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You have something that is do working correctly. The 1/10 model is specified for a 10 to 40 gallon rez. It should not be running like that. Something is incorrect. Having more mass (water in the cooling rez) would as you said take even longer to cool down and at the same time it would not rise as much thru the action of cooling the nutrient rez. The overall effect might actually be the chiller running for less time.The chiller is cycling in it's own 5 gallon container. Just keeping that container at the set temp and is running all the time just with that situation. It only circulates through the Wort for the main system maybe once every 3-4-5 hours. That's the problem, the chiller is running all the time just in 5 gallon insulated cooler. I understand that a larger rez would help but the chiller would still be running all the time. The chiller is almost a year old. I moved it outside the room and now it's in my face and I'm seeing how much it's running.
Hey man, do you know the btu/h of the chiller? At a glance i would say your chiller is undersized for the heat load. Also if you're using it as a closed loop system you want to use a glycol mix as it is better for heat transferhey everyone, I hope everyone is happy and well! Here's my problem, I hope someone can help.
I’m using a 1/10 hp Active Aqua chiller to cool the water in a 5 gallon Iglo drinking cooler that I’m using as a Chiller Reservoir.
I use a 158 gph inline pump running continuously to circulate the water through the chiller and then the chiller cycles off and on as it needs.
I use another 158 gph inline pump, controlled by an Inkbird temp controller, to circulate the chilled water through a Wort coil located in the Nutrient Reservoir.
Chiller rez temp 51 degrees.
Room temp 75 degrees.
Nutrient rez - System temp 67 degrees.
Chiller runs for 30 min or more just to lower the chiller rez temp 3 degrees, but will raise the chiller rez temp 5 degrees or more in a minute when it is circulating through the Wort.
So my question is WTF,
Is the chiller rez too small? 5 gallons trying to cool 25 gallons in a 3 pod system.
Should I lower the chiller rez temp to may 40 -45 degrees? I’m trying to keep a 12 -15 degee differential between the two rez’s.
The chiller cycles at a 2 degree differential.
The chiller is clean and clear and is circulating bleach water.
All pods, reservoirs and lines are insulated and wrapped.
But still the chiller runs a lot, and produces a lot of heat.
Would I be better off with a couple of frozen gallon jugs in the Iglo cooler instead of the chiller? Would it even work? Easy to find out. Figure out the water displacement and change 2 jugs once a day????
The Inkbird controller doesn’t circulate the nutrients coil half as much as the chiller is cycling just on and off, trying to maintain a 5 gallon cooler.
Any thought’s are appreciated and thanks for reading. peace
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