
Walk-in Cooler
#121
Posted 05 June 2012 - 06:48 PM
#122
Posted 05 June 2012 - 08:10 PM
I plan ahead. If I know Im going to go in/out I will bump up the temp a day before. Do my work, then do the gradual bump down as normal.Well, it froze up again earlier today. I went in and out of the cooler a lot on Sunday, and I think it introduced too much moisture. It is up to around 50F now, and I will have to gradually bring it back down. The entire unit was frozen. I think I will just have to keep it in the low 40s now, rather than the upper 30s.
#123
Posted 06 June 2012 - 04:12 AM
#124
Posted 06 June 2012 - 08:29 AM
#125
Posted 06 June 2012 - 08:31 AM
I have a airlock on mine. I actually like it because it gives me a second natural temp without any extra fans or anything. It stays around 54*. Perfect cellar temp.If you can spare the space, make a inner/outer door set with out 2ft between them. Open the outer door, step in, close outer door, then open inner door. That limits the amount of warm air/moisture to enter the walk in.Also, running the fan "always on" helps keep it from freezing too.Cheers,Rich
#126
Posted 06 June 2012 - 08:32 AM
You are my brewing hero.I have a airlock on mine. I actually like it because it gives me a second natural temp without any extra fans or anything. It stays around 54*. Perfect cellar temp.

#127
Posted 06 June 2012 - 08:42 AM
#128
Posted 06 June 2012 - 09:19 AM
Stack....I like the idea, but I have no space for it, there is only about 2 ft to the wall where the door is for the cold side. Ah well, I'll just have to deal with it as is.

Edited by BlKtRe, 06 June 2012 - 09:19 AM.
#129
Posted 06 June 2012 - 09:22 AM
who are you and what did you do with Andy?Stack....
or brew less beer!
#130
Posted 06 June 2012 - 09:30 AM
#131
Posted 06 June 2012 - 09:31 AM
He got kidnapped by his brew club.Actually, there are only a few times per year when I need that much cooling space anymore. A few fundraisers and other events. But this beer goes fairly quickly. I dont have a reason to keep that much on hand for personal/friends/family use anymore. And in reality, all I care about anymore for personal use is hops and wild/sour/barrel aged beers. Pop in a lawnmower in every now and again and Im happy.who are you and what did you do with Andy?
#132
Posted 06 June 2012 - 09:35 AM
I thought I had to have mine upper 30's maybe 40-42. I've found that temps around 46-48 dont really speed up the conditioning as much as I previously thought between those two numbers.I also did a lot of reading about cellar temps and beer storage. Which kinda proved what I thought was happening really was happening. You will be fine at mid to upper 40's. And your equipment Im betting will like it better too.Haha. I already triple stack the kegs inside. I am definitely not building into the cold side, and I don't have the ability to build on the outside of the cooler because of the space constraints around the cooler, and I am not willing to brew less beer. It seems I will just have to deal with a higher storage temp. Ah well... It is back down to 46F now. I think I'd be satisfied with 42F for the long term.
#133
Posted 06 June 2012 - 10:55 AM
Edited by gnef, 06 June 2012 - 11:04 AM.
#134
Posted 06 June 2012 - 11:06 AM
#135
Posted 06 June 2012 - 11:07 AM
#136
Posted 06 June 2012 - 11:13 AM
looks like a temp controller. what am I missing?I don't have any plans to build a walk in any time soon, but, have any of you seen this? https://www.storeitcold.com/index.phpBeach
#137
Posted 06 June 2012 - 11:29 AM
Oh wow, that is pretty cool. Instead of tearing apart your ac and rewiring it, you just hook a frost sensor into the fins of the AC, wrap the temp sensors for the coolbot and the AC together with some aluminum foil, and set the temp and plug it in. It must trick the AC into thinking it's warmer than it is so it stays on. Pretty neat!looks like a temp controller. what am I missing?
#138
Posted 06 June 2012 - 11:31 AM
so it heats up the AC temp probe?Oh wow, that is pretty cool. Instead of tearing apart your ac and rewiring it, you just hook a frost sensor into the fins of the AC, wrap the temp sensors for the coolbot and the AC together with some aluminum foil, and set the temp and plug it in. It must trick the AC into thinking it's warmer than it is so it stays on. Pretty neat!

#139
Posted 06 June 2012 - 11:34 AM
It is neat .. but the price is not .. $300!Oh wow, that is pretty cool. Instead of tearing apart your ac and rewiring it, you just hook a frost sensor into the fins of the AC, wrap the temp sensors for the coolbot and the AC together with some aluminum foil, and set the temp and plug it in. It must trick the AC into thinking it's warmer than it is so it stays on. Pretty neat!
#140
Posted 06 June 2012 - 11:35 AM
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