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  Converting refrigerator with bottom freezer to fermentation chamber (Fred L Johnson)


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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:46:52 -0500
From: Fred L Johnson <FLJohnson52 at nc.rr.com>
Subject: Converting refrigerator with bottom freezer to fermentation chamber

I have a frost-free refrigerator (freezer on bottom) that I would like to use
 as a fermentation chamber with carboy fermentor and external 
temperature controller. I've had some difficulty finding on the net 
descriptions of how well such units have worked for others. There seem 
to be at least a couple of less-than-desirable features of this type of 
refrigerator.

1. Being frost-free, i.e., self defrosting, I believe it cycles through a 
warming period every several hours. That is not desirable for a 
fermentation chamber. 

2. I'm guessing that there may be a significant temperature differential 
between the top and the bottom of the refrigerated compartment.

3. The freezer on the bottom may not be useful for much of anything 
while the unit is being used to control fermentation temperature in the 
top compartment. I have no idea how warm it will get when the 
refrigerated compartment will be being controlled by an external controller.

Can anyone point me to some help on this or provide advice?

Fred L Johnson
Apex, North Carolina, USA



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