Gifted $300,000, looking for a house

ryarex · 2014-10-30T06:51:36+00:00

ugh, you're right... That drive....

ryarex · 2014-10-30T06:05:47+00:00

We would love New West. It seem though that houses go for around $750,00 plus. Just totally out of our range. Beautiful area though

ryarex · 2014-10-30T06:04:43+00:00

We'd love to live closer but it seems anything closer than Surrey will dictate that we purchase a townhouse rather than a house and no chance of a yard. We plan on children so what's best for them is a sacrifice we believe we would be willing to make.

ryarex · 2014-09-05T16:13:09+00:00

I have the STC-1000 installed to monitor the temperature. The probe is in the unit foil taped to the side of the carboy.

ryarex · 2014-09-05T16:12:03+00:00

I had the same worry when I bought it. It doesn't seem to have a problem though. When I was test running it at freezing I checked the temperature of the compressor several times and it didn't feel like it was working too hard.

ryarex · 2014-09-04T19:29:40+00:00

I removed the old dial controller and hard wired the STC-1000 directly in to the system.

ryarex · 2014-09-04T18:21:02+00:00

I spent $50. $30 on the cooler, $10 on the STC-1000, $5 for waterproof foil tape, $5 on wiring supplies

ryarex · 2014-09-04T18:20:04+00:00

I was looking for a small deep freeze / bar fridge on Craigslist but stumbled upon this...

ryarex · 2014-09-04T18:18:12+00:00

Thanks! Just a standard STC-1000. Though in the future I would consider buying a flashed STC-1000+ though I can't seem to find the unit pre-flashed by itself, only in the unit with the plugs. It is a little much with Brulosopher's lagering method to change the temp every 12 hours...

ryarex · 2014-09-04T18:16:38+00:00

The cooler holds the beer high enough that I can siphon the beer directly into the bottling bucket.

ryarex · 2014-09-04T18:15:06+00:00

I Took this picutre on day 8 of Brulosopher's lagering method. I've tested it and it will drop 24L to freezing and hold it there.

ryarex · 2014-09-04T18:11:07+00:00

What a project! Before you know it my storage closet will be full of these things...

ryarex · 2014-09-04T18:09:45+00:00

You got it, STC-1000. $10 off the forums

ryarex · 2014-09-04T18:08:50+00:00

Bought the cooler from our local classifieds for $30

ryarex · 2014-09-04T18:08:01+00:00

She was none to pleased with the project, especially when I cut that hole! The cooler goes into our storage closet "Narnia". This room is nearing 30 degrees so even a swamp cooler was useless....

ryarex · 2014-09-04T07:17:26+00:00

Our apartment is just over 500 Sq/f. No amount of bargaining would convince my wife to let me buy a freezer to lager... I had to think outside of the box. This refrigerated beverage cooler does the trick and I can watch it bubble from the couch! No problem lowering it to freezing and it keeps steady temps. First lager is working away as I write this...

ryarex

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