DWC Res Help

rory420420

rory420420

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use the environment..i put my chiller on the outer side of the attic insulated wall..so its in cold air right now..it only comes on rarely atm..its 20 degrees out..res stays at 65...
the power to run one is insignificant imo,especially when you consider the peace of mind...
 
waterdawg

waterdawg

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rory420420 said:
use the environment..i put my chiller on the outer side of the attic insulated wall..so its in cold air right now..it only comes on rarely atm..its 20 degrees out..res stays at 65...
the power to run one is insignificant imo,especially when you consider the peace of mind...
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I dont have the power lol. Due to regs here I grow in a shed and not the house as that is a big problem! I need to upgrade feed.
 
rory420420

rory420420

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ive seen dorm fridges with the coils stretched into resivoirs before..looking at the diagram that came with my chiller,its a simple 50dollar
jack-leg fix..index-1.jpegsince you cant have one,bury a tub in the ground,run a hose to your res with a pump in it,and recirculate water thru the ground res..after 37in below the dirt,the earth stays at a constant 60 something degrees(my numbers are for discussion..but it is a phisical fact...
 
rory420420

rory420420

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connect both res together in the middle,one feeding from the bottom,return in the top of the other...unless if course is different solutions..
btw,most chillers require a seperate pump to run the water thru the coils,but you can rig the whole system flow thru one pump...i prefer 2,one for back up to keep water flowing/moving in case one dies unexpectedly.
 
rory420420

rory420420

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joespit said:
Ugh I'd love to run a chiller but my closet is packed! no more room, plus how do you have it chill two reservoirs?
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if youve got space even tens of feet away,you can run the black hose from the res to the chiller and back to the res..my chiller is on the
other side of a wall with the hoses run thru the wall..
 
joespit

joespit

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Yeah, my reservoirs would be different solutions :/ there's got to be a better way. Where's science when you need it :p
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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rory420420 said:
if youve got space even tens of feet away,you can run the black hose from the res to the chiller and back to the res..my chiller is on the
other side of a wall with the hoses run thru the wall..
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joespit said:
Yeah, my reservoirs would be different solutions :/ there's got to be a better way. Where's science when you need it :p
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My chiller is a window mount unit, and one pump circulates all the water in my cooling circuit- which is not nutrient water but a separate system with its own cold water storage reservoir. That cooling circuit services every component that removes heat from water or air in a grow space, and it also services the chiller- which of course removes heat from the water. Incidentally, the chiller is not only far away from the bloom room, it's on a different floor!

What's more, the chiller sits inside my office all winter, allowing the heat it rejects to heat my home. Completely, without additional assistance. This will be the fourth winter I haven't used my gas forced air furnace.

But wait- It gets BETTER! I built a compressorless chiller to take advantage of cold winter outside temperatures to cool the water in my cooling system. The same pump circulates water through it, I just hooked it up to the same system. My best guess is that it produces the equivalent of about three Tons of chilling when the outside temperature is at freezing.

How's that for SCIENCE, Bitch?!
 
TheChemist77

TheChemist77

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my res sits on a basement concrete floor and even with the heat from lights my res even in summer never jumps over 68 degrees f. now in winter my res water is steady at 60 degrees f.
 
joespit

joespit

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ttystikk said:
My chiller is a window mount unit, and one pump circulates all the water in my cooling circuit- which is not nutrient water but a separate system with its own cold water storage reservoir. That cooling circuit services every component that removes heat from water or air in a grow space, and it also services the chiller- which of course removes heat from the water. Incidentally, the chiller is not only far away from the bloom room, it's on a different floor!

What's more, the chiller sits inside my office all winter, allowing the heat it rejects to heat my home. Completely, without additional assistance. This will be the fourth winter I haven't used my gas forced air furnace.

But wait- It gets BETTER! I built a compressorless chiller to take advantage of cold winter outside temperatures to cool the water in my cooling system. The same pump circulates water through it, I just hooked it up to the same system. My best guess is that it produces the equivalent of about three Tons of chilling when the outside temperature is at freezing.

How's that for SCIENCE, Bitch?!
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well I'm ambivalent to being a bitch, but it sounds amzazing and would love to see so e pics or a schematic as I'm too high now to comprehend your wonderful jargon
 
rory420420

rory420420

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TheChemist77 said:
my res sits on a basement concrete floor and even with the heat from lights my res even in summer never jumps over 68 degrees f. now in winter my res water is steady at 60 degrees f.
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if your res stays at 68,you dont need one..id get an aquarium heater tho and set it on 65 in the res..
 
rory420420

rory420420

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ttystikk said:
My chiller is a window mount unit, and one pump circulat".....es all the water in my cooling circuit- which is not nutrient water but a separate system with its own cold water storage reservoir. That cooling circuit services every component that removes heat from water or air in a grow space, and it also services the chiller- which of course removes heat from the water. Incidentally, the chiller is not only far away from the bloom room, it's on a different floor!

What's more, the chiller sits inside my office all winter, allowing the heat it rejects to heat my home. Completely, without additional assistance. This will be the fourth winter I haven't used my gas forced air furnace.

But wait- It gets BETTER! I built a compressorless chiller to take advantage of cold winter outside temperatures to cool the water in my cooling system. The same pump circulates water through it, I just hooked it up to the same system. My best guess is that it produces the equivalent of about three Tons of chilling when the outside temperature is at freezing.

How's that for SCIENCE, Bitch?!
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awesome..i did the same with my a.c. sans the chiller function..my a.c. pumps hot air in the 2nd story walls..and i put my chiller in un insulated conditions(outside basically)so in these cold times,it
performs like your comressor-less deal,but alk in one function..
i like science..but PHYSICS lets you use the knowledge of science.:-)
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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rory420420 said:
awesome..i did the same with my a.c. sans the chiller function..my a.c. pumps hot air in the 2nd story walls..and i put my chiller in un insulated conditions(outside basically)so in these cold times,it
performs like your comressor-less deal,but alk in one function..
i like science..but PHYSICS lets you use the knowledge of science.:-)
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No. It's ENGINEERING that allows us to utilize the laws of physics and scientific knowledge to our benefit.

Any chiller with a compressor will need to run that compressor to cool anything, thus negating any benefits of seeing it outside. It will run somewhat more efficiently, that's all.

Get a radiator,a fan shroud and a box fan and continuously run water thru it. Run the fan anytime air temps dip ten degrees below your cooling circuit temp. THAT'S a compressorless chiller- and it's cheap to build.

The quote is from pop culture, no offense meant.
 
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