Hello fellow BrewPi users!
This forum has been a massive source of inspiration to me. I finally finished my fridge build and wanted to share my design and build pictures.
A big cheers to Elco for such as awesome bit of kit too. Can’t wait for the next phase to build my HERMS!
Fridge designed in Solidworks 2016. Barrel type fermenter shown in original design
Design of rear reticulation and additional fridge compressor cooling
240VAC electrical enclosure housing fuse holders, solid state relays for switching heater and fridge compressor, and a switch mode power supply with 12VDC & 5VDC outputs
12VDC controls enclosure. Houses a Brewpi temp controller, Raspberry Pi, LEDs, switch and tacho (totally unnecessary!) for the chamber fan. Also has panel mounted HDMI, RJ45 and dual USB ports for hardwired connections to the Raspberry Pi
Electrical circuit diagram. I’m not an electrician, so the symbols are probably out of date/wrong, but it makes sense to me
Chamber junction box for temp sensors and 12VDC chamber fan power supply
Wiring the chamber junction box plugs
Chamber junction box in place on the ceiling of the fridge
Brewpi temp controller mounted to custom made base plate
Brewpi and base plate
Milling the square holes in the controls enclosure at work
Bespoke 60Watt heater. Made from aluminium fins and a reptile terrarium heater cable. If I’d made another fridge I make this simpler
Underside of fermenter shelf with 12VDC computer fan mounted to it to circulate air and keep the temperature uniform within the chamber
Top of the fermenter shelf with beefy fan guard to take the weight of the fermenter leg
Wiring the 240VAC electrical enclosure. The cable labels came in very handy!
Electrical enclosure
Brewpi temp controller display
Build pretty much completed
Reticulation. Left side for 240VAC power and right side for 5VDC temp probes
Additional cooling for fridge compressor running off a bathroom fan run on timer
