Beer Coolers & Fermenting Cupboards

[Vossy1]

I think I'll be getting two of those TC -10's and running one with a 12v pump like yours Rab.
It means I'll be able to ferment 2 beer at once which is what I really want to do.

 

[Rabmaxwell]

Bringing this topic back to life as I'm having problems with my chiller....again!
The chiller is a bit over enthusiastic when it comes to maintaining it's ice bath

You can see from the pictures above that the ice block extends to include the beer lines, but what you can't see is that the ice is encroaching on the python pump. I've already bent the water return pipe away from the ice block once, as the return was freezing up when the python wasn't driving coolant to the product coil in my fv. Today I took the chiller apart and found the water return pipe about 1" inside the ice block.
To get round this, I have bypassed the cold water return as you can see from the bottom photo above.

Does anyone know how to alter the thermostat (top right pic) or are they factory pre set and non adjustable?

Did you get fit a controller to your cooler yet Vossi i fitted one & it's working very well.

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Also Vossi do you get an uneven cooling mine is cooler at the bottom than the top when cooling to the set fermentation temperature.To try & get round this i will use a higher cooling temperature during fermentation followed by a lower cooling temperature for crash cooling

 

[Vossy1]

Did you get fit a controller to your cooler yet Vossi i fitted one & it's working very well.

Glad to hear yours is working well Rab I haven't got mine yet...other projects and all that

Also Vossi do you get an uneven cooling mine is cooler at the bottom than the top when cooling to the set fermentation temperature.To try & get round this i will use a higher cooling temperature during fermentation followed by a lower cooling temperature for crash cooling

I assume your talking about the temp in the fv, and not the cooler bath.
In the fv I would imagine thermal layers will be present, with the coolest area being at the bottom of the fv and the warmest at the top. When the yeast is most active I would imagine they will do a pretty good job of aggitating the fv's contects, to give a stable mixed temp. As yeast activity drops off I would imagine that's when the thermal layers start to form, as the yeast isn't aggitating the fv contents as much, if at all.
I put my probe near the top of the fv so hopefully the temp never exceeds that of what I want. If the bottom of the fv is a degree or 2 cooler I'm quite happy with that.

What difference in temps have you been getting Rab?

 

[Rabmaxwell]

Yes Vossi i get a 2oc temperature difference between the bottom & the top of the fv. :thumb: