Danby temperature questions.

[pcm2a]

So I have my new Danby from Sams and the only mod I did to it was I moved the thermo sensor to the upper left. Today a cup of water on the keg was 31.5 (frozen) and beer from the keg was also 31.5. The thermostat was set to 36.

I turned it up to 40 degrees about 5 hours ago and put a new cup of water inside (on top the keg). 5 hours later the cup of water reads 41 degrees and beer from the keg is reading 33.0.

Question: Does it take longer than 5 hours to cool a tap water temperature cup of water down to what I was hoping would be 36 degrees (31.5 + 4)?

Question: Does it take longer than 5 hours for the keg to heat up from the previous 31.5 to whatever it is going to stop at (hopefully 35-36 degrees)?

If anyone has only moved their temp sensor, what did you set your thermostat to?

Thanks!

[pcm2a]

Update: I moved the thermostat to 38 degrees and this morning liquid temp was 32.5 instead of 31.5 previously (with the thermo set to 36). Now I've turned it up to 40 and will check it again in 8 hours.

Moving that sensor sure makes a humongous difference.

[cubby_swans]

Originally Posted by pcm2a

Question: Does it take longer than 5 hours to cool a tap water temperature cup of water down to what I was hoping would be 36 degrees (31.5 + 4)?

Question: Does it take longer than 5 hours for the keg to heat up from the previous 31.5 to whatever it is going to stop at (hopefully 35-36 degrees)?
Thanks!

5 hours should be plenty long enough to cool a glass of water, but not a keg. A keg can take a good day or two to finally get to whatever temp it's getting to. The greater the volume of liquid, the longer it takes to change. That's why bodies of water such as Lake Michigan don't freeze over.