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Posted: Monday Jan 23, 2006 10:23 pm
by Ed
MattR wrote:Hi guys,
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
Posted: Tuesday Jan 24, 2006 3:43 am
by Dogger Dan
Only Hazardous if you get trapped in there
and yes, kids have been trapped in them before and died
Dogger
Posted: Tuesday Jan 24, 2006 8:41 am
by scblack
yardglass wrote:no worries blackster,
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.
beer fridge
Posted: Monday Mar 06, 2006 9:10 pm
by mitch
Rubber.Piggy wrote:yardglass wrote:Rubber.Piggy wrote:
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.
beer fridge
Posted: Monday Mar 06, 2006 9:16 pm
by mitch
just to add on that ,
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
Re: beer fridge
Posted: Monday Mar 06, 2006 9:54 pm
by mitch
mitch wrote:just to add on that ,
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
Using a glycol is even better
Posted: Wednesday Mar 08, 2006 4:17 pm
by tyrone
Mitch .I have just been given a upright freeezer 1/2 a pigeon pair , can I turn this into a brew fridge or not?
Posted: Wednesday Mar 08, 2006 6:55 pm
by mitch
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.
good luck
cheers
mitch
Posted: Saturday Mar 11, 2006 11:14 pm
by tyrone
thanks for that will pay a frigie to do the work and probrly use a tobins for the control
Posted: Monday Apr 03, 2006 9:02 pm
by shane_vor
Ladies!
Have found this link for a temp control unit, bugger all pics though so it's a bit hard to see if it's suitable. Any ideas?
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/DIGITAL-TEMPERAT ... dZViewItem
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!)