Onelow1
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hey 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
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