I just bought a freezer for use as a fermenting unit. How do I know where to drill my holes? Any advice greatly appreciated. I cannot see any specific advice on the net.
Topic refrigerator equipment beer homebrew
Category Mac
Assuming it is a chest freezer, you can inspire yourself by looking how people build a keezer: HOW TO BUILD A KEEZER by Northern Brewer
So you could add a wood rim between the chest and the lid, so that way, you can drill the wood without damaging the freezer.
Check if it has any kind of drain hole to allow defrosting liquid to drain out. In that case, and assuming you can remove any plugs from your cables, you could route them through there.
Don't drill or use screws. Use magnets to hold drip trays etc.
Chest freezers have refrigerant coils in the walls.
Lids & doors are ok. Only risk hitting some electrical for the lights, but usually easy to trace and avoid.
Probe wires are usually fine just cutting the lid seal a little so they have a channel. Mine seal just fine without any modification to the cooler.
If you need tubing ports, it's best to build a collar, like on a keezer.
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