I need a cheap temp controller.
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818
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Like Ive said before Greg if you get 1-2 2ltr bottles fill them up with water/freeze them and drop em into the sump it will solve your problems.
For reference 2:2ltr frozen water bottles drop a 90+40gsump=110g(cousins tank) = -5F
So for your 30g something smaller can drop it anywhere and easier than -5F.
Fans cause evaporation=more top offs=more unstable water params=more work.
Just try it dude.
For reference 2:2ltr frozen water bottles drop a 90+40gsump=110g(cousins tank) = -5F
So for your 30g something smaller can drop it anywhere and easier than -5F.
Fans cause evaporation=more top offs=more unstable water params=more work.
Just try it dude.
®eefer
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He said cheap. If you have a constant driving temps down it's better than nothing. And your heaters will kick in if it gets too cold (unlikely). You can also build a small $10 top off system to compensate for evaporation. Chilling water isnt cheap, thats about as cheap as you can get unless you use the frozen 2 liters (how many hours does that work for?)
GTR
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Sorry, I use several methods to cool.
First is a series of fans all on a controller so when water temp reaches 78 they come on.
Second is a window AC unit through the wall of the tank room that keeps the room temp at 82.
Third is the chiller which comes on at 80.
Running fans on a system in the garage will sure help keep it cool but at the same time it could cause the heaters to work overtime. Money saved by not getting a controller will quickly be consumed by the power used with the fans and heaters banging heads.
Water bottles are fine as well as long as you have nothing better to do than sit and swap them out as they melt.
He's lost corals and those loses might have paid for proper equipment.
Oh, he may have said cheap but he said controller.
SteveU
First is a series of fans all on a controller so when water temp reaches 78 they come on.
Second is a window AC unit through the wall of the tank room that keeps the room temp at 82.
Third is the chiller which comes on at 80.
Running fans on a system in the garage will sure help keep it cool but at the same time it could cause the heaters to work overtime. Money saved by not getting a controller will quickly be consumed by the power used with the fans and heaters banging heads.
Water bottles are fine as well as long as you have nothing better to do than sit and swap them out as they melt.
He's lost corals and those loses might have paid for proper equipment.
Oh, he may have said cheap but he said controller.
SteveU
818
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A frozen 2ltr water bottle will melt within a couple of hours. But your water will only go up 1F every couple hours after they have completley melted if not any.
just have some more to swap in the freezer. I dont use it but my cousins 85F tank is now at 78f and only swaps the bottles 2ice a day.
in the morning before going to work and before he goes to sleep.
just have some more to swap in the freezer. I dont use it but my cousins 85F tank is now at 78f and only swaps the bottles 2ice a day.
in the morning before going to work and before he goes to sleep.
®eefer
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8004960#post8004960 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gtrestoration
Sorry, I use several methods to cool.
First is a series of fans all on a controller so when water temp reaches 78 they come on.
Second is a window AC unit through the wall of the tank room that keeps the room temp at 82.
Third is the chiller which comes on at 80.
Running fans on a system in the garage will sure help keep it cool but at the same time it could cause the heaters to work overtime. Money saved by not getting a controller will quickly be consumed by the power used with the fans and heaters banging heads.
Water bottles are fine as well as long as you have nothing better to do than sit and swap them out as they melt.
He's lost corals and those loses might have paid for proper equipment.
Oh, he may have said cheap but he said controller.
SteveU
See!! That is the difference. The Titainium ghetto-tronic 5000 chiller is on a controller (the $5 timer controlls the fan on and off). The 2 liter Coke-a-ghettochiller bottle system is not a controller!! D3ad fish, u are clearly posting on the wrong thread...he wants a controller.
GTR
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Simple is leaving the shop for a 3-day weekend and knowing everything will be fine when I get back, regardless of the weather. My fans can get the temp down to 70 if they run longer than needed.
Gregory...
Here's what I've been using...
http://www.zeovit.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1923
Sad though I've not been able to contact him for about a year and his site with pics is off line.
SteveU
Gregory...
Here's what I've been using...
http://www.zeovit.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1923
Sad though I've not been able to contact him for about a year and his site with pics is off line.
SteveU
gho
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Thanks for all the sugguestions guys. Here's the thing. I have a 8cm fan on top, and it cools okay. The thing is it cools *too* well. The heater is constantly kicking on and fighting the fan.
Not that it doesn't keep a constant temperature, but it seems like a waste of 300 watts to heat the tank when it's like 95 F out.
I had this same problem on my main system in the house, but solved it with a Medusa dual stage controller.
I'm not in the mood to drop another 300 smackers on my ghetto garage system. I've seen some temp controllers for around $50, but I can't find it anywhere. I can't exactly remember the name.
The frozen water bottles are a "cool" idea, but I'm for low intervention (I'm lazy), and I'd prolly still have the same issue of over cooling.
Steve, I can't see your link, as it requires login on the zeovit site. Can you just give me the name?
Not that it doesn't keep a constant temperature, but it seems like a waste of 300 watts to heat the tank when it's like 95 F out.
I had this same problem on my main system in the house, but solved it with a Medusa dual stage controller.
I'm not in the mood to drop another 300 smackers on my ghetto garage system. I've seen some temp controllers for around $50, but I can't find it anywhere. I can't exactly remember the name.
The frozen water bottles are a "cool" idea, but I'm for low intervention (I'm lazy), and I'd prolly still have the same issue of over cooling.
Steve, I can't see your link, as it requires login on the zeovit site. Can you just give me the name?
GTR
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Sorry you can't see the link. I think the buy/sell forums require registration due to one time spam posters.
It's not an off the shelf chiller controller but a modified heater controller. It requires DIY but he made mine for me. Basic idea is in the thread but the pictures he had on his website are gone (as is the site)
SteveU
It's not an off the shelf chiller controller but a modified heater controller. It requires DIY but he made mine for me. Basic idea is in the thread but the pictures he had on his website are gone (as is the site)
SteveU
Orochimaru
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so you can use a single stage controller for your fan to turn off around 79F and set your heater not to turn on until 75F, no?
®eefer
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Oh you want one of them fancy controllers!!!
Here's a Ranco for $60, is that cheap enough?
http://www.honeyrunapiaries.com/store/ranco-etc111000000-digital-temperature-controller-p-86.html
Here's a Ranco for $60, is that cheap enough?
http://www.honeyrunapiaries.com/store/ranco-etc111000000-digital-temperature-controller-p-86.html
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