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Title: Automatically reduce the temp of my fridge over time
Post by: Ciderhead on December 04, 2012, 12:01:53 AM
Ok my issue is that I have an stc-1000 on the fridge, but its a pain to have to go and adjust by 0.5 of a degree every day when I am doing a pils or lager, sometimes I away for a couple of days and it slows down my whole process.
Anyone even seen a device or mod that would allow me to reduce temp over time?
Title: Re: Automatically reduce the temp of my fridge over time
Post by: Will_D on December 04, 2012, 12:06:50 AM
QuoteOk my issue is that I have an stc-1000 on the fridge, but its a pain to have to go and adjust by 0.5 of a degree every day when I am doing a pils or lager, sometimes I away for a couple of days and it slows down my whole process.
Anyone even seen a device or mod that would allow me to reduce temp over time?

Some time in the future I will have made the "FridgeDuino" basically a fermenting/lagering/Coldchilling fridge time line controller that will run a time/temp profile over 6 or 8 weeks

HOWEVER, don't hold your breath waiting for this !!

Will
Title: Re: Automatically reduce the temp of my fridge over time
Post by: Ciderhead on December 04, 2012, 12:09:06 AM
Quote
QuoteOk my issue is that I have an stc-1000 on the fridge, but its a pain to have to go and adjust by 0.5 of a degree every day when I am doing a pils or lager, sometimes I away for a couple of days and it slows down my whole process.
Anyone even seen a device or mod that would allow me to reduce temp over time?

Some time in the future I will have made the "FridgeDuino" basically a fermenting/lagering/Coldchilling fridge time line controller that will run a time/temp profile over 6 or 8 weeks

HOWEVER, don't hold your breath waiting for this !!

Will
Customer number 1  ::)
Title: Re: Automatically reduce the temp of my fridge over time
Post by: Will_D on December 04, 2012, 12:10:07 AM
So in the meantime my cider is just thrown outside for a few months to enjoy the climate massage effects that ONLY an Oirish winter can impart to embryonic cider

Did I mention Spartan babys in a previous thread??

Will
Title: Re: Automatically reduce the temp of my fridge over time
Post by: DEMPSEY on December 04, 2012, 12:44:41 AM
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Some time in the future I will have made the "FridgeDuino" basically a fermenting/lagering/Coldchilling fridge time line controller that will run a time/temp profile over 6 or 8 weeks

HOWEVER, don't hold your breath waiting for this !!

Will
Oh Will,you are eternal proof that no matter how old we get,we still conspire to dream up contraptions to do all sorts of things. :)
Title: Re: Automatically reduce the temp of my fridge over time
Post by: imark on December 05, 2012, 07:20:26 PM
Or the http://brewpi.com/  8-)

Planning on making this myself as soon as I source a suitable fridge
Title: Re: Automatically reduce the temp of my fridge over time
Post by: Ciderhead on December 05, 2012, 11:36:44 PM
QuoteOr the http://brewpi.com/  8-)

Planning on making this myself as soon as I source a suitable fridge


Ooh lots of wiring, happy to help source bits etc whatever's required but I ain't no electrical engineer :(
Title: Re: Automatically reduce the temp of my fridge over time
Post by: DEMPSEY on December 06, 2012, 12:12:35 PM
Yes deffo  a TOG project,one thing ask them about it before any of them have drink taken,its being my experience in the past that when asking an electrical enginering dude can they make something for me,they dont tink,they just say,"yeaah I can do dat". :(
Title: Re: Automatically reduce the temp of my fridge over time
Post by: JimmyM on December 06, 2012, 03:29:00 PM
I do that even when i have no  drink taken!
Title: Re: Automatically reduce the temp of my fridge over time
Post by: imark on December 07, 2012, 05:58:05 PM
component group buy
Title: Re: Automatically reduce the temp of my fridge over time
Post by: Ciderhead on December 07, 2012, 07:36:13 PM
well up for that!