Hey,
So I guess for the hydra they recommend a 6GPM flow rate thus people use their garden hose rather than a kitchen faucet. I don't have access to a garden hose in the winter and am wondering if I could just have source water, IE a big container full of water and use say a Riptide pump to run water form the container through the immersion chiller? I would keep the length of hose down as well to help things.
Another question is regarding recycling water. I was thinking I could just reuse my chill water. There are a few ideas I was thinking of:
a) Put a 10 gallon bucket full of water in a fridge and lower it as cold as possible. Use this water with the hydra.
b) Fill a 10 gallon bucket with water and then use frozen water bottles to chill this water to use with the Hydra
c) Eventually maybe chill the water with a homemade glycol chiller (can't do this for awhile though)
I have also heard on here about guy using a freezer to keep the water cold till he needed it.
Does anyone have any experience doing this or using a pump to flow the water through the hydra?
So I guess for the hydra they recommend a 6GPM flow rate thus people use their garden hose rather than a kitchen faucet. I don't have access to a garden hose in the winter and am wondering if I could just have source water, IE a big container full of water and use say a Riptide pump to run water form the container through the immersion chiller? I would keep the length of hose down as well to help things.
Another question is regarding recycling water. I was thinking I could just reuse my chill water. There are a few ideas I was thinking of:
a) Put a 10 gallon bucket full of water in a fridge and lower it as cold as possible. Use this water with the hydra.
b) Fill a 10 gallon bucket with water and then use frozen water bottles to chill this water to use with the Hydra
c) Eventually maybe chill the water with a homemade glycol chiller (can't do this for awhile though)
I have also heard on here about guy using a freezer to keep the water cold till he needed it.
Does anyone have any experience doing this or using a pump to flow the water through the hydra?