Hey all,
I’m looking into building a glycol chiller out of an aquarium or hydroponics chiller, with a 10gal cooler as a glycol reservoir. I’m chilling a 7gal Spike conical located in my basement, which can get into the mid 70s in summer. Two main questions:
1) What size chiller do I need? Is 1/10hp enough? Or do I need a 1/4hp unit?
2) The big question: Does anyone here have experience bypassing or tricking the chiller’s built-in thermostat? I want to be able to cold-crash the conical to the high 30s, which means getting the glycol down into the low 30s. Most aquarium chillers won’t go below ~40 to keep from freezing the evaporator coil with regular water.
Thanks in advance!
Eric
I’m looking into building a glycol chiller out of an aquarium or hydroponics chiller, with a 10gal cooler as a glycol reservoir. I’m chilling a 7gal Spike conical located in my basement, which can get into the mid 70s in summer. Two main questions:
1) What size chiller do I need? Is 1/10hp enough? Or do I need a 1/4hp unit?
2) The big question: Does anyone here have experience bypassing or tricking the chiller’s built-in thermostat? I want to be able to cold-crash the conical to the high 30s, which means getting the glycol down into the low 30s. Most aquarium chillers won’t go below ~40 to keep from freezing the evaporator coil with regular water.
Thanks in advance!
Eric