Dwc chiller to keep temps down

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HydroBum

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I finally invested in a "water Chiller" but its not technically a water chiller for Hydro. I also moved away from the standard 5 gallon "Bucket" and instead used 5 gallon insulated water cooling jugs and modified them with bulk heads. The "Chiller" I went with is called IceProbe by Nova and is a self contained unit and mounted by drilling a 1 1/4 inch hole in one of the Water Jugs. I also moved my water pump outside the reservoir to further reduce heat and insulated my pipes to and from the Res. Everyone uses different lights, pumps, reservoirs, growing mediums, grow spaces, and nutrients. The key is taking tips and modifying them to work in your environment because what works in one might not work so well in another even though the processes are relatively the same.

This is the link to some of the setups others have done.

DWC Cooler Club

Here is the chiller option I went with that works for me Ice Probe
 
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JSB99

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HydroBum said:
I finally invested in a "water Chiller" but its not technically a water chiller for Hydro. I also moved away from the standard 5 gallon "Bucket" and instead used 5 gallon insulated water cooling jugs and modified them with bulk heads. The "Chiller" I went with is called IceProbe by Nova and is a self contained unit and mounted by drilling a 1 1/4 inch hole in one of the Water Jugs. I also moved my water pump outside the reservoir to further reduce heat and insulated my pipes to and from the Res. Everyone uses different lights, pumps, reservoirs, growing mediums, grow spaces, and nutrients. The key is taking tips and modifying them to work in your environment because what works in one might not work so well in another even though the processes are relatively the same.

This is the link to some of the setups others have done.

DWC Cooler Club

Here is the chiller option I went with that works for me Ice Probe
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Those ice probes probably work okay for small setups, but anything larger will take a different approach. A couple other things to consider...

Use a PC fan to blow on your water pump. This will really help keep it cool.

The ice probes is a "heat exchanger", meaning one side absorbs heat, making the other side cooler. Use another PC fan to blow on the warm side of he ice probes, which will help it work even better.
 
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HydroBum

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You said it JSB. This setup is exactly that. This is the setup that I have found works for my environment. Inexpensive but probably wont work for those with a bigger setup than say 3 buckets. That's why I love Hydro. Creating and maintaining, and adjusting the environment is a project all to itself. If I grew in soil, I would end up with dead plants.
 
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