Does anyone else heat the house with the chiller?

[Satori]

I wish I wasn't renting so I could run the plumbing through the wall and put the chiller outside. Our daytime highs have only been getting up to 65-70, but the chiller heats the house to 80-85 by the time I get off work. It's a chain reaction. The more it runs, the warmer the house gets. The warmer the house gets, the more the chiller runs. It doesn't run so much overnight with the lights off, so the house cools to 70 by morning. I was able to run the cooler when I get off work, but today I had ReMax change to the furnace (they don't allow me to do it). Hopefully the cold weather is here to stay!

 

[owsi]

You have any fans running? My chiller hasn't come on since we got AC. I have a fan set up on the ReefKeeper I and it keeps it below 79 and shuts off at 78.

 

[Satori]

I have 2 IceCap fans that scream at full speed straight down at the water surface. I evaporate nearly 5 gallons per day. I have too many hot-running pumps. My chiller doesn't kick on until 81 and shuts down at 80.5.

 

[scubabum1983]

same, i have a mag 18, 2 7s and a 9.5 halides 2at 175w and 2 110 vhos, I heat the house some days with my lights and the chiller. I am running 2 fans on my halides and my chiller will kick on every now and then, summer time is hell. but it does keep me from haing to heat the house during winter.

 

[Satori]

Wow, with 4 Mag-drive heaters, I can see why you're running warm, lol. I tried mixing 25 gallons of saltwater with a Mag 24 one time. It heated the water to 108 degrees!

 

[adamsky27]

I'm the exact opposite. My tank stays at 77 degrees, and my chiller hasn't kicked in for about a week now. Not even during Thanksgiving when the oven and everything else was on! Actually I might have to ensure my heater is all dialed in, it's getting cold here!

 

[Satori]

I've checked my controller logs, and even when the house got down to 67 degrees one night, the tank cooled enough to kick on the heaters (80.2) only once.

 

[owsi]

New pumps and Powerheads should pay for themselves pretty quick at those rates. That chiller eats up KW's and heats the house which eats up more KW's in the summer. Plus the safety factor if chiller goes out while you are away. Can you use the Tunze 2002 Power heads? I might sell mine with the 7094 controler, motor is out of water, no heat, up to 680GPH

 

[Satori]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8636684#post8636684 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by owsi
New pumps and Powerheads should pay for themselves pretty quick at those rates. That chiller eats up KW's and heats the house which eats up more KW's in the summer. Plus the safety factor if chiller goes out while you are away. Can you use the Tunze 2002 Power heads? I might sell mine with the 7094 controler, motor is out of water, no heat, up to 680GPH

Hmmmm... I'll have to research that tonight.
Thanks,
Mike

 

[Satori]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8636684#post8636684 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by owsi
Plus the safety factor if chiller goes out while you are away.

Luckily, my controller gives me a bit of a cushion. If the chiller fails, the controller starts shutting down lights, one set at a time per .1 degree. If that doesn't do enough, it shuts down the skimmer and CL pump. I know the Sedra 5000 on the skimmer is a major heat source, so shutting it down will help a lot.
Gotta have a controller in this hobby!




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[owsi]

Sell the Sedra and get a Eheim?
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=982456

 

[SWSaltwater]

What kind of controller did you go with Mike?

 

[Satori]

Hopefully going into winter, I have some time to re-plan my pumps before spring.

Rob, I have a Neptune AC JR with a DC-8. I also use the X-10 feature so the chiller can be powered by a separate circuit.