Horto
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Water chiller but are big bucks and out of the question for small gardens which I'm presuming yours is by the size of res for them types of rooms I've found ice cube bags the type u fill your self always get at least twice as many as u need and they can be added taken out and re froze and used again or u could use small empty bottle fill with water and freeze them and use the same way hope this helps :)I have a 60Ltr Dark Green Garbage Can, but only fill with 24Ltr of Nutrient.
24Ltr is ample as I run a very efficient modification of NFT.
I am looking to keep the nutrient at around 22C or 71.6F.
The Nutrient Reservoir is mostly constant at this temperature, but rises in hotter months.
What do people use to cool solution in standard plastic reservoirs.
Not talking fans, but DIY or purchased products that could be used.
Thermostats are not part of the question, as they are commonly available.
Thanks,
Horto
Water chiller but are big bucks and out of the question for small gardens which I'm presuming yours is by the size of res for them types of rooms I've found ice cube bags the type u fill your self always get at least twice as many as u need and they can be added taken out and re froze and used again or u could use small empty bottle fill with water and freeze them and use the same way hope this helps :)
if you can't afford am aquarium chiller, and i don't know a lot of people that can, you might check out the Icebox heat exchanger. They're made as water heat exchangers to cool a room, but if you blow cool air through the exchanger it will cool the liquid running through the "radiator", if you have a cool air source. Obviously the solution would only get as cool as the your source of air. Just a thought. they run about $150 for the 8 inch and you'd need an inline fan to blow through it
I was going to use a few of them to keep my flower room cool and save some electric bill instead of installing my 18K BTU mini split. found it did very little to control the humidity in the room and the heat output form my 1/4 hp chiller heated up the basement a bit too much- makes an AC unit very nice.
If you reverse engineer it to cool the fluid running through the icebox, you'd need to make sure the air being blown across the coils is cool enough to get the job done. And it may take a couple or a few of them to get the job done depending on how big your reservoir is.
Did u miss the ice cube part of my post ??? It doesn't get much cheaper than that :) also the last water cooler system we bought ended up at just over 3k so basically what I'm saying us if u can't justify a piece of kit like this then water out of a tap and put into cube bags or even cheaper still old plastic bottlesI was hoping the Market had cheaper options far less than 1K.
Looks like I will be converting a small fridge for Reservoir.
Please chime in with products of realistic pricing.
Horto
Also depending where u live it won't be keeping it cool that will be the issue if your just starting the crop now winter is coming and the water is guna be too cold
The Nutrient Reservoir is mostly constant at this temperature, but rises in hotter months.
simple a used humidifier there every where an cheapI was hoping the Market had cheaper options far less than 1K.
Looks like I will be converting a small fridge for Reservoir.
Please chime in with products of realistic pricing.
Horto
Bending refrigerant lines then inserting those lines in my nutrient solution doesn't sound too good to me. Also, how would you sufficiently clean it between runs? Sounds like asking for problems down the road..
The use of an A/C with Stainless tube is an option, but it is a lot of stuffing around for less efficiency.
You can buy chillers online for cheap and will work 100x better then a rigged refrigerator. Look at penguin chillers brand
The word rigged suggests I might be modifying a fridge, I am putting a water container in a fridge.
Lets not exaggerate! A small fridge is sealed, made to cool things efficiently and cheap for what it does.
Guess I left myself open to the A/C hackers, not saying it will not work if you use stainless tube or as cooling bath.
You can buy an old fridge for $100 or less, not saying anyone else should use a fridge but it looks like a good option for me. If you have a link to show one of these cheap chillers online, I am interested to check it out.
Thanks,
Horto
whats wrong with a 50gallon drum in the ground.
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