WOOHOO!! DIY Cooler..

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yea mate.. it's all "ground".. but "just-in-case", i just followed the dude's tutorial exactly..

if you're in a hot room though it may not work. you need to be in an airy place.

mine is a 350 W psu
so exciting
if successful can connect up to 6 iCute dc fans or more

yesterday went to LFS to check out the price
LFS quoted me $70 for a 6 unit cooling fans
really expensive sia ..........................

[firethorn]

mine is a 350 W psu
so exciting
if successful can connect up to 6 iCute dc fans or more

yesterday went to LFS to check out the price
LFS quoted me $70 for a 6 unit cooling fans
really expensive sia ..........................

Well, it depends on how you look at it...
If you get the cheapest fans at $8 a piece, and a cheap PSU at $20(I think they have one or two of these around - but very unreliable)..

This is what you get...
$8*6 == $48 (costs of fans)
$48 + $20(PSU) == $68 (Total cost)

For me, however, I didn't buy any new equipment but used the stuff already in my house so for me, in effect, I paid $0 for my setup. haha..

Which is a great deal! haha..

[Philgo]

A thing that really scares me is that you are using a Computer power supply near an aquuarium. These things are not designed to be anywhere near water, they are covered in vents for cooling so imagine what would happen if someone puts one too close and it gets splashed.

Extreme care should be taken as water and electricity do not mix, so I feel that this should only be done by people who have a very good understanding of good electrical practices. To jump into this without thought could be very dangerous indeed.

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Well, it depends on how you look at it...
If you get the cheapest fans at $8 a piece, and a cheap PSU at $20(I think they have one or two of these around - but very unreliable)..

This is what you get...
$8*6 == $48 (costs of fans)
$48 + $20(PSU) == $68 (Total cost)

For me, however, I didn't buy any new equipment but used the stuff already in my house so for me, in effect, I paid $0 for my setup. haha..

Which is a great deal! haha..

yeah
already have 2 spare psu and 6 icute dc fans
only need to get a switch frm hardware store ...............

[firethorn]

yeah
already have 2 spare psu and 6 icute dc fans
only need to get a switch frm hardware store ...............

haha.. yea..

[REDDOT]

haha.. yea..

the cable from the psu so short
where u put your psu ha ?
on top of fish tank or on the ground ?

[REDDOT]

Just a word of warning, computer PSU's are not very happy if they are not supplying a certain amount of load, I'd be concerned that it may overheat and burn out.

i found this thread

http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...y+cooling+fans

[cheetf]

Just one thing, unless you like topping up water every day, this isn't the route that you might want to take.

The more fans you have, the more water you have to top up. However the more fans you have does not mean that the temperature will go down much more. At most it will cool down the tank 2 degrees from the ambient.

Using one diy 12cm fan for my 3ft tank cooling to 26 degrees. Topping up water every 2 days, rather annoying actually! About to give up.

[firethorn]

the cable from the psu so short
where u put your psu ha ?
on top of fish tank or on the ground ?

talking to me or the other guy?

Just one thing, unless you like topping up water every day, this isn't the route that you might want to take.

The more fans you have, the more water you have to top up. However the more fans you have does not mean that the temperature will go down much more. At most it will cool down the tank 2 degrees from the ambient.

Using one diy 12cm fan for my 3ft tank cooling to 26 degrees. Topping up water every 2 days, rather annoying actually! About to give up.

Until this annoyance level reaches intolerable levels, budgeteers like us don't really care.. lol..

Chillers are expensive mate..

[REDDOT]

instead of splicing the wire
i cut off the wire !!!!! hahahaha
in the end i didnt use the psu

i use an ac/dc adaptor which i bought in simlim tower
cost ard $8.20

[firethorn]

instead of splicing the wire
i cut off the wire !!!!! hahahaha
in the end i didnt use the psu

i use an ac/dc adaptor which i bought in simlim tower
cost ard $8.20

the ac/dc adaptor is cheap.. haha..

anywayz.. what do you mean by 'cut' instead of 'splicing'?

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the ac/dc adaptor is cheap.. haha..

anywayz.. what do you mean by 'cut' instead of 'splicing'?

splice too hard
cut the wire into half loh

then think think
psu cables too short and messy
in the end use the ad/dc adaptor loh ...............

[Philgo]

One other point I'd like to mention, computer PSU's do have a tendancy to go bang when they die, they sometimes shoot out sparks when this happens.

If you still want to use one I'd suggest that you lenghten the 12 volt wires not the 240v, this will enable you to keep it away from the aquarium and away from combustable materials.

[firethorn]

splice too hard
cut the wire into half loh

then think think
psu cables too short and messy
in the end use the ad/dc adaptor loh ...............

haha. ic.

anywayz.. the main motivation behind my using a PSU is becuz I heard it had been done before and I was on a tight budget and I already had the stuff in the house.. haha

Welcome to the world of DIY..

[REDDOT]

haha. ic.

anywayz.. the main motivation behind my using a PSU is becuz I heard it had been done before and I was on a tight budget and I already had the stuff in the house.. haha

Welcome to the world of DIY..

http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...y+cooling+fans

yeah
think vinz n the gangs have been using diy psu for quite a while liao