Innovative Res temp control

[xmarine420]

Thought I would post this. It has helped decrease my res temps a bit. I want to say I can run it for an hour and temps drop ~ 5 degrees and that's with 90 degree air temps outside the grow room. My res temps hover between 74-78 degrees in summer. As I said this is with 90 degree air temps outside the grow room. My reservoirs are in contact with a basement floor as well which also help keep temps down.

When I get home from work my res temps are ~ 77 degrees. I run the wart chiller which is connected to the house line. This allows the water that's in underground pipes (~68 degrees municipal supply) to run through the wart chiller thus cooling the surrounding solution. It brings the temps down to 70 degrees in a little over an hour. My system volume is : Grow 40 gallons, Flower 70 gallons. I run a RDWC system. This has replaced the frozen bottle shuffle for me anyway.


3/8" x 50' Stainless Steel Wort Chiller w/GH Fittings

http://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Steel-Wort-Chiller-Fittings/dp/B004XWBRBM/ref=sr_1_3?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1431037759&sr=1-3&keywords=Stainless+Steel+Wort+Chiller

$73.99

Total height=24", height to top of the coils=8", and diameter of coils=

 

[dbkick]

Thought I would post this. It has helped decrease my res temps a bit. I want to say I can run it for an hour and temps drop ~ 5 degrees and that's with 90 degree air temps outside the grow room. My res temps hover between 74-78 degrees in summer. As I said this is with 90 degree air temps outside the grow room. My reservoirs are in contact with a basement floor as well which also help keep temps down.

When I get home from work my res temps are ~ 77 degrees. I run the wart chiller which is connected to the house line. This allows the water that's in underground pipes (~68 degrees municipal supply) to run through the wart chiller thus cooling the surrounding solution. It brings the temps down to 70 degrees in a little over an hour. My system volume is : Grow 40 gallons, Flower 70 gallons. I run a RDWC system. This has replaced the frozen bottle shuffle for me anyway.

3/8" x 50' Stainless Steel Wort Chiller w/GH Fittings

http://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Steel-Wort-Chiller-Fittings/dp/B004XWBRBM/ref=sr_1_3?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1431037759&sr=1-3&keywords=Stainless Steel Wort Chiller

$73.99

Total height=24", height to top of the coils=8", and diameter of coils=

Sounds wasteful if I'm understanding.
You're using a continuous supply of tap water to cool the res?
Just dumping the tap from the wort chiller?

 

[xmarine420]

The run off from the wart chiller heads out to the veggie garden outside. I never measured the volume but my water bill has not increased. I only went this route because of my limited space indoors, or else I would have gotten a chiller. The diameter of the coil is also small and does not allow as much as you think to pass through. I do see the concern you raise, but in my case is has not been a concern. This wart chiller would also be a great piece to incorporate into a chiller cooled system.

 

[Smok3yMcChok3y]

i was wondering if anyone had given this a shot. I may have to dig my old wart chiller out of the attic. I knew having all those co2 cylinders and chillers and kettles from my old homebrew hobby would come in handy one day.

 

[rshackleferd]

Thought I would post this. It has helped decrease my res temps a bit. I want to say I can run it for an hour and temps drop ~ 5 degrees and that's with 90 degree air temps outside the grow room. My res temps hover between 74-78 degrees in summer. As I said this is with 90 degree air temps outside the grow room. My reservoirs are in contact with a basement floor as well which also help keep temps down.

When I get home from work my res temps are ~ 77 degrees. I run the wart chiller which is connected to the house line. This allows the water that's in underground pipes (~68 degrees municipal supply) to run through the wart chiller thus cooling the surrounding solution. It brings the temps down to 70 degrees in a little over an hour. My system volume is : Grow 40 gallons, Flower 70 gallons. I run a RDWC system. This has replaced the frozen bottle shuffle for me anyway.

3/8" x 50' Stainless Steel Wort Chiller w/GH Fittings

http://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Steel-Wort-Chiller-Fittings/dp/B004XWBRBM/ref=sr_1_3?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1431037759&sr=1-3&keywords=Stainless Steel Wort Chiller

$73.99

Total height=24", height to top of the coils=8", and diameter of coils=

Ive done all kinds of crazy stuff bottles, pipes, and etc. but nothing compares or even comes close to an iceprobe chiller and lowes 5 gallon cooler. Took twenty minutes to set up, i have it set to a thermostat as well so it wont get too cold, temps are a perfect 68F all day long even in the middle of 95F summer. It doesnt even run that much, runs at 50watts about 5 to 7 hours a day during the summer months.