asunderf Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 hey guys look at the picture explains it all any ideas on this guys asunderf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odog123 Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 What ever you do don't do what I done with a similar set up!!! Run it through copper pipe!! Very expensive stuff up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liljohn_83 Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 may i ask how that is a diy chiller ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asunderf Posted December 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 lol thought about it.... i no its a fridge but all diy if i do it haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liljohn_83 Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 yeh lol ive had similer thauts the big problem will be the pipes you can only use plastic or hose as mentiond above anny metalic pipe will leach metals and kill eventually ... i always thaut one of those small car fridges ,, with as mutch coild up hose as i could fitt and stuff those cooler packs around the hose then allot off glue lol ..just sompthing to think about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matmatmat Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 The thing I'm thinking is you would have to plumb it through the door as Murphy would have it that the second you (or me with my luck) drill a hole cooling pipes would be releasing their gases everywhere? Also it's kinda going to be luck as to reaching desired temps? Lol maybe you could set up a similar thing on the other side with a water heater on a temp switch for when it gets too cold.. Good luck I love DIY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matmatmat Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Oh and will will also take up valuable beer real estate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeroyRiding Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 (edited) hey guys look at the picture explains it all any ideas on this guys asunderf [ATTACH=CONFIG]15124[/ATTACH] Total way to steal my idea I was more thinking a sump in a chest freezer? as a good quality chest freezer can be turned down to run more like a fridge temp (1-5 degrees) and all the pipe work runs around the walls and base not the lid, and as the sump would be flowing rather quickly the water wouldnot chill to a point were it became to cold, if it did simply increase the flow of the sump, if it was not cold enough, reduce the flow of the sump to keep the water in there longer. so in turn you would have 2 ways of regulating temperature, thermostat on the chest freezer, and the flow rate of the sump pump. Only issue I can see with this though (well there is a few but one that i do not know anything about) the bacteria in your sump, is there a temperature that it will best flourish and thrive at? that said if your after cold water then youd want the bacteria common to cold water anyway. . . scrap what i said. . . thats my 2c anyways. Edited December 21, 2011 by LeroyRiding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swampy1972 Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Run it through copper pipe!! If you use copper pipe you won't be able to keep shrimp in the tank - it will kill them. On the bright side, it will kill snails too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liljohn_83 Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 If you use copper pipe you won't be able to keep shrimp in the tank - it will kill them. On the bright side, it will kill snails too nice cut and paste quote ,, you missed the big'' dont '' in the start of the quote ,,not a nice way to quote some one . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 Unless your wanting to cool only a very small tank say like a 1 or 2 ftr don't bother. Even then the lack of efficiency far out ways any gain. You need the water to pass very very slowly through alot of pipework to gain any sort of temp drop, and then by the time it's reached the tank because of the slow flow rate, before that water gets back into the cooling area, it will allready be back to the temp it began at, usually room temp. By the time you muck around with a fridge and meters and meters of pipework, your better off investing the money in a dedicated tank chiller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubster Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 ...............PMSL just go buy a chiller you tight arses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
