In the past I have owned only one FV tank which is equipped with a fish tank type immersion heater for warming the tank during primary fermentation, and a stainless tube cooling coil fed by a maxi 100 cooling unit for cold conditioning. The flow and return pipe feeds to the coil entered the vessel via two cutouts in the lid. I now own a second FV tank which is pretty well airtight apart from the airlock in the lid and I would like to maintain the integrity of this tank ie not have cut outs for the flow and return cooling pipe feeds. The question is, what is the best alternative method of keeping the tank cool during cold conditioning. I understand that I could wrap a cooling coil around the outside of the tank and then insulation, but how efficient is this. I must confess that the internal cooling coil was very effective at keeping the beer cool, holding 7*c even in summer. The logic of this effort is to reduce the amount of equipment inside the secondary FV to reduce the chance of spoilage.
Thanks.
FV cooling options.
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Re: FV cooling options.
the brewfridge is a great option if you can make the space, under the counter fridges work well but benefit from sitting at waist height..
ist update for months n months..
Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
Coming Soon Lots planned for the near future nowt for the immediate
Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
Coming Soon Lots planned for the near future nowt for the immediate

Re: FV cooling options.
This is my effort - the fridge was free and cools down in about 5 minutes if that and holds temp even when it is hot outside - i use an stc to controll the fridge and a small heater - and yes I am a qualified sparky!


BossTronix 1 15 gallon pot brewery
2 x 7 gallon SS Brewtech Chronical
6 x Corny Kegs
in Keg 1 - Black Lager
in Keg 2 - Raspberryade
in Keg 3 - Devil's Backbone Clone
in Keg 4 - empty
in keg 5 - empty
in keg 6 - empty
Tap 1 - Black lager
Tap 2 - Raspberryade
2 x 7 gallon SS Brewtech Chronical
6 x Corny Kegs
in Keg 1 - Black Lager
in Keg 2 - Raspberryade
in Keg 3 - Devil's Backbone Clone
in Keg 4 - empty
in keg 5 - empty
in keg 6 - empty
Tap 1 - Black lager
Tap 2 - Raspberryade
Re: FV cooling options.
Similar idea to wrapping a coil around the vessel is to weld a panel to the vessel which is more efficient and then cooled using a maxi cooler.

insulated

Then clad


insulated

Then clad

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Re: FV cooling options.
Could you tell me the type of insulation and cladding thats been used?
Re: FV cooling options.
Armaflex class O http://www.armacell.co.uk/WWW/armacell/ ... 0C0059E6C7 and clad with stainless.
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