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Old 05-22-2015, 12:00 AM
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I have a chiller on my system. It's in my sump room and the exhaust is drawn outside by fans.
I also use computer fans over the sump. This helps keep the chiller from running as much but ya, the evaporation is much more.
With all the gear I don't get any fluctuations.

I also have AC in both our Master and my sump room so when things get unbearable I run the furnace fan to circulate the sweeeet cold air
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Old 05-22-2015, 12:03 AM
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I have a portable air conditioner but my wife would kill me if I took it out of the bedroom and gave it to the fish.
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Old 05-22-2015, 02:37 AM
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I have a portable air conditioner but my wife would kill me if I took it out of the bedroom and gave it to the fish.
If you have forced air as I do, and your portable is a decent size, a second unit would possibly cool your whole house ...
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Old 05-22-2015, 03:00 PM
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If you have forced air as I do, and your portable is a decent size, a second unit would possibly cool your whole house ...
No house, live in a condo. So no forced air unless you count the fans I have going.
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Old 05-22-2015, 03:16 PM
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I have a chiller, but am trying something different this year. I have a 25' coil of 1/4" RO line coiled up in my sump and am running tap water through it. It is a very small amount of water actually, just a small stream barely more than a fast trickle. I'm sure my RO/DI filter system wastes more water than this.

Tried it yesterday for the first time at 6 PM (tank water got up to 80F) and ran it until 7 PM. Tank water dropped 0.5 to 79.5F in that one hour. Incoming tap water is 60F while the output after coiling through the sump was 70F. After I shut it off, the tank water went up again a few decimal points before dropping through the night. This is for a 230g system.

I'll try it again later this afternoon, when my tank gets warm again.

I have a solenoid water switch (same as I use for my ATO) that I could hook up to my Apex and use the temp control to turn the water on an off as needed. Will see how it works manually for a few days first though.
Been using my DIY chiller last few days, and can't believe how well it works. I dialed down the water flow to just over a trickle, so that that my output water is 75F (inflow tap water is 60F). So the water usage is amazingly low. I use about 5 US gal per day (measured it yesterday), which is only about 2 toilet flushes for perspective. Sure saves a pile of electricity though (and heat generated by my real chiller), plus no noise. We have central air, too, and keep the house at 75 F.

The 25' RO tubing is only $5.25 at Home Depot and I might add another 25' coil to see if the efficiency improves any further. I have room in the sump and had no trouble fitting the first 25' coil.
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Old 05-29-2015, 10:16 PM
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According to my car its 30C out right now in Surrey, how is everyones tank doing? Mine is holding at just about 27C (79.9F). Not too bad for being in a condo.
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My DIY chiller is working great...
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My DIY chiller is working great...
Lol.

So far, the 6 inch desk fan over the tank is holding the temp at 79F.
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Ranging between 75 F for the fw & 77-78 F for the sw reefs.
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Old 05-30-2015, 01:55 AM
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Tank is doing fine, but my new salt water tank is 82F. That'll turn the chiller on for a bit after my weekly WC. Suppose I could put a fan on it ... pfft
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