Anyone tried the water cooled cool tubes?

[sunny747]

I was at the hydro store yesterday and was looking at cool tubes. I saw some for $135 and thought that was a lot for a cool tube. Turns out it is water cooled. You run water to and from a reservoir or chiller.

This is really cool if it works. The manufacturers state that the tube removes 93% of the heat. This would allow you to set light closer to plants and would also help with stealth/heat issues so you don't have to pipe outside.

You would still need an inline fan and filter for stink control though, but you could run it at a much lower rate. The sound of cheap vortex fans is annoying.

 

[East Coast]

Just wondering if you changed the idea to use air-conditioned cooled air to run between, or along that line?

Would the water lower the lumen output?

 

[sunny747]

Just wondering if you changed the idea to use air-conditioned cooled air to run between, or along that line?

Would the water lower the lumen output?

I think the water must mess with the lumens...

 

[East Coast]

I use a plastic 44 gallon drum with a screw lid.

This is an old version, this drum only had the removable small 50mm screw pour cap. So I cut the whole drum in half. Much easier if the drum has a lid that screws off, which I have now, and its black and sits above the tent.

Cut 150mm round holes out of the bottom of drum, and lid, Mount the fan dead smack center of the drum, normally using the supplied metal brackets with the fan. Roll chicken netting to 150mm round - this goes from fan - and stick outside of the drum. Use insulation blanket or Pink Batts, or whatever your local country uses to insulate walls/ceilings, and fold stuff into drum. I use 8 pieces of pink batts 4 per side of fan normally. I can crank that sucker, and you basically hear nothing.

 

[weedenhanced]

I was at the hydro store yesterday and was looking at cool tubes. I saw some for $135 and thought that was a lot for a cool tube. Turns out it is water cooled. You run water to and from a reservoir or chiller.

This is really cool if it works. The manufacturers state that the tube removes 93% of the heat. This would allow you to set light closer to plants and would also help with stealth/heat issues so you don't have to pipe outside.

You would still need an inline fan and filter for stink control though, but you could run it at a much lower rate. The sound of cheap vortex fans is annoying.

Water electricity scares the fck outa me

 

[rob333]

Water electricity scares the fck outa me

im with u there man water + a hot as fuck bulb i'm not to sure about it and if the seal goes that's water ever were

 

[rob333]

Water electricity scares the fck outa me

seen a vid last night that reminded me of this water cooled cool tube

 

[rob333]

I was at the hydro store yesterday and was looking at cool tubes. I saw some for $135 and thought that was a lot for a cool tube. Turns out it is water cooled. You run water to and from a reservoir or chiller.

This is really cool if it works. The manufacturers state that the tube removes 93% of the heat. This would allow you to set light closer to plants and would also help with stealth/heat issues so you don't have to pipe outside.

You would still need an inline fan and filter for stink control though, but you could run it at a much lower rate. The sound of cheap vortex fans is annoying.

i also like the dude in the vid his a hella red neck

 

[Abiqua]

Water electricity scares the fck outa me

pussy

 

[bicit]

I think the water must mess with the lumens...

It does, that jacket of water and two layers of glass will significantly reduce lumen output.

 

[weedenhanced]

pussy

Fuckin oath lol

 

[weedenhanced]

pussy

U grow with LEDs in a small space now that's for pussys lmfao get a real light mofo

 

[justugh]

I was at the hydro store yesterday and was looking at cool tubes. I saw some for $135 and thought that was a lot for a cool tube. Turns out it is water cooled. You run water to and from a reservoir or chiller.

This is really cool if it works. The manufacturers state that the tube removes 93% of the heat. This would allow you to set light closer to plants and would also help with stealth/heat issues so you don't have to pipe outside.

You would still need an inline fan and filter for stink control though, but you could run it at a much lower rate. The sound of cheap vortex fans is annoying.

thanks for the link the idea is something that i not thought about
only issue i can see with it is the water will change the refraction of the light .......i do not know if it would alter the light waves coming out ....in theory the idea could work but need to balance the amount of water thickness for heat transfer but keep it thin enough not to distort the light waves

the other factor would be the water running tho it that amount of heat and light is good for growing things in the water u do not want anywhere near anything u are intake into the body ( moonshine requites a worm to cool it i use a 55 gallon cooler .....i have to add bio agents to control it otherwise nasties can grow in there ) u can not use any chemicals or stuff light that in case of a leak gets in the drink/on the plants it can wreck the whole run

as for venting it depends if u are running Co2 with a AC u do not need to do anything for venting other then maybe exchange the air out every few hours for good measure (but that is not needed)......if u are just using natural Co2 then yes u need to keep venting to cycle the air in there so the oxygen is removed and more Co2 flows in (carbon scrubber or ozone gen would be needed to control the smell factor )

just so u know a chiller still needs a reservoir not as large only maybe 20 gallons 25 .....but u still need a pump ..........the other reservoir he is talking about is a large one 55 gallons or better with the barrel in a cool room so the heat is transferred out (something on cool concrete)