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08/17/2009, 11:13 AM
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chiller question
will the following configuration work
tank -> intake -> chiller -> sump -> back into tank right now i have the following tank -> intake -> -> sump -> chiller -> back into tank i want to know because currently the chiller near the hallway and the hot air blowing out is making my house hot. but if the first idea works then the chiller will be next to the window. maybe then the hot air can travel out. so the chiller will be gravity fed instead if having a pump. |
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08/17/2009, 11:20 AM
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Location: Mesa, Arizona
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Orbit, I have a BC29, and I have my third chamber for use with the chiller... here is my setup.
Tank (Third chamber) > intake > to chiller > back into third chamber >into tank I have a MaxiJet1200 pushing the water, and it does perfectly fine! I am concerned with the heat aspect... What type of chiller do you have? I have the Current Mini Chiller 1/15hp, and very little heat expels from this. However it is well vented...
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08/17/2009, 06:15 PM
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i have a jbj 1/5 for a 75G tank and 50 G sump (but the sump is not full) so i would say maybe a total of 100G system.
yea thats the problem, the chiller right now is not vented well because its near the hallway. so i feel the heat when it turns on for a long period of time |
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08/17/2009, 08:21 PM
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If your chiller has a remote, inside the tank thermostat then it doesn't matter much where you place it. It is a good idea (chiller maintenance wise) to have good pre-filtering prior to its intake.
Also it is true that gravity helps moving water out but besides keeping the siphon in stall when the power is out consider your set up as a closed system: the GPH is more in hands of the waterpump minus the loss due to whatever place resistance to the water movement. The higher the flow the longer on-off cycles (more efficiency, less energy cost) you should expect from your chiller (more so if it runs with inside-chiller thermostat as most mini-chillers do). Pepetj Santo Domingo |
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08/17/2009, 10:08 PM
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If your intake water going to the chiller is in chamber 3 and the return cool water from the chiller goes back into that same chamber, then your just sending already cooled water from that chamber to the chiller. In my office BioCube I have a Maxi-Jet 1200 in the right chamber, pumping water out to the chiller. Then the return water from the chiller goes into the far left chamber & then the tank pump pumps it into the tank. This way I'm taking the HOT water from the tank on the right side & then returning cooler water on the left main tank pump side.
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