cl 650 chille rpcificoat imports

[2004jeepoutlander]

i just ordered a cl 650 1/4 hp chiller pacfic coast imports. it says do not use a pump with more than 20 feet of head pressure well my panworld has 39 feet of head pressure it is my return pump i was planing on T,ing it off to my chiller and have a ball valve on it so i can control the flow rate can i still use this pump if i have ball valve turned down? it will be stil be returning water to my tank but will just have a chiller on it too.

by the way on the web site the recomeded flow is 800- 1000 gph on the box it says 300-600 gph which one shoudl i use.


thanks jeff

 

[eclecticvibe]

I think that you'd be fine with that pump as long as it's turned down. I'd definitely go with the higher flow rate. I think PC revised them upwards recently. Too low of a flow rate on a chiller will cause it to blow a fuse.

 

[ErikS]

Too low of a flow rate on a chiller will cause it to blow a fuse

Been my experience that pretty much everything causes a blown fuse with that unit.

However

I'd go with 800gph through the unit, and 600 is the bare minimum. I got this straight from the horses mouth so to speak - while diagnosing blown fuses w/ PCI.

IMHO the real issue lies with the internal thermostat - it simply cycles WAY too fast. Unless the water is really flying through the unit the coils get chilled & the unit shuts down. It immediately restarts when the coils warm up in a couple of seconds = blown fuses.

I've had nary an issue with the unit since I started running it off a Medusa controller. Also, get some spare fuses - you can't run out & buy those tiny 10a fuses very easily.

Customer support from PCI was excellent, they did try to get it right.

 

[2004jeepoutlander]

do i have to ge these fuses directly from them or at like lowes or homedepot. do you still have this chiller do you like it?

 

[ErikS]

Yep, as I mentioned once on the external controller it works fine (temp is set in the unit some 15* less than actual so it never hits it).

I got the fuses directly from them but I'm sure Digi-key or Allied-Electric would have them - just HD won't. They're very small & high amp rating. The unit comes with a spare fuse.

Works well, controller issue aside.

With plenty of flow (note - when I got it the unit was rated @300gph) is should work fine. I think they figured out that 300 wasn't nearly enough (I run 600gph)