antony
Well-Known Member
the backstory:
So, I've got a 23 cu ft chest freezer that I typically use to ferment in (a buddy usually brews with me). Once a year around January we brew lagers & the freezer is turned into a lagering chamber for months & the rest of the pipeline dries out & falls to pieces until May/June. I've been wanting to get a 2nd freezer to lager in (despite the wife's objections..."how many freezers do you need?? Me: I only have 3, I NEED 4).
this past Sunday:
My handy cl app alerts me to a free (yup) side by side fridge ten minutes away. I race over, pick it up & bring it home to the garage. It was cold when I picked it up so I have high hopes.
I've spent the majority of the week (after work) cleaning the sucker, gutting the center divider & pulling off the shelving from the doors.
Now, I've come across this humidity control thing (?) & I'm thinking I'm going to pull it out this weekend. I figure since it's not going to be hooked up to water, it should be fine.
Of a little more concern is what looks to be a fan vent from the center divider to the fridge side.
I've read about all the sweet builds where the fans/thermostats are rewired but I was hoping to just gut this and use a johnson controller with a couple of pc fans if need be. So, at the moment, I'm considering leaving this in & just trying to work around it.
Tomorrow I'm gonna tackle the ice dispenser in the door and think about the ice maker. I know nothing about wiring so I'm a bit concerned of taking too many electronics out and having something screw up. For now I'll just try and make it as spacious as possible.
Sunday I wanna look into some sort of tape/insulation for the exposed foam from the divider demolition and the foam where the door shelving was. I'm thinking leaving that exposed would just invite mold in time.
So that's that. Advice greatly appreciated, just figured I'd share.
So, I've got a 23 cu ft chest freezer that I typically use to ferment in (a buddy usually brews with me). Once a year around January we brew lagers & the freezer is turned into a lagering chamber for months & the rest of the pipeline dries out & falls to pieces until May/June. I've been wanting to get a 2nd freezer to lager in (despite the wife's objections..."how many freezers do you need?? Me: I only have 3, I NEED 4).
this past Sunday:
My handy cl app alerts me to a free (yup) side by side fridge ten minutes away. I race over, pick it up & bring it home to the garage. It was cold when I picked it up so I have high hopes.
I've spent the majority of the week (after work) cleaning the sucker, gutting the center divider & pulling off the shelving from the doors.
Now, I've come across this humidity control thing (?) & I'm thinking I'm going to pull it out this weekend. I figure since it's not going to be hooked up to water, it should be fine.
Of a little more concern is what looks to be a fan vent from the center divider to the fridge side.
I've read about all the sweet builds where the fans/thermostats are rewired but I was hoping to just gut this and use a johnson controller with a couple of pc fans if need be. So, at the moment, I'm considering leaving this in & just trying to work around it.
Tomorrow I'm gonna tackle the ice dispenser in the door and think about the ice maker. I know nothing about wiring so I'm a bit concerned of taking too many electronics out and having something screw up. For now I'll just try and make it as spacious as possible.
Sunday I wanna look into some sort of tape/insulation for the exposed foam from the divider demolition and the foam where the door shelving was. I'm thinking leaving that exposed would just invite mold in time.
So that's that. Advice greatly appreciated, just figured I'd share.
