Chest freezer to refrigerator conversion w/o new thermostat

wild01
wild01 Solar Expert Posts: 100 ✭✭✭
in Off Grid Solar & Battery Systems #1
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/
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  • System2
    System2 Posts: 6,290 admin
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    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!
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  • waynefromnscanada
    waynefromnscanada Solar Expert Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭✭
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    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.
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  • vtmaps
    vtmaps Solar Expert Posts: 3,741 ✭✭✭✭
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    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
    4 X 235watt Samsung, Midnite ePanel, Outback VFX3524 FM60 & mate, 4 Interstate L16, trimetric, Honda eu2000i
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