Question about temp controls on a fridge freezer.

[Billythegypsy]

Is there a way to separately control the temperatures in the fridge and freezer sections?

I'd like to have the fridge at cellar temperature and use the freezer as a fermenting chamber.

I'm thinking that I'd have to over ride the internal thermostats seeing as I cant use an stc 1000 to control the power from the plug.

Anyone have any experience with this?

[Eoin]

You'd need to remove the internal controllers and use two ATC or STC devices wired in their place. Not for beginners.

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[JimmyM]

Im open to correction - I dont think its possible on most fridges.
Because the cooling coils in the freezer compartment are usually on the same cooling circuit as the main fridge - the only difference being that there is a bigger area of cooling coils exposed to the freezer compartment relative to the volume.
I know this is definitely true for most small to medium fridges - so i suppose it depends on the fridge - in a fridge where you can control the freezer and fridge part separately it might be possible to do what eoin says - Ive never actually seen such a fridge-freezer (not saying they dont exist) - Not sure whether they would have 2 separate compressors .... My guess is if you have such a fridge - it will be too good to waste on sitting in your shed fermenting beer.

[Eoin]

My advice assumed separate controllers

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