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it seems to me that running this little freezer:
full of coiled hose would be far cheaper than a regular chiller. $24 per year operating costs (per website)
Even if you spent alot of money on the very best coil or even something like this:
it seems like you're still way cheaper on start up costs as well as operating.
Any one have any experience with such a system?[/QUOTE HEY GUYS I USED AN OLD FOUNTAIN SODA MACHINE IT IS A CHILLER IT KEEPS WATER AT 32 DEGREES AND HAS A MIXER IN IT THEN JUST HOOK UP A PUMP AND BAM YOU HAVE A BAD ASS CHILLER I COOLED ALL 4 1000 WATT HPS AND COULD STILL COOL THE ROOM WITH ONE HOMEADE ICEBOX THE UNIT LOOKS PRO I TOOK OFF ALL THE FOUNTAINS AND MY 1/2 HP PUMP FROM HFT MOUNTED PERFECTLY WERE THE SODA DRAIN WAS ILL POST PICS LATER
Most mj growers are clever, witty , resourcefull and broke or speak for myself I am broke and plus this whole growing industry has evolved and still borrows technology, there's so much equipment being sold that isn't manufactured specifically for growing bud and those things get marked up crazy, no one is stopping you from paying that priceWhat cracks me up and I see this on every forum that exists is when people keep attempting the chiller diy. You will spend thousands in equipment, lights, seeds, nutes, clones, ect. But spend that last $250-450 on a chiller that you NEED? Fuck that son. I am going to spend good money after bad and hour after hour trying to Frankenstein this busted ass air conditioner into a chiller. And on the rare instance when it will run, it is never effective. It never lasts long, and nobody realizes the toxic shit you are plumbing through those coils that are not meant for that purpose. Fire hazard? Maybe. Electrocution? Probably. It just makes zero sense to me. You have to figure, once you get your air conditioner or what ever appliance that is around $100 or so, then the other parts needed to hobble this thing together, say another $50-75 and then top it off with say 3-6 hours start to finish (now remember kids, your time has value as well) at whatever hourly rate that you feel your time is worth or even to just round it out to what those of you who work make per hour and add all of that up. And what do you have for your efforts? An over priced POS that doesn't really work that good, and if it does it won't work for long and when it goes out or poisons your rez then you are dumping more time + money trying to keep Frankenchiller working. Meanwhile your temps are climbing like hell and now your beautiful crop has root rot. Why? All because you thought you would save some money on a device that ended up costing you WAY more than what a cheap brand new chiller would cost. Can someone explain this to me? Can someone please help me understand this mindset that I see on every forum? I just don't get it.
It looks cool, but that is definitely home made. You can see the paint sag on the PVC containment tank in the photo. (My degree is in industrial engineering so I notice things like that). But I get your point.Ok maybe not home built, but kinda ghetto looking. But damn does it work.
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