Chest freezer to refrigerator conversion w/o new thermostat

wild01

I was researching how to make my new kegerator and came across a thread about how to adjust the factory thermostat on a chest freezer! I immediately thought of this forum, it's a really long thread, w/ lots of pics of different brands of freezers and thermostats. Should save quite a bit of money for all of you looking into the conversion.


http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/guide-set-internal-chest-freezer-thermostat-32f-eliminate-external-control-249612/

System2

Re: Chest freezer to refrigerator conversion w/o new thermostat

This particular forum is obviously educating and also informative. I have picked up many interesting stuff out of this amazing forum. I’d love to return over and over again. Thanks!

waynefromnscanada

Re: Chest freezer to refrigerator conversion w/o new thermostat

SOME freezer thermostats may indeed be adjustable to the extent you need, and some people on this form have reported they've done it, but none of the three conversions I've done were so adjustable, so I had to devise another way to control the compressor. Hopefully you can adjust yours to the extent required, but don't assume you will be successful. Time will tell.
BTW, I find best results with the temp set as close to freezing as possible without actually freezing anything. Food lasts far longer, just no comparison. But to each his own for his own reasons.

vtmaps

Re: Chest freezer to refrigerator conversion w/o new thermostat

wild01 wrote: »

I was researching how to make my new kegerator and came across a thread about how to adjust the factory thermostat on a chest freezer! I immediately thought of this forum,

That link is indeed useful, and every time I see it mentioned on this forum I go and check it out again. Thanks for the reminder!
http://forum.solar-electric.com/showthread.php?19001
http://forum.solar-electric.com/showthread.php?18685

--vtMaps