[andyi]

Howdy,

I have a single stage ranco temp controller and a 20 yr old Kenmore fridge with freezer on top.  I want the freezer to remain at freezer temps.  Will the ranco take over control of the fridge only or will it take over the freezer also?

Cheers

[In The Sand]

It'll take over the power cord.  That'll control the whole thing. Gotta sacrifice the freezer. Unless you rewire some stuff, in which case I can't help because I'm not electrician.

[klickitat jim]

I believe that having frozen and fermentor temps in the same box would be a near impossible task

[Jimmy K]

Most of those old refrigerators have the cooling coils in the freezer and a fan controlled by a thermostat circulates cold air into the refrigerator space as needed. It would be tricky, but if you could rig the temp controller to that fan them you'd have a freezer and fermentation chamber. I know when the fan breaks the freezer stays cold while the fridge is warm.