With winter coming to a close in a few month I need to start thinking about a water cooling. First a little back ground on my setup.
3x3x6ft tent,
600w HPS /w dimmable digital ballast,
Sealed air cooled hood,
6inch inline fan,
Ok, that should be enough info if you need anymore let me know. During the winter here in the midwest my temps stay PERFECT with this current setup. During the summer I want to water cool and I'm loving the idea of the IceBox setup. http://www.hydroinnovations.com/product-details.php?title=ICE_BOX_Water-Cooled_Heat_Exchanger&pro=10 for those of you who don't know what it is. Now money isn't a huge issue but enough that I can't afford a commercial water chiller so I want to go the DIY path. I have two setups in mind and would like feed back on design and efficiency between the two.
Here is a crude schematic:
I like the simplicity of setup 1 but have doubts on its efficiency in cooling the whole reservoir as oppose to just cooling the water in the line like in setup 2.
Looking forward for feedback. Thx in advance.
3x3x6ft tent,
600w HPS /w dimmable digital ballast,
Sealed air cooled hood,
6inch inline fan,
Ok, that should be enough info if you need anymore let me know. During the winter here in the midwest my temps stay PERFECT with this current setup. During the summer I want to water cool and I'm loving the idea of the IceBox setup. http://www.hydroinnovations.com/product-details.php?title=ICE_BOX_Water-Cooled_Heat_Exchanger&pro=10 for those of you who don't know what it is. Now money isn't a huge issue but enough that I can't afford a commercial water chiller so I want to go the DIY path. I have two setups in mind and would like feed back on design and efficiency between the two.
Here is a crude schematic:
I like the simplicity of setup 1 but have doubts on its efficiency in cooling the whole reservoir as oppose to just cooling the water in the line like in setup 2.
Looking forward for feedback. Thx in advance.