Solar Ice Maker for Reef Tanks

[BruiseAndy]

Don't forget to put a windsock on your roof.

 

[army67romeo]

ammonia could be used safey you use a cone the heats a small spot to heat the ammonia in the line and you make a condeser loop sys and then the ammonis starts to cool and it get cooled you put you extanger at the cooling spot. i just a pic to help

i am rusty so it could be off a bit so be nice to me

RV refgrators use to use a sys like this i think so still do

i use to work on Big chiller ...i am a welder ..

so you can add a ranch comtroler and a pump there ya go

 

[driftin]

Re: Solar Ice Maker for Reef Tanks

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9228765#post9228765 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by yrema
any inputs, guys?
http://www.freewebs.com/audioactive08/Downloads/Solar Icemaker.pdf

problem # 1:

it only makes ice during nighttime. (ughh.)

problem # 2:

too bulky and too large. (can we make a smaller version?)

problem # 3:

how can this be modified to be used in reef tanks?

Making ice only at night can be worked around. Thermal storage cooling plants use a similar idea, for different reasons (usually higher electric demand charges during the day versus at night). Same problem of space constraints though. Instead of making bags of ice, cool a glycol-water slurry. Then during the day, this slurry becomes the cooling source.

 

[dippin61]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9264045#post9264045 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BeanAnimal
What will a freezer full or RO/DI jugs do for saving energy?

wasnt saying that.. was saying to making ice for the tank.

 

[yrema]

thanks for the inputs, driftin', army. much appreciated.

 

[yrema]

tim (hllwd), found the original link here:

http://homepower.com/files/solarice.pdf

hope it works.