Thermostat and High CFM Rated Fan Question

[Lush]

I have a couple of questions:

Thermostats: I will be using this thermostat:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.micromatic.com/images/3/300x300/E54.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.micromatic.com/draft-keg-beer/kegerator-conversion-kits-pid-E54-tab-reviews.html&h=300&w=300&sz=11&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=2PTT3rMez-h23M:&tbnh=116&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3DE54%2B-%2BTemperature%2BController%2B%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

Would it be better to place it on the outside of the chest freezer and drill a hole into the unit for the probe or can I just close the chest lid on the probe line?

Or place the entire thing inside the chest freezer and drill a hole for the power cord?

Blower question:

I will be using a fan that is 88 cfm rated. Will this create too much heat inside my chest freezer? In another post someone had read that a high cfm rated fan can actually raise the temperature inside the freezer. Is this true? What have been your experiences with this?

I look forward to hearing your inputs.

Still in the process of purchasing everthing I need to built this thing.

Thanks!

[jumper]

The unit is meant to be mounted on the outside. It isn't a sealed unit... any condensation or moisture will damage it.

[lunkhead]

Blower question:

I will be using a fan that is 88 cfm rated. Will this create too much heat inside my chest freezer? In another post someone had read that a high cfm rated fan can actually raise the temperature inside the freezer. Is this true? What have been your experiences with this?

I look forward to hearing your inputs.

Still in the process of purchasing everthing I need to built this thing.

Thanks!

It could. Is there a volt, amp, watt rating on the fan somewhere? A few have posted using fans that were rated at 25+ watts. You won't want to leave a 25 to 35 watt or more light bulb on all the time in your refridgerator. A chest freezer may be able to keep it cool, but the electric bill will suffer

[joepizi]

Would it be better to place it on the outside of the chest freezer and drill a hole into the unit for the probe or can I just close the chest lid on the probe line?

I have the same unit and I just close the chest lid on the probe line. It doesn't look the best, but i actually have the chest lid closing on the controller probe line, blower power line, and a fan power line, and I haven't had any problems. If you do want to drill, just drill a small hole and look in there for any cooling lines and avoid them, but you still run the risk of messing something up. I thought about doing it, I just decided not to mess with a good thing!

[THE ICEMAN]

I have a couple of questions:

Thermostats: I will be using this thermostat:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.micromatic.com/images/3/300x300/E54.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.micromatic.com/draft-keg-beer/kegerator-conversion-kits-pid-E54-tab-reviews.html&h=300&w=300&sz=11&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=2PTT3rMez-h23M:&tbnh=116&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3DE54%2B-%2BTemperature%2BController%2B%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

Would it be better to place it on the outside of the chest freezer and drill a hole into the unit for the probe or can I just close the chest lid on the probe line?

Or place the entire thing inside the chest freezer and drill a hole for the power cord?

The unit is meant to be mounted on the outside. It isn't a sealed unit... any condensation or moisture will damage it.

These type of controls are used in walk in coolers & freezers all the time so moisture is not a factor.

It would be easier to just close the lid on the probe & mount the control on the outside. Just be very careful how you mount it. Use existing screw holes or velcro. Its no fun to drill into refrigerant lines.