bangkok101
Active Member
I never ran into this problem but ppl been telling me that sometimes the res gets a little too warm. What's a good way to cool down your water that's not too expensive that u don't have to blow thousan of dollars
Res water cooler?
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bangkok101
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That wouldn't be that stable and that's a lot of bottles to stock up lol
smithmds
Active Member
Been here, done that. I've gone the water bottle route and it works, but it sucks having to put them in every 2-4 hours.
I even made a water chiller...I mean its a pretty basic idea....run water in a circle in something that's cold and then pump it out....so I got a deep freezer ($50 craigslist), 100' of some hose, and a water pump. Just coil up that hose in the freezer, cut some holes in the freezer to string the hose through, and put the water pump on a cycle timer or just straight on. It took quite a bit of temperature monitoring of the freezer and water reservoir. But I'm actually typing on top of the freezer right now with my laptop...works as a good table too!
I've also bought some 1/10 aqua chillers (325$ new). They're the best if you can afford it. I need a couple more...but for now, this freezer is going to have to do. I can put two hoses (for 2 res's) in this freezer and it works great.
NOTE: you gotta clean that hose out though...stuff builds up in there and can't be clean. I run 3% h202 through it for a while at least once a month.
I even made a water chiller...I mean its a pretty basic idea....run water in a circle in something that's cold and then pump it out....so I got a deep freezer ($50 craigslist), 100' of some hose, and a water pump. Just coil up that hose in the freezer, cut some holes in the freezer to string the hose through, and put the water pump on a cycle timer or just straight on. It took quite a bit of temperature monitoring of the freezer and water reservoir. But I'm actually typing on top of the freezer right now with my laptop...works as a good table too!
I've also bought some 1/10 aqua chillers (325$ new). They're the best if you can afford it. I need a couple more...but for now, this freezer is going to have to do. I can put two hoses (for 2 res's) in this freezer and it works great.
NOTE: you gotta clean that hose out though...stuff builds up in there and can't be clean. I run 3% h202 through it for a while at least once a month.
BeaverHuntr
Well-Known Member
Use a ice chest or the 5 gallon sport coolers. I used the 5 gallon sport coolers and my temps never went over 68 degrees...Just cool the water down with frozen water bottles once a week and that was it good for 7 days.
sccerfrk26
Member
This works very well and isn't very $$
TruenoAE86coupe
Moderator
May raise your humidity or just not work in certain situations, but evaporation will drop the water temp, so if you can get a fan blowing across the water it helps to drop the temp several degrees.