Originally posted by groenspookasem
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I did the yeast/ trub/water mix and its all settled the same. I think I will just bin it and try it one day when I actually have a schedule to reuse it a bit later. My next brew will be a hoppy something or other so will probably use US05/S04
In my keezer [Lager chamber atm] I have been moving my prob around to see effects on maintaining temps and load cycling, and also doing reading up on literature. Mostly related to temp control of vaccines and meds in the medical field [Which seem to be quite critical of consistent temps for obvious reasons]. The very common advice [usually referencing the CDC] that came through often was this:
-Probe should be buffered to reduce excessive cycling:
-In a small container of fluid, preferably glycol. (just for freezing risks)
-Larger container will give less cycling but wider variation
-Probe positioned in the 'average' position of items being cooled:
- ie. most likely near the centre
- away from the cooling/ heating source [more so for more powerful cooling/heating sources]
-Replace open space in chamber with 'thermal mass'
- ie containers of water [or more kegs of beer!?]
- helps maintain more stable temps
- maintains more stable temps when opening and closing the chamber
I know everyone has their theory, and mine was a bit different to this, but this does make sense to me and I will probably try and follow something along the lines of these guidelines
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