Air cooler, Temps to High

So yea ive been having temp issuess since plugging in my 400 watt. The thermometer says that's its 90 in the canopy zone but i don't feel that at all. I built the air cooler out of a P.O.S mini fridge, it was $20 on CL. Its not doing the job. The water doesn't get below 80 without ice cubes, but when i chill the water it chills my grow room. I ran 1/2 inch copper but gonna change that to 3/8ths and add ten feet. If I run a mix of antifreeze and water and get that down to about 10 or so degrees, I think that i will get about a 15-20 degree drop that I need when the lights on. Ill put the pump on a timer and have it just run when my light is on. I know that this will work when i get it tweaked the way i need. If I dont get at least a little rep for this I dont know what will lol Burn it down

Sorry I cant put pics of fridge and pump set up, people see it all the time and have no idea what its doing. I just feel better safe then sry.

That is fucking innovative! I've never thought of doing something like that before. I think a lot of people on here could benefit from cooling their rooms this way instead of ducting air in or setting up a portable AC unit. I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes once you get it all tweaked, sub'd.

PS your avatar is great lol.

Thanks bud, Also the check out how much I paid
Copper-$30 prob take the 1/2" back and switch with 3/8" $10 more max
Tubing-$5
Pump-$14
Fridge-$20 but shitty, need a better one prob another $40. Should have gotten good one from jump

= Less the $100

It works, Im very happy with it so far. I FILLED the water bucket with ice and within 30 mins I had a 10-15 degree drop. like i said earlier a few more tweaks and ill be there. Right now I do hae a bit of condensation dripping but i directed it to my pan under my plants and done. Im at 30% rh norm so i can use the extra humidity in the room.

Why not a simple Inline fan..
Doesn't make 1 bit of sense.

Room>Hood>Inline>Out...
Simple... not all that messy ducting... no damn fridge(wth?)..
I don't know man... I can get a kick ass inline for less than $100 as well and it sure would cool a 400 Watt..
Nigger Rig to the max!

Nice Ol Bud said:

Why not a simple Inline fan..
Doesn't make 1 bit of sense.

Room>Hood>Inline>Out...
Simple... not all that messy ducting... no damn fridge(wth?)..
I don't know man... I can get a kick ass inline for less than $100 as well and it sure would cool a 400 Watt..
Nigger Rig to the max!

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like that one?