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[ColinC]

Can you put the fermentor on a shelf or something? Just to get it off the cold ground. And maybe get another blanket or an old jacket around it.

When the yeast gets going it will warm up your brew anyway.

Ps - I'd kill for a rasher sambo right now... 

[Greg2013]

Well i have added a big ass heavy blanket that goes around the fv twice so that should help the leccy one to work better as well. i will have to construct some sort of an insulated container for the 33lt Fv's for down the road.

[Mike]

I've fermented at 15 degrees in the past - it just takes longer!

[Hop Bomb]

Ive got mine up on phone books to keep em off the ground. Ive heat pads but no real need for them since I put them up on the phone books. Im at 19c in the day/evening & it drops to 18c overnight. (Our house is chilly enough too - heat just flows out of it)

[LordEoin]

or slap a heat belt around them 

[Hop Bomb]

Ive a belt & a pad & they both keep pushing the temps up around 23c. Im sure thats fine but the beersmith said 19c so I tried sticking to that (probably the only temp ive hit using beer smith so far haha)

[Greg2013]

Yes me lud but would the electric blanket off the bed not be better? :-/

[Hop Bomb]

... and a brew pad under my arse in the bed haha.

[LordEoin]

@Deadman
If the electric blanket is keeping it at around 20C you're sweet
Not sure how hot those things get, THIS PAGE seems to suggest that their 'minimum temperatures tend to be around 25°C '
But if you can set it up in such a way that it keeps it about 20 it will be fine.

@HopBomb
I have a belt and it seems to settle at 24C. I had it on a cheap socket timer to cut on at intervals and it did the trick.
I now have the heat belt connected to an STC1000 and it keeps it perfect.
I'd normally ferment at 18C for ales or 12 for lagers, sut some brews like the stout, hefeweisen or saison do well a bit higher in my opinion.
I've stuck away from brew pads because I've heard that it's not great to have the trub sitting right on top of them.
And they're expensive...

[Greg2013]

I be blowing bubbles

[LordEoin]

Excellent! Well done.
That's half the battle won, the hard bit now is patience

[Greg2013]

Well ya see thats the problem, patience is frequently beyond my capacity to  physically manifest

[Weiss]

And maybe get another blanket or an old jacket around it.

I find a sleeping bag works a treat. 

[ColinC]

And maybe get another blanket or an old jacket around it.

I find a sleeping bag works a treat. 

Just leave it in the bed beside you, it'll be grand 

[Hop Bomb]

@Deadman
If the electric blanket is keeping it at around 20C you're sweet
Not sure how hot those things get, THIS PAGE seems to suggest that their 'minimum temperatures tend to be around 25°C '
But if you can set it up in such a way that it keeps it about 20 it will be fine.

@HopBomb
I have a belt and it seems to settle at 24C. I had it on a cheap socket timer to cut on at intervals and it did the trick.
I now have the heat belt connected to an STC1000 and it keeps it perfect.
I'd normally ferment at 18C for ales or 12 for lagers, sut some brews like the stout, hefeweisen or saison do well a bit higher in my opinion.
I've stuck away from brew pads because I've heard that it's not great to have the trub sitting right on top of them.
And they're expensive...

I didnt know that about brew pads. Great tip re: stc1000. I bought one on ebay over xmas. Just waiting for it to arrive.