Order Arrived+ Start Of Coopers Irish Stout Brew.

[LordEoin]

They're the business.
Set and forget! 

[Robrew]

hey im just wondering what kinda temperature ranges you could get from these brew belts? would you be able to leave it in a shed at 10-12 degrees and still set it to 18-22 degrees?

[Greg2013]

The smell out of the brew room the last couple of days is massive, i even found myself sniffing the bubbler

[Ciderhead]

The technical term is stout fart

[LordEoin]

Robrew - Once I have the fridge empty, I'll set it to 10C, bang in an FV of water with a brewbelt for a day and see what the temp is for you. Probably won't be til next week though.

deadman - I'm constantly sniffing the bubbler (sounds so dirty), yum yum yum

ciderhead and tub - I love the smell of yeastfart in the morning! [smiley=happy.gif]

[Robrew]

thanks Eoin tis just a bit of curiosity on my part  , and dont worry  im sure there is plenty of other bubbler sniffers out there 

[Greg2013]

Update i still have the leccy blanket on the FV and set to lowest setting and with thermometer between blanket and fv i am getting a constant temp of 25c so pretty good considering the house is bloody freezing. The smell is just heaven so i am hoping that in a month i will have a nice stout for a taste test

[LordEoin]

necessity is the mother of invention 
if you could drop it down a few degrees it would be awesome.

robrew, i left the window open and shut the door on the way to bed last night.
This morning the room was at 13C and the brew with belt was at 21ish.

[Greg2013]

actualy it has settled at 23C now so thats even better? now if i could just get some bottles in i would be sorted,transport issues

[Robrew]

robrew, i left the window open and shut the door on the way to bed last night.
This morning the room was at 13C and the brew with belt was at 21ish.

that seems quite good I think this will be going on my growing list of 'to buy' 

[Greg2013]

Yes but a single bed electric blanket covers far more surface area around an FV, it has 3 settings, best of all you can get them now for 15 euro and the brew belt is 30 euro average,also all the brew belts i have seen would not wrap a small saucepan. Better heat distribution with the blanket.

[Ciderhead]

Brewbelts are designed to be run 24hrs 7 days, electric blankets are not
Brewbelts are 25 Watts Electric blankets are between 100 and 200 Watts

[Greg2013]

So a brew belt is better because its weaker? Electric blankets do have thermostatic cut off as well. Electrically speaking i can't see any problem with running them full time, not the new ones anyway.

[LordEoin]

A brewbelt is better because it was designed to do this specific job.
It's safer, more efficient and more effective.

I'm no expert in electric blankets, but the maunfacturer is.
Maybe email the electric blanket manufacturer and ask if they're safe to run for a week solid wrapped around a bucket of water...

[johnrm]

Hmmm....
Aren't we the bunch of nutcases tha pull out kettle elements and run a pair of them for an hour at a time?