sifty
Landlord.
Hi all, brand new at this. I'm in NZ if I use any pricing etc...
So I bought a Brewzilla all-grain brewing device recently, and while I was waiting for it to arrive I started gearing up my mini-brewery. I grabbed an old fridge at the dump for $20 cos I liked the styling. I was only intending to use it as an insulated box with a small heating element, but when I wired it up it ran beautifully, so I have heating and cooling available...
The interior door wasbuggered quite badly damaged. I thought of replacing it with a flat sheet of plastic but the shelves would be useful for bottle conditioning, so looked at patching it up to re-use...
Just laid fibreglass tape around the edge and filled with epoxy...
And it cleaned up well with a bit of a sand...
And the seal was in surprisingly good nick, bit of a scrub in some bleach and it cleaned up ok...
Came together well...
Then gave the door a sand and bombed it with some Rust-Oleum paint and clear coat...
Was a Prestcold brand. Think the new name is an improvement...
And made up a label for under the handle...
And it looks sweet...
I've ordered a 45W heating element, but as it hasn't arrived I chucked a $10 reptile heating lamp (50w) in to get things running...
And fitted a s/s plate above it to dissipate the heat a bit, avoiding a hot spot directly above the lamp...
And my PIR controller also hasn't arrived, so I hooked up an Inkbird controller, fitted a coupe of glands for the heating and temp sensor cables...
Came out so good I bought another one ($25). As a fermenting fridge plus a conditioning fridge will make things easier...
So I bought a Brewzilla all-grain brewing device recently, and while I was waiting for it to arrive I started gearing up my mini-brewery. I grabbed an old fridge at the dump for $20 cos I liked the styling. I was only intending to use it as an insulated box with a small heating element, but when I wired it up it ran beautifully, so I have heating and cooling available...
The interior door was
Just laid fibreglass tape around the edge and filled with epoxy...
And it cleaned up well with a bit of a sand...
And the seal was in surprisingly good nick, bit of a scrub in some bleach and it cleaned up ok...
Came together well...
Then gave the door a sand and bombed it with some Rust-Oleum paint and clear coat...
Was a Prestcold brand. Think the new name is an improvement...
And made up a label for under the handle...
And it looks sweet...
I've ordered a 45W heating element, but as it hasn't arrived I chucked a $10 reptile heating lamp (50w) in to get things running...
And fitted a s/s plate above it to dissipate the heat a bit, avoiding a hot spot directly above the lamp...
And my PIR controller also hasn't arrived, so I hooked up an Inkbird controller, fitted a coupe of glands for the heating and temp sensor cables...
Came out so good I bought another one ($25). As a fermenting fridge plus a conditioning fridge will make things easier...
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