DIY chiller

Paul B · 07-21-2011, 02:47 PM

I really built this evaporative chiller for my blackworm tank but here in NY it is almost 100 degrees now so I transfered it to my reef for a while. It chilled my worm tank down to 65 degrees but that is only about one gallon.
I will see how much it chills my 100 gallon reef. If it works I will put this back on the worms and build a larger one for the reef.
There is a fan at the top right

trouble93 · 07-21-2011, 05:33 PM

Hey Paul could you add a how to guide as you go along?

Paul B · 07-21-2011, 05:53 PM

Well, you just need to be good with acrylic. You can see by the picture that it is an acrylic box (This was actually my wet dry filter many years ago but I modified it for this chiller) You need to make plates that slope downward so the water will cascade down in thin sheets. The plates don't go all the way to the ends because you need air citculation from the fan. The fan blows air across all the plates, more air = more cooling as do more plates. Thats about it.

PC1 · 07-21-2011, 06:13 PM

That is a killer Idea! Thanks for posting this

trouble93 · 07-21-2011, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PC1

That is a killer Idea! Thanks for posting this

+1

Paul B · 07-22-2011, 06:04 AM

Before I switched to LEDs I used to have to put in frozen gallons of ice, I no longer need to do that. I don't need a chiller either, this is just an experiment. The tank was 82 degrees yesterday, now it is 80 degrees, so the chiller cooled it down by 2 degrees which is better than I thought due to the small size of the device.

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Paul B Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 433 Name: Paul B Location: Nassau NY Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 4 Times Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 102 Times in 68 Posts	Re: DIY chiller Well, you just need to be good with acrylic. You can see by the picture that it is an acrylic box (This was actually my wet dry filter many years ago but I modified it for this chiller) You need to make plates that slope downward so the water will cascade down in thin sheets. The plates don't go all the way to the ends because you need air citculation from the fan. The fan blows air across all the plates, more air = more cooling as do more plates. Thats about it.

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Paul B Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 433 Name: Paul B Location: Nassau NY Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 4 Times Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 102 Times in 68 Posts	Re: DIY chiller Before I switched to LEDs I used to have to put in frozen gallons of ice, I no longer need to do that. I don't need a chiller either, this is just an experiment. The tank was 82 degrees yesterday, now it is 80 degrees, so the chiller cooled it down by 2 degrees which is better than I thought due to the small size of the device.

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