FYI, you don’t necessarily need an expensive heating element, incandescent light bulbs will do, with the benefit you can see if they are working at a glance, they are dirt cheap so you fit 2 so if one blows you are ok. I have 2 x 60W bulbs. Only 5% of the bulbs power is light, the rest is heat. Mines got no fans and works ok. I put the sensor in the brew, inside a sterilised thermowell tube, and convection sorts everything out fine
How many Litres was that fridge? I would recomend drilling holes in sides first, If you strike a gas line chuck it out no need to waste more time on it. Maybe through the door where there deffinantly aren't any gas lines might be a a better idea?
Hi i would like to build one BUT all of the small fringes i have seen have a small freezer box in the top would it still be ok with it in. Please help.
nice work. just on the pc fans, when I made mine I noticed that when flush up against a wall, they hardly blew any air. moving them about 5cm out gave them a chance to pull air through the fans. I ended up mounting mine using twist wire to the bottom of a shelf. are your fans getting good air flow?
By the looks of it he does have the fans on some short studs, leaving a bit of room to pull or push air through. It doesn't look like much though I agree. I guess he does not want to lose more cabinet space by setting off the fans any further. I have one in a corner of the "ceiling", fixed with just the tips of long screws into the top of the cabinet. This works quite well, it does not take any of the width away and still leaves room for the air lock which will be the highest point somewhere in the middle. In his case, instead of a ton of holes all over the place which do not strike me as terribly effective, I would have made two larger holes on each side and fit a fan under one of them. Then you force-circulate the heated air directly through the cabinet and the fan is completely out of the way.
If anyone else is trying to do this, don't mess with the area around the condensation drain at the back wall of these types of fridges. I tried to widen the hole slightly to get the heater wire through it and cracked the system... Fridge gone, mk2 will have to copy tom, with a hole to the side of the fridge
Hi Tom, just wondering what sort of board it was that you made the shelf with? Looks waterproof? Just about to convert a fridge for fermenting and want to get the right material for the job.
OMG. U screwed up such a good fridge box (literally). I believe most of the fridges has a hole for condensation, it's hard to be sure with this quality but i think u have one right on the bottom in the middle. U could connect heater and put fires through that hole, no need to drill it. Other thing i can't understand is position of coolers. They just stay in front of each other, what you expect they gonna do? In order to circulate air i would put 2 under that shelve that u chop out with IN derection on heater. That would pull out air from cooler and blow it on heater and heated air would come out through holes in UP direction. Also don't understand that huge ugly box with control. WHY? To turn on and off heater u need termoregulator. There is lot of very cheap and functional termoregulators with displays and stuff. You disassemble the fridge door, make a nice sqareshape cut in it for display and carefully put connection to heater in the bottom left corner of the door, or up corner if u wish. So all u gonna need is plug fridge to power and all thermal control u can do on display right on the fridge door. Looks neat and mobile. U can put that fridge anywhere u want without any additional pain in the ass.
FYI, you don’t necessarily need an expensive heating element, incandescent light bulbs will do, with the benefit you can see if they are working at a glance, they are dirt cheap so you fit 2 so if one blows you are ok. I have 2 x 60W bulbs. Only 5% of the bulbs power is light, the rest is heat. Mines got no fans and works ok. I put the sensor in the brew, inside a sterilised thermowell tube, and convection sorts everything out fine
This video is enligthment !!!
Awesome video mate! Perfect timing for myself, just got the spare fridge in the shed ready to go! Cheers
I plan on building one very soon
great video tom ..just be careful when crash cooling the the fv not touching the back of the fridge could freeze your brew .
Ruddy brilliant work Tom, I'm working on getting one of these in the new brew garage
good luck Bubba and have fun
How many Litres was that fridge? I would recomend drilling holes in sides first, If you strike a gas line chuck it out no need to waste more time on it. Maybe through the door where there deffinantly aren't any gas lines might be a a better idea?
ideal temp for beer conditioning is 20/22 ? so what do you in summertime to manage temps ?
3:48 perfectly executed "Bend Over *Burrp" true homebrewer!
Damnit I love this video! Cheers 🍻
How did you know you were avoiding cooling lines in the sidewall chap?
Great video, really helpful, just wondering what the results would be without the fans,?
Cheers Tom, top job,
C
Excellent video thank you... Do you put the temp probe in the wort or just leave it in the fridge?
1 question mate. if the fridge is on doesnt it work against the heater. I mean the fridge is trying to get cold right???
Wish I had enough space for a fermentation fridge! One day😋
Very nice Tom. Any chance of the make and model of that fridge ?
All of the ones I have looked at give the volume in litres not internal dimensions...
Well done Tom , excellent video luvin the cutting bench 😂
Hi i would like to build one BUT all of the small fringes i have seen have a small freezer box in the top would it still be ok with it in. Please help.
Nice one Mr Tom
Hey Tom do you perhaps have a link to the heating element you use in your fridge ? Thanks cheers
spot on, great idea.
nice work. just on the pc fans, when I made mine I noticed that when flush up against a wall, they hardly blew any air. moving them about 5cm out gave them a chance to pull air through the fans. I ended up mounting mine using twist wire to the bottom of a shelf. are your fans getting good air flow?
By the looks of it he does have the fans on some short studs, leaving a bit of room to pull or push air through. It doesn't look like much though I agree. I guess he does not want to lose more cabinet space by setting off the fans any further.
I have one in a corner of the "ceiling", fixed with just the tips of long screws into the top of the cabinet. This works quite well, it does not take any of the width away and still leaves room for the air lock which will be the highest point somewhere in the middle.
In his case, instead of a ton of holes all over the place which do not strike me as terribly effective, I would have made two larger holes on each side and fit a fan under one of them. Then you force-circulate the heated air directly through the cabinet and the fan is completely out of the way.
been meaning to ask. what type of heating element is that in you fridge
Nuntius01 ka
Can you add a link to that heater? Would be nice :)
If anyone else is trying to do this, don't mess with the area around the condensation drain at the back wall of these types of fridges. I tried to widen the hole slightly to get the heater wire through it and cracked the system... Fridge gone, mk2 will have to copy tom, with a hole to the side of the fridge
Does your STC have an SSR that it is using to handle the load? Or is it ok directly wired? (yeah - this is a year later, but whatever)
I got my tube heater from tool station was like £20
Do your fans run constantly ? When heats and cools ?
Hi Tom, just wondering what sort of board it was that you made the shelf with? Looks waterproof? Just about to convert a fridge for fermenting and want to get the right material for the job.
It looks like MDF. As long as it isn't splashed with condensation it should be fine.
Really good vid. Thanks
do you have a part number on the heater I know its and old vid but thanks for posting it
OMG. U screwed up such a good fridge box (literally). I believe most of the fridges has a hole for condensation, it's hard to be sure with this quality but i think u have one right on the bottom in the middle. U could connect heater and put fires through that hole, no need to drill it. Other thing i can't understand is position of coolers. They just stay in front of each other, what you expect they gonna do? In order to circulate air i would put 2 under that shelve that u chop out with IN derection on heater. That would pull out air from cooler and blow it on heater and heated air would come out through holes in UP direction. Also don't understand that huge ugly box with control. WHY? To turn on and off heater u need termoregulator. There is lot of very cheap and functional termoregulators with displays and stuff. You disassemble the fridge door, make a nice sqareshape cut in it for display and carefully put connection to heater in the bottom left corner of the door, or up corner if u wish. So all u gonna need is plug fridge to power and all thermal control u can do on display right on the fridge door. Looks neat and mobile. U can put that fridge anywhere u want without any additional pain in the ass.
It's legacy technology alright. His third even bigger better fridge will be like that.
Where did you get the heating element?
What size fridge is that your using
I don't reckon much of the new workmate cutting bench. Nice job on the frig, I copied yours thanks.
Mmmm .... maybe not quite following wiring regs!
hi" what is the highest temp that your heating element can reach? thanks
4 million degress,give or take a degree or two :]
I know this has been up awhile but the mold on the ceiling.
i just use bleach every 9 months,:]
i hope that is not mold on your ceiling.
whats the name of that heating element
where did you get your fans from?
Jamie Evans hard work and dedication lol an old pc buddy :)
Hi what is the name of the heating element you have
just search for green house heater on ebay its about £10 for the 45w one
are the fan LED UV lights because if so you might want to short those lights out...
I think they are Blue Leds, but still, they can generate some UV light, so it would be better to take them off anyway.
Yorkshireman?
I wanted to watch this video but it made me dizzy
LOLed @ "bloody clown car". And then I thought "Paul's not been in your vids for a while"... just sayin'
Piece of piss..nice one Buddy,
this is boring,i am off to watch benny hill :]