Guys, I've been testing this inexpensive ceramic heater as a heat source in a small closet that I plan on using for a fermentation chamber. Closet interior is roughly 30X30X54 and is not insulated which I don't see to be an issue as it's not against an exterior wall. Found it in a box of misc. junk that had been packed away since moving to the new house.
Never more than 2 degrees plus or minus when the closet is empty an virtually zero variation with a 30 gallon fermenter filled with wash.
I have a few digital temp controllers on hand that I may never use again. DAMN !!!
No numerical settings on the dial but it was very easy to adjust to the desired temp which in my testing ranged from 75 to 100 degrees F.
A buddy of mine has a box for his fermenters and uses a ceramic heater.
He sets the thermostat on the heater to around 90f.
Then plugs the heater into a stc1000 controller.
The controller uses the mash temp.
shadylane wrote:A buddy of mine has a box for his fermenters and uses a ceramic heater.
He sets the thermostat on the heater to around 90f.
Then plugs the heater into a stc1000 controller.
The controller uses the mash temp.
Overkill unless his heater doesn't have thermostatic control. The constant temps with this heater simply blew me away. I woulda bet $$$$$ against it.
