"Coverted" Fermenter - I've seen the light!

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Dutch
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"Coverted" Fermenter - I've seen the light!

Post by Dutch » Sat Aug 07, 2010 11:55 am

I've got to confess that I am a converted fermenter. After lots of research and more experimenting, I have resolved to use an old freezer with the EXCELLENT Ranco thermostat suggested by Don. I could not get enough temperature differential drop out of the peltier even with fan-forcing. When I got to use parallel peltier devices it got expensive. I got a call from Maryann suggesting that I look on Baumgart on my way home. Cut a long story short for $20 I got a nice chest freezer which I can use for fermenting, lagering or serving + $50 for the Ranco - with superb control there is no real way to beat it.
Set it and Forget it!!!
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Re: "Coverted" Fermenter - I've seen the light!

Post by BM1 » Sun Aug 08, 2010 10:04 am

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You gonna stop whinin' 'bout that beer,or you gonna send it to me?
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Re: "Coverted" Fermenter - I've seen the light!

Post by john mills » Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:17 pm

Dutch wrote: for $20 I got a nice chest freezer which I can use for fermenting, lagering or serving
You run into another of those great deals let me know. I'm in the market for another chest freezer.
You gonna buy one, or be one?
.....I'm gonna be one!

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Re: "Coverted" Fermenter - I've seen the light!

Post by BREWsmith » Sat Aug 14, 2010 2:58 pm

john mills wrote:
Dutch wrote: for $20 I got a nice chest freezer which I can use for fermenting, lagering or serving
You run into another of those great deals let me know. I'm in the market for another chest freezer.
Keep a lookout on Craigslist. I recently got a huge 20 cf chest freezer (way more capacity) for $100. I could probably gotten it cheaper, but I had them deliver it.
Jeff Smith

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