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Just a thought...If you made some sort of insulated box (or maybe an old, out of order freezer) with one tube leading water in and one leading water out. Fill as much as possible of the inner space with copper tubing to create sort of a radiator. Then, using a temperature sensor, switch between either hot or cold water in the tubes.

Should be fairly cheap, while giving lots of rooms for different batches. If used with fridges instead, just connect the main tubes through some sort of manual gadgetry to control flow in the individual fridges.

This should keep the temps fairly even, don't you think? At least here in Norway where tap water's free :D
 
I've seen discussions here about how you can also get additional after-market thermostats that can modify a freezer so it will stay at refrigerator temperatures. But I'll let the do-it-yourselfers explain that one...
 
Thermoelectrics aren't all that efficient. You need quite a voltage to get much cooling. Good for small adjustments, and no moving parts. But I wouldn't try to go from summer temps to lager temps with one of those. Also not entirely cheap.

On the other hand, very nifty technology. Electrons move heat. Go, coupled transport, go!

The make-your-own thermostat isn't that complicated. You just tie the power to the compressor into the thermostat you add instead of the internal one. Put a probe in the box, set the temp, done. Search for Ranco controllers, they are popular with homebrewers.
 
akueck said:
Thermoelectrics aren't all that efficient. You need quite a voltage to get much cooling. Good for small adjustments, and no moving parts. But I wouldn't try to go from summer temps to lager temps with one of those. Also not entirely cheap.

On the other hand, very nifty technology. Electrons move heat. Go, coupled transport, go!

The make-your-own thermostat isn't that complicated. You just tie the power to the compressor into the thermostat you add instead of the internal one. Put a probe in the box, set the temp, done. Search for Ranco controllers, they are popular with homebrewers.
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Thus speaks the engineer. Remember, Aaron, this brewer's degrees are in life sciences and education...she doesn't understand practical. :)
 
wildoates said:
Thus speaks the engineer. Remember, Aaron, this brewer's degrees are in life sciences and education...she doesn't understand practical. :)
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I am confident that anyone could eventually figure it out. After all, the answer leads to more beer/mead. What more incentive can there be?




O right, a hot redhead...holding the beer/mead. Well, build it and she will come? ;D
 
I'm at least not old enough to have had kids old enough to drink, presuming I myself was old enough at the time. Not for a few more years anyway :p
 
akueck said:
The make-your-own thermostat isn't that complicated. You just tie the power to the compressor into the thermostat you add instead of the internal one. Put a probe in the box, set the temp, done. Search for Ranco controllers, they are popular with homebrewers.
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And if you have trouble with the science of it all, offer some beer or mead to some engineer-type and get them to wire it up for you! ;D
 
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