chiller

[trottman]

anyone have a chiller that they dont absolutly need for the next 2 weeks or so? i am having massive heat problems with my tank, and have lost almost all of my fish (all of the expensive ones anyway). i need to borrow if possible a chiller until i can find a reasonable one to buy.

thanks

 

[chadfarmer]

Re: chiller

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7186998#post7186998 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by trottman
anyone have a chiller that they dont absolutly need for the next 2 weeks or so? i am having massive heat problems with my tank, and have lost almost all of my fish (all of the expensive ones anyway). i need to borrow if possible a chiller until i can find a reasonable one to buy.

thanks

maybe you shouldnt get a chiller talk to steve


also move your lights higher

 

[trottman]

its not the lights, it is the heat that the lights put off into the room. the room gets 95 + degrees and it has only been like 90 degrees out side.

what should i get? why not a chiller? what other options besides moving the tank?

is this a chiller or just a measurer http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=13967&N=2004+113768

 

[zt444a]

I'd uncover the tank, if it's not already. Ventilation Matt. My basement stays cool true, but I imagine that if your tank is covered the lights do alot of heating. Uncover everything... then see if the temp falls...

 

[trottman]

everything is uncovered

 

[Chelsey]

Invest in an invention that came out this past century, AIR CONDITIONING.

 

[trottman]

we have it! the problem is is that the thermometer is in the living room, which stays cool, my room is the only one that gets hot!!!!

 

[TWINPEAKS]

run a fan to pull the hot air out of the room into the rest of the house and put a fan over the sump,make sure you don't have a heater going out and still heating all the time.

 

[zt444a]

Matt,

A window unit air conditioner from Walmart/Home Depot/Lowes will be alot less than a chiller and you will sleep much more comfortably. You could probably put it in yourself! Piece of cake...

 

[trottman]

my parents dont want a window unit... the fan blowing out the door is working for now so id the house's ac

 

[zt444a]

Matt,

Does your window face the front or rear of the house? In any case, this summer I would think your room would be almost impossible to sleep in...

Need to boost that cooling for yourself, much less the tank. I'd be miserable....

Howie

 

[trottman]

i have got it down pretty good with 3 stratigically placed fans. which blow the heat from the light out of my room now my tank stays at about 83 all day and my room is like 73

thanks for all the help though..........

 

[Dert42]

i haven't looked into this much. but here's a thought.

here at my work we have about 30 feet of 1/4 tubing coiled in our fridge. we have filtered water that goes through that tube and out a spicket on the sink. bam! we have cold drinking water.

could one get a mini fridge and curl like 60 feet of tubing in it and pump the water slowly through it to acheive a chilling process?

chillers i've seen for $400+.
mini fridge = $100.

is this just a rediculous idea?

 

[Shooter7]

That's really scary...I had just been thinking the same thing while reading trottie's heating problems. Seems like it would work.

 

[ol'saltybastage]

it would work. used to do that with kegs of beer.

 

[zt444a]

It does indeed work... I saw it on a DIY website someplace. As I recall it was not super efficient, but that could have been due to any number of factors:

Not enough coils, constantly opening fridge, not syncing up the thermostat with tank temp, etc...

 

[trottman]

so if i did that, and put the heater at 80, the temp would not be changing constantly?

 

[ol'saltybastage]

I don't think it would cause cold/warm spots.. the heater will keep the coolness in check.. btw if this is only a temporary thing you might consider a cooler and run the tubing thru that. cheaper than a mini-fridge.. but the mini-fridge would be a good investment for college. always need room for more beer.

just put the output in an area of high flow.. like into the Venturi of a Powerhead. that would help draw the water thru too..

 

[hagfish]

Do you have central air? If so, it sounds like you need to be more strategic about which vents are open.

If central air
and thermometer on opposite side of house
then close vents near AC.

Just for kicks in Derts language (but in java)...
if (hasCentralAir && thermoOnOppositeSide) {
closeVentsNearAC();
} else {
System.out.println("@#$! out of luck!");
}

Sorry, I'm a nerd I know.

Anyway, that way the thermometer keeps the AC running until the cool air which is now making it to your room is in the whole house.

 

[JxMetal]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7193282#post7193282 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by hagfish
Do you have central air? If so, it sounds like you need to be more strategic about which vents are open.

If central air
and thermometer on opposite side of house
then close vents near AC.

Just for kicks in Derts language (but in java)...
if (hasCentralAir && thermoOnOppositeSide) {
closeVentsNearAC();
} else {
System.out.println("@#$! out of luck!");
}

Sorry, I'm a nerd I know.

Anyway, that way the thermometer keeps the AC running until the cool air which is now making it to your room is in the whole house.

And this kids, is the exact reason I changed my major from MIS to General Business Administration.

It's not that I didn't know how to do it, but it was the fact that it bored me and just becamse too repetitive.

(Plus I don't want to talk like that on a forum when I get older!):lol: