MendoAdome
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So if you have settled on a 1hp chiller why would you want to even attempt to make a manifold
You still around @ttystikk ? I'm gonna plow thru this thread then I'm gonna ask you at least 3 dumb question and after that we should all be happy.There have been others, but I think it's time to build a new thread about water chilling as a viable, if not outright superior alternative to climate conditioning indoor gardening spaces to traditional AC approaches.
My own experience is this; basic AC only addresses temperature and does not regulate humidor well. While this is acceptable in an office environment, an indoor growing space is a completely different situation.
It is therefore my contention that about half of a typical indoor grow's cooling bill could be saved with the use of chilling. This savings can be increased with a heat pump, geothermal and certain other technologies beyond the scope of this thread.
I hope I didn't bore you, I'm trying to save you a fortune!
Radiator on chiller? I thought because of heat the chiller went outside tent. Sorry guys I'm gonna read the whole thread just asking questions along the way.The creek is cold, but I have not measured it yet. I'm fairly certain it's 60 or below which would give the the 20 degree differential if running CO2 at 80 F. Don't know if that would get me condensation however.
So rh control with a chiller set up is done with condensation. Is it as simple as putting a drip tray under the radiator and letting what ever water condenses fall into the tray and drain away?
You need to hook me up with some drawings our layouts for doing exactly what you say here. I'm in a 4x8 tent. Thanks @ttystikkYou'll need to separate your water droplets from your outgoing air, but yes. It really IS that simple. If your cooling system water is 60f, your humidity at 80f air temp will be about 70%. Perfect. Colder water will reduce dewpoint, and therefore RH.
Yes, it really is that simple. Simple and EFFICIENT. How efficient? My 2 Ton chiller keeps up with 16kW of bloom lights, AND dehueys as per the example above, AND cools all my RDWC. I know a lot of hvac professionals- on this site- who will sell you four times that much capacity in AC for the same job- and it won't work as well.
Ok... just a Lil confusing. Or you just shooting air from top down thru a fan and pipe to the bottom where the air rituals to the top but water droplets fall in bucket??? Do I got that right?Muffin fan on top blows down thru Icebox heat exchanger, air goes down the duct and releases water at the bottom. Air makes the u-turn, water can't. This is distilled water, just drain it right back into your hydro system!
Mods, please fix pics, they are upside down and will hinder understanding. Idk how to edit.
I think you lost me slightly..Coils are a breeding ground of bacteria it seems that it would be distilled water in fact it's not you need to uv treat condensed water before you put it in your system
But I need to cool my rdwc unit and just so this and figured I could accomplish both with this setup...There's lots of ac units that dehue just do yourself a favor and get a dedicated unit to save yourself a ok
Ok....And there's not really any way to modulate or control the humidity levels you get stuck with it on or offyou could always just adjust the speed of the fan but the changes are going to be very little especially to 16 kW setup
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