Comments on: Building A DIY Warming Cabinet. http://sustainablesmallholding.org/building-diy-warming-cabinet/ Permaculture, and Sustainable practices on a Lincolnshire Smallholding Sun, 05 Feb 2017 15:17:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.11 By: Potato Blight and Compost Tea | The Sustainable Smallholding http://sustainablesmallholding.org/building-diy-warming-cabinet/#comment-41245 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 23:15:43 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4185#comment-41245 […] forgot that I have made some fish hydrolysate and could have added that […]

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By: Deano Martin http://sustainablesmallholding.org/building-diy-warming-cabinet/#comment-22503 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:55:04 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4185#comment-22503 Hi John
I thought that I had replied to your comment, but it doesn’t seem to have worked.
The downside for an aquarium heater would be that it would only work on one container at a time. the cabinet will fit loads of different things in. Mine has 6 bags of mushrooms growing, plus the fish hydrolysate, and some germinating seeds.
Not sure of the best option for your insectary. There are some greenhouse fan heaters that can heat or ventilate, but I’ve not tried them, so cannot tell if they would be suitable.
All of the best
Deano

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By: John http://sustainablesmallholding.org/building-diy-warming-cabinet/#comment-22493 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 02:14:14 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4185#comment-22493 1. Thanks for this and for the link to the plugNplay temp controller… too easy. I had thought to design and build these myself in Oz, as we have nothing similar. Timers etc, but zero plug-in ‘thermostats’.
2. Just a thought: wouldn’t a simple submersible aquarium heater provide the same service for heating a bucket and contents, plus maybe an aerator to provide the agitation/stirring. You may not want oxygen, but that could be excluded/limited with well-fitting lid. Insulation could be via any sort of blanket and sit the bucket and insulation (and wiring) into a larger bucket.
3. Can anyone supply a link to true temperature control. (For an insectary.) I need to maintain a cabinet and eggs at around 20 deg C. My local ambient temps can be as low as 5-15 deg. at nights and; 30-40 deg. in the day (depending on season). A plugNplay would be great- something that turns on a heater when it’s cold and a cooler when it’s warm. And ‘intelligent’ enough not to have both circuits on at the same time. I hope somebody can advize. Cheers. JA in the Antipodes.

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By: Deano Martin http://sustainablesmallholding.org/building-diy-warming-cabinet/#comment-22343 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 07:49:37 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4185#comment-22343 Thanks for the tip Andy
Not being the key decision maker for what is allowed in the house is a potential problem, but trying to get a brew going again sounds like a great idea.
Deano

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By: Andy http://sustainablesmallholding.org/building-diy-warming-cabinet/#comment-22337 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:40:35 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4185#comment-22337 The cider would have done well in a greenhouse or poly tunnel. The temp may have still been a bit low but almost certainly enough to start and keep going slowly. My greenhouse has hit 17 degrees and barely dropped below 10 in the last month bar the odd night.

The frosty couple of mornings we had in the last week showed how well a manure heap keeps warm…a bit of water pipe in the heap and a pump going into a box could be another solution. Perhaps piped warm water around a 5 gallon bucket.

…having said that a 5 gallon bucket, or several, of cider in the living room is never out of place 🙂 Sit and smell it, listen too it and dream about it 🙂

A failed brew can often be reclaimed by scooping off any scum from the top and re-introducing some started yeast that is already going strongly – done that before without problems.

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