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All this 40 degree weather we are having in Adelaide is killing me (and the brew). So I invested in an ADLO THF to use with an old chest freezer I found.
I kicked off a brew Friday and opened the freezer today to check and was over powered by the gas that has built up inside from the fermentation process.
Is it dangerous to leave the lid closed? Is it a fire hazard?
Cheers,
Matt
Nah, the gas is a fire retardant (CO2), but nice fumes huh?
Cheers, Ed
So the bartender says to the horse "Why the long face?"
and yes, kids have been trapped in them before and died
Dogger
"Listening to someone who brews their own beer is like listening to a religous fanatic talk about the day he saw the light" Ross Murray, Montreal Gazette
do you a favour though and read ''low temp ferment: No Carbonation''.
it might save you a little drama that i wish i could've......
yard
Thanks again yardie, read and noted.
"Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer." - Dave Barry.
Great idea, but takes it's footprint is a bit big for my taste. If it were me I'd use a vertical freezer and install a strong shelf to spilt it.
yeah.. i was thinking of incorporating the whole thing into a Bar, either by using the lid with a tower or leave the taps in their present spot and extend off the other end of the freezer at a 90* angle, a bit of timber, a few stools etc......
and whalaaa, a Bar.
An excellent idea!!
Hey just an idea for those wanting beer fridges , i'm a fridgy and as far as my knowlede goes freezers running as fridges have a tendancy to fail due to running at the wrong design refrigerant pressures. So if you want medium temp range (-4 to 10) you need a medium temp compressor.
the idea above on placing the themostat probe in water as a great idea as long as the water is on the same shelf or level as the fermenter , as this gives correct product temp
the idea above on placing the themostat probe in water as a great idea as long as the water is on the same shelf or level as the fermenter , as this gives correct product temp
tyrone wrote:Mitch .I have just been given a upright freeezer 1/2 a pigeon pair , can I turn this into a brew fridge or not?
You can due this with some help of someone you knows electrical circuits well. With a freezer like this it sounds like it would be frost free which means you would have intervels of defrost time . It might be a good idea to piss that off and the current thermostat . Get a thermostat that works at tempretures you want. Its a freezer do'nt forget.
Thought the price is okay though? Anyone have a link for the jaycar unit? I've searched their site but can't find anything.
Buying a brewing fridge soonish so I'm going to need some control. (No, I am not buying an Adlo controller, the missus is going to spit enough about the 4th fridge let alone a hundred dollar switch!)
