Comparison of power consumption of different chillers

[Ebi]

This Pacific Coast chiller is for the US market. Ours here in Singapore are known as Resun.

Thanks for the info BFG-san.

[neverwalkalone]

Errr... by the way. I've managed to insulate the cannister and HOB filter housings (in/out hoses are already insulated) and power savings appear to be in the region of 15%
Will know for sure when i get my PUB bill at the end of the month

So Ebi-san, what was your power savings from insulating the hoses and housings?

[Ebi]

Hi neverwalkalone-san,

I am now using the same chiller that I had used for the 25L tank on a 2x2ft (>100L) set-up, i.e. higher power filter and lighting. No increase in monthly power consumption though. Also chiller runs about 20mins with stop period about 2 hours. Temp setting same as before, 24.5. Can set temperature lower but too much fogging/sweating on the tank glass. Was using PL and FL lights at the time when I took these observations.

After switching to LED lighting and insulating the back of the tank, it seems the stop period has increased further. Had not taken any serious data so far as was busy, but electricity meter readings appear to be have improved further (10%-15%).

[Shadow]

It is better if you measure power consumption at chiller it self instead of using whole house electricity meter. You can't be sure whether the saving due to insulator or just because rainy season. Unless your chiller is the only one connected.

[Ebi]

Hi Shadow-san,

Yes, I live alone and every weekday, it's just the chiller and refrigerator online for 10 hrs.