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I am rebuilding my water cooled setup. had some pumps fail this summer.
update when i stop changing my mind
My idea is so far to run 2 1k Liquid Lumen hydroreflectors in 6X6X8 room. completely seal. 12kbtu mini split ac to cool the room. I have a 1/2hp chiller used to chill lights. Have a 105 insulated Poly water tank for my rez. I bought a flotec 1/2 hp centrifugal pump to use when i upgrade to a 1 or 2 hp ChillKing chiller. I might use a 1/6 flotec sump pump and a 800gph submersible pump in the mean while. I have a 20# CO2 tank with regulator for my co2. digi ballasts are in another room.
This room was run with no chiller. Drain to waste; feeding from one well, dumping into a second. Most efficient system I've had.
You can get really close with these 1k lights...
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A little extreme, but they aren't burnt to a crisp!
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Lot's of plumbing!
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Fun little room.
If you're going to build a large room, then I would not recommend the ice boxes unless you are quite handy.
This room was run with no chiller. Drain to waste; feeding from one well, dumping into a second. Most efficient system I've had.
You can get really close with these 1k lights...
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A little extreme, but they aren't burnt to a crisp!
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Lot's of plumbing!
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Fun little room.
If you're going to build a large room, then I would not recommend the ice boxes unless you are quite handy.
this is cool that you are running this whole thing with no chiller. what are your room temps? I can go low 70's in Summerwhat climate are you in? Hot (100 degrees) and Humid summers. Short winters with typical 50-60 degree days.what size is your room? how well does this room produce? 1.25-1.5 per light using a little over 1 per light in 25# containers on a 65 day strain I've had for a while
Badass man, really. Love the geothermal cooling, good for the earth and your wallet too ;)
Badass man, really. Love the geothermal cooling, good for the earth and your wallet too ;)
Actually it is not good for the earth unless is dumped in a stream or back in the well like he did. It actually takes more electricity to cool when using a chiller. also our most precious recource water is what we lack the most.
Actually it is not good for the earth unless is dumped in a stream or back in the well like he did. It actually takes more electricity to cool when using a chiller. also our most precious recource water is what we lack the most.
So, whoever told you that chillers are less energy efficient than AC had it exactly backwards. As far as wasting water, if the chiller system you're using is closed loop- that is, the working fluid remains sealed in the system you built and never mixes with either outside water or nutrient water, then there's no wasted water either. It won't evaporate because it's in a closed system.
Sorry but I did the numbers and bought everything to cool four lights and was assed out when I found out how much wattage I was going to be using.
1 hp pump was going to be using 1700 watts continuous
2 hp chill king chiller was about 4500 watts for a whopping total of 6200 watts used to chill my lights
Now my 18 seer 2 ton only uses 1400 watts so I am not sure who told you that it was more efficient to run water cooled lights. Even with the the chiller out of the equation... my mini split is 200 watts less if my mini was running continuously.
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