Refrigeration beer question

You could get yourself an external thermostat that has a probe that goes inside the refer. and plugs into the wall. You plug the refer into the thermostat and set the refer as cold as you can get it. When the refer reaches the temp setting on the on the thermo., it shuts off.

Hope this helps

Glenn

Wow, I never thought of that. I am going to buy a wine cooler that holds 24 bottles. I think that will be ok for now. I do have an old fridge that I could do what you stated to. That sounds like a good idea.

Thanks, Curt

what does the extra stat achieve? or am i just drunk?

Well, you may have been a little drunk although my sentence isn't a good one. I could have said.....I do have an old fridge that I could use to do what you stated that I could to do with. (this sentence stinks to, but you know what I mean) Not sure where you got the word stat? I like the word stat however, when I need something quickly I tend to tell people I need that stat. Sounds like an emergency room or something. Here is a good example.....I need a beer STAT.

Enjoy, Curt

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I guess he meant stat as in Thermostat not as in statistic, unless you may view the thermostat as a keeper of the statistic of thermal temperature! ;-)

Sorry I must be brain dead and I am not even drinking. The whole thing behind all this is refrigerators keep things too cold for aging certain types of beer. I am looking for a cooler that keeps beer at around 50 degrees F. It was recommended that I use a external thermostat that has a probe that goes in the refrigerator and turns on and off the electric to keep the temp at 50 F. It is a great idea and I think I will use it when I brew.

Enjoy, Curt

You know, theoretically it would be possible to bust into the control system of the fridge and alter it. When you turn the temp selection dial on the fridge you are probably turning a potentiometer, or variable resistor to a more or less resistance level. The trick would be to measure the max and min resistances of the potentiometer. if the max resistance is the warmest fridge setting all you would need to do was to solder a two cent resistor, or even another five cent tuning pot in series with the factory's in order to effectivly double the highest temperature of the fridge. Keep in mind though the maximum temperature of the fridge would be the ambient temperature where it sits; no heating devices are present.

It might be a little more complicated, but I'm pretty sure fridges run on comparitor circuits with schmitt triggers; I am after all an unemployed recently graduated electrical engineer. Anyone in the greater Seattle area want to donate a fridge for the sake of science? I've been searching for the exact quality unit which fills all my stringent requirements, ie free, for the last few months.

Optimaly I would like it to be able to be set for between about 40 and 70 Deg F. assuming ambient is above.

Why not simply turn it to its coldest setting and get a Johnson controller to control the temp that way? Simply plug the refridgerator into the controller and put the thermistor in the refridgerator. Set the temperature on the controller.

Tom Veldhouse