Kevin59
Joined: 03 Aug 2012
Posts: 1047
Location: Fort Collins, CO
Drinking: Imperial Brown Ale
Working on: Oatmeal Stout, IPA
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 Link Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:53 pm Post subject: Re: 8 degrees of difference inside ferment and out... |
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| morrillt wrote: | So i made a cool room. I am using plastic 55gallon drums..... inside it gets 8 degrees warmer....
I am thikning of making some kind of heat conducting rods inside the drum, that connect to a heatsink on top.... any idears on this?
I have been googling, to no avail....
Todd |
I've seen 7-8 degrees differential in a couple of my fermentation, and that usually only lasts for 2-3 days if that. So hopefully you'll see that reduce fairly quickly.
As to using heat conducting rods I don't believe you'll gain much if anything with a heatsink. You'll need some sort of active cooling solution like a Peltier device as used on this product:
http://www.brewjacket.com/immersion-homebrew-lager-without-refrigerator/
I'm not advocating for that as I've never used it, but I like the idea.
I'm hoping to come up with a solution for my setup before summer hits, but I'm still thinking a glycol loop with immersion coils in my fermenters. Maybe...
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