]

Very neat. Well done. But this is a brew fridge not a kegerator.

 

[tigertim]

I don't know where the junction boxes came from or what they cost... I've had a multipack of 10 in the shed for years!

They're known colloqually as "Wiska Boxes" (made by the company "Wiska") and are available at almost all good electrical distributors.
Nice neat build!

 

[Tanglefoot]

Very neat. Well done. But this is a brew fridge not a kegerator.

That was my thought, though if it has a keg in it does it become a kegerator ?

A true kegerator has mounted taps I suppose

 

[BrewerBandit]

:) Yes, I realised this when I went looking for that wiring diagram.

It's a couple of brews in and has seen me through at least one heatwave... I can't believe I didn't put it together sooner!