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I know it's winter, but 100* temps will be here in Pueblo CO in no time, so time for me to think about water chillers. Since most of these seem to be sold as 'aquarium' chillers, this might be a question for @steamroller. Will the 'compressor' varieties on Amazon/Ebay work well for DWC? I'm thinking one of the 300 liter/ 79 gallon versions for a 4x5gal RDWC with another 5-15 gal reservoir, so around 20-30 gallons and I should have plenty of cushion to keep it at 68*ish and maybe expand it later. Something like this one on Amazon.
And as I recall, I read in a post that if one used a chiller coil, attached to the water chiller and submerged into the RDWC reservoir, rather than running the reservoir water straight through it would increase the life of the water chiller. True? If so, how would that work for setting the thermostat? wouldn't it be reading the temp of the water in the coil and not the reservoir water temp? Some also specify they are for fresh and saltwater. Are some of them only for fresh water? Does it make any differance in a hydro system?
Thanks in advance.
And as I recall, I read in a post that if one used a chiller coil, attached to the water chiller and submerged into the RDWC reservoir, rather than running the reservoir water straight through it would increase the life of the water chiller. True? If so, how would that work for setting the thermostat? wouldn't it be reading the temp of the water in the coil and not the reservoir water temp? Some also specify they are for fresh and saltwater. Are some of them only for fresh water? Does it make any differance in a hydro system?
Thanks in advance.