I have a 10 year old fridge I'm going to be using to brew beer. I need to maintain a temperature of about 68 F degrees for fermentation, so have it wired to an external thermostat that kills the power to the fridge when it gets to the correct temp (the fridge is plugged into the thermostat and it essentially "unplugs" the fridge when the temp is right and "plugs" it back in to run the compressor when needed).
My problem is the fridges original thermostat control is not working and I don't want to buy a replacement as I don't really need it. I removed the control and bypassed the control by wiring the two wires together directly so the compressor runs constantly (when not controlled by the external thermostat switch). My concern is how safe is it to bypass the fridges internal control like this- is there risk the wire will overheat or something? I just don't know enough about it, the set up otherwise works perfectly for my application.
My problem is the fridges original thermostat control is not working and I don't want to buy a replacement as I don't really need it. I removed the control and bypassed the control by wiring the two wires together directly so the compressor runs constantly (when not controlled by the external thermostat switch). My concern is how safe is it to bypass the fridges internal control like this- is there risk the wire will overheat or something? I just don't know enough about it, the set up otherwise works perfectly for my application.
