Kegerator. What heater and preferred position?

[alexlark]

Yea I'll get some pics up once done.

What I did a few weeks back was to turn the fridge stat to 5 and work my way down to 1, with a day in between. I noted the temperature at each increment so now I know what number on the stat for a particular temperature

[jmc]

Yea I'll get some pics up once done.

What I did a few weeks back was to turn the fridge stat to 5 and work my way down to 1, with a day in between. I noted the temperature at each increment so now I know what number on the stat for a particular temperature

What's the temp range you get just using fridge thermostat?

[alexlark]

From 1ºc to 9ºc

I like my beer cool so this is perfect for me

[jmc]

From 1ºc to 9ºc

I like my beer cool so this is perfect for me

Horses for courses. Glad it suits you.

I normally prefer ale around 12C, but 9C is a damn site better than 22-25C which is the temp by beer was in my garage last year.

[alexlark]

I know what you mean, my shed was up to 28 earlier. Thats a non starter for beer!

[stringy]

JMC, reckon it would be possible to get 4 small cornies in there? e.g. if you made a shelf across the back resting on the compressor, would you fit two raised up at the back, and two more in front?

I've got 4 small cornies & am hoping I can find a fridge to squeeze them all in!

[jmc]

JMC, reckon it would be possible to get 4 small cornies in there? e.g. if you made a shelf across the back resting on the compressor, would you fit two raised up at the back, and two more in front?

I've got 4 small cornies & am hoping I can find a fridge to squeeze them all in!

I took pic below when I was working out heater position.
I used a 1/2 depth shelf that came with the fridge


To answer your question, yes you could fit in 4
You could have 2 small in the back and either
IF NO heater inside eg kegerator in kitchen not garage
a) 2 full size in front
IF heater inside on LHS
b) 1 full size (RHS) and 1 small under heater (LHS)
c) 1 small (RHS) and 1 small under heater (LHS)

[stringy]

Amazing, Thats exactly the sort of fridge I need to find. I was originally looking to house my 4 small cornies, but good to know the big ones fit too.

Now to find one to buy...

[jmc]

Amazing, Thats exactly the sort of fridge I need to find. I was originally looking to house my 4 small cornies, but good to know the big ones fit too.

Now to find one to buy...

Good luck with your search. Hotpoint RLA larder fridges come up reasonably often on eBay.

I should have mentioned that you will have to store gas externally, like I do.

[jmc]

Thought I should add a note of warning to this topic..

Kegerator has been working fine recently. I appreciate having ale at 11c rather than 6c in garage , however I had a surprise in the week.

I was replacing an empty keg when I heard a loud leak in the gas line.
First thoughts were I'd broken a connection, but after shutting down reg then testing I couldn't find leak in any of the joints.

It turned out that the lamp had melted a hole in the 3/8 gas line. During the move I must have rested line on the lamp.


I replaced that length of pipe and that fixed the leak.

During fix I noticed that the lamp had also melted a bit of the side of the fridge.

I cooled lamp down, cleaned it up and fitted a brass plate to that side of the fridge so that if it did accidentally touch the side in the future no harm would be done.

It was my own fault. I must have moved it some time before when moving kegs.
Goes to show you need to be very careful with position of these lamps.

I may look into getting a cage for the lamp the same as some reptile owners use.

[steambrew]

Lovely post it looks great a friend of mine uses the bulb but he has had to fit a brass cage around his he lost a bottle of gas after his gas line melted