brad2157
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I recently picked up an older refrigerator through craigslist and spent some time fixing it like I wanted.....it was white originally, so I painted it black all over, painted the front with chalkboard paint, replaced the inside door panels with dry erase whiteboard, built a shelf in the bottom to hold the weight of full fermenters, added a fan to circulate the air in the bottom section, added a light for the heat circuit and added/installed a stc-1000 in the front corner of the door.
I programmed the stc-1000 to test it out initially with the compressor setting at 4 minutes (meaning it has to be at least 4 minutes between the compressor turning back on again after it hits the target temp and cuts off. I programmed the temp variance at 4 degrees. My question is...how do I know if the compressor will not burn up having to turn off and on so many times to hold a steady temp that I set to ferment at? I have no idea how often a normal refrigerator turns on and off and what would be considered normal. I have it in my garage, which gets really hot during the day, which is why I need the fermentation fridge to begin with.
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I programmed the stc-1000 to test it out initially with the compressor setting at 4 minutes (meaning it has to be at least 4 minutes between the compressor turning back on again after it hits the target temp and cuts off. I programmed the temp variance at 4 degrees. My question is...how do I know if the compressor will not burn up having to turn off and on so many times to hold a steady temp that I set to ferment at? I have no idea how often a normal refrigerator turns on and off and what would be considered normal. I have it in my garage, which gets really hot during the day, which is why I need the fermentation fridge to begin with.
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