Come September I will, like many other get all excited about grapes. This idea started from another thread - how to get 400 liters warmed up and kept up.
I 'warm' 2 or 3 saucepans full on the stove and then to maintain temp I currently use a tent method. A small oil filled rad (with a stat) very close to the fermenter - in a tent of wool blankets & bubble wrap. Bit Heath-Robinson but very effective.
Has anyone used fish tank heaters - you know the glass tube jobbies.
I was thinking it might be easier. Use two, sterilize, plop in the red grape pulp, cover loosely - job done. No stove top warm up. Possibly more accurate. Less fire risk.
Thoughts?
PS: This is different from the stand DJ's in a cooler box full of water with a heater method.
I 'warm' 2 or 3 saucepans full on the stove and then to maintain temp I currently use a tent method. A small oil filled rad (with a stat) very close to the fermenter - in a tent of wool blankets & bubble wrap. Bit Heath-Robinson but very effective.
Has anyone used fish tank heaters - you know the glass tube jobbies.
I was thinking it might be easier. Use two, sterilize, plop in the red grape pulp, cover loosely - job done. No stove top warm up. Possibly more accurate. Less fire risk.
Thoughts?
PS: This is different from the stand DJ's in a cooler box full of water with a heater method.
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