there's a topic on this in marine section.
a) if you can find aluminium tubing,. that would be great.
Wonder if any of you noticed the ad on Saturday's paper selling those portable fridges (smaller one about $16.
I was just thinking, could we modify that fridge for use as a chiller by:
1) drilling two holes in it;
2) buying a longer outlet hose for the external filter;
3) shoving as much of the excess length as possible into the fridge through one hole and exiting through the other;
and viola... one chiller for use. From the ad, the chiller's temp can be adjusted up or down so we can use that to control the water temp.
I know the plastic hose may not be a good conductor of heat but this method requires the least amount of work. No need to worry about find a steel container of the right size, making sure no leakage etc.
What do you guys think?
there's a topic on this in marine section.
a) if you can find aluminium tubing,. that would be great.
may work for a small tank. maybe <2ft.
that dinky little portable fridge works on thermoelectric cooling technology and it has only 55 watts of cooling power. it will work as a fridge as the cooling is within an enclosed volume.
cooling a tank is a different ball game. you are trying to cool something out in the open space. it will need a lot more cooling power.
a normal 1/4 hp chiller has about 185 watts of cooling power.
thomas liew
Well u may need 2 coil the tube so that it has a longer length of tube in the fridge.
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yes, you may need to coil the tube but ultimately, it is the cooling power(capacity).
thomas liew
using aluminium waterblock connect to a peltier and the peltier to some giant heatsink with fan. or use another waterblock connected to a radiator to cool the peltier.
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