Home-brew Miele fridge rewire
Hi All
So I picket up a dysfunctional 6ft freestanding Miele fridge for my home brew kegs. It all works except it always chills down to -2 deg C. Sometimes the internal lights flash and the fan motor pulses on and off and its behaviour was a bit bizarre. I knew this when buying it. What do you want for $ 50 !! It looks very similar to this. https://www.miele.com.au/domestic/re...2820_SD_edt/cs
But its and older K8952 SD - ED1
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So I have disconnected the logic board and now run the compressor direct from an external STC-1000 temperature controller.
It all good so far. I've lost the internal lights, I can live with that but I'm uncertain what to do with the internal fan.
So this fridge has no freezer unit , it doesn't have a defrost function either. It's just a cold plate which is three quarters the internal height of the fridge. The thermistor appears to be bonded into the cold plate so I gave up thinking about replacing it.
I can rewire it so the internal fan comes on with the compressor (which would be easy) or should it have an independent timer , 10 mins on 50 off sort of thing.
Thanks
Re: Home-brew Miele fridge rewire
I'd run it on test with a thermometer inside and see how the temp goes.
Our Miele fridge has a 'turbo fan' that you can turn on or off bit it's just a sales gimmick designed to spread the air and get a more even temperature inside.
Re: Home-brew Miele fridge rewire
Leave fan to work all time and compressor on thermostat demand. If you are keeping it at 3°C or more, you don't need defrost with fan switched ON full time.
Re: Home-brew Miele fridge rewire
Thanks. I'll set up some glasses of water from top to bottom and measure the temperatures. See what the swing is.