I have read most of the DIY geothermal cooling threads and I need some help with this idea.
I live in Canada where the summers can get to 30 deg. C in the summer and -40 deg. C in winter. The summers are really humid so my current cooling fans don't do much when there is 80% humidy.
The house has radiant floor heating in the basement, and by my calulations there is about 3000 feet of pex tubing layed into the 6 inches of concrete.
Now my idea is to make an additional loop that would run from the manifold which directs the water flow into each of the rooms in the basement (which is conveniently located in the fish/sump room) to a high grade S/S or Ti coil submerged in my sump.
My question is will this be enough to cool my tank?
Specs:
Basement slab temperature in the summer 69-70 deg. F
Tank temperature at highest point before MH's shut off 81.5 deg. F
Total system volume is ~880 gal.
Heat load - 400 gal reef has 4 x 250watt DE HQI MH's, 2 Darts as CL, 2 x 6 foot VHO, 2 Tunze Streams
180 gal FOWLR has 2 x 175watt MH's, some powerheads.
System is run on 1 Hammerhead 360-380 watts.
Ideally I would like to get the ground loop to drop the system temp down to around 78-79 deg. F
Some more relevant info:
The basement air temp stays at 75 deg. F all summer.
Basement is about 9 feet below grade
Soil is Clay, so usually is always moist which should help transfer the heat away from the floor during the night.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I live in Canada where the summers can get to 30 deg. C in the summer and -40 deg. C in winter. The summers are really humid so my current cooling fans don't do much when there is 80% humidy.
The house has radiant floor heating in the basement, and by my calulations there is about 3000 feet of pex tubing layed into the 6 inches of concrete.
Now my idea is to make an additional loop that would run from the manifold which directs the water flow into each of the rooms in the basement (which is conveniently located in the fish/sump room) to a high grade S/S or Ti coil submerged in my sump.
My question is will this be enough to cool my tank?
Specs:
Basement slab temperature in the summer 69-70 deg. F
Tank temperature at highest point before MH's shut off 81.5 deg. F
Total system volume is ~880 gal.
Heat load - 400 gal reef has 4 x 250watt DE HQI MH's, 2 Darts as CL, 2 x 6 foot VHO, 2 Tunze Streams
180 gal FOWLR has 2 x 175watt MH's, some powerheads.
System is run on 1 Hammerhead 360-380 watts.
Ideally I would like to get the ground loop to drop the system temp down to around 78-79 deg. F
Some more relevant info:
The basement air temp stays at 75 deg. F all summer.
Basement is about 9 feet below grade
Soil is Clay, so usually is always moist which should help transfer the heat away from the floor during the night.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
