I have finally hooked up my temperature controller purchased from Cedaronics.... so I am giving it a bit of a test run tonight to see if all works out, but I think I am going to need a bit of advice if possible.
To calibrate I have set the unit to 14.5C with a variance of 1.5C, I have a fermenter full of water, which has a separate digital thermometer attached, with the probe end in the water. The dial on my fridge is set to 5 (can be set between 1 and 7) I have not changed the settings for the compressor delay time, or the temperature calibration value... so they are left at 3mins and 0C
With any luck I can check this in a few hours time to see what sort of readings I get from the actual temperature of the water VS the temp on the Temperature controller, I am hoping this will give me some rough figures I can work with when I put an actual brew in. Water temp was at 28C when I stuck it in the fridge, so far the cooling part is working, but I won't know about the heating part for a while. (is a 60W tubular heater )
Once I have done the above, I was looking to get a coopers Pilsener on the go. I have read that the supplied yeast can ferment as low as 13C.... does anyone have any suggestions as to what sort of temp I should ferment at, and maybe what sort of settings I should use on the temp controller? This will be the first time I will be using a the brew fridge, so I don't want to mess it up.
One final thing, when pitching the yeast, should it be done at a higher temp eg 24C and left for a while, then stuck in the brew fridge, or is it fine to pitch low?
Cheers!! :
To calibrate I have set the unit to 14.5C with a variance of 1.5C, I have a fermenter full of water, which has a separate digital thermometer attached, with the probe end in the water. The dial on my fridge is set to 5 (can be set between 1 and 7) I have not changed the settings for the compressor delay time, or the temperature calibration value... so they are left at 3mins and 0C
With any luck I can check this in a few hours time to see what sort of readings I get from the actual temperature of the water VS the temp on the Temperature controller, I am hoping this will give me some rough figures I can work with when I put an actual brew in. Water temp was at 28C when I stuck it in the fridge, so far the cooling part is working, but I won't know about the heating part for a while. (is a 60W tubular heater )
Once I have done the above, I was looking to get a coopers Pilsener on the go. I have read that the supplied yeast can ferment as low as 13C.... does anyone have any suggestions as to what sort of temp I should ferment at, and maybe what sort of settings I should use on the temp controller? This will be the first time I will be using a the brew fridge, so I don't want to mess it up.
One final thing, when pitching the yeast, should it be done at a higher temp eg 24C and left for a while, then stuck in the brew fridge, or is it fine to pitch low?
Cheers!! :
