ben19185074 Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 http://www.coolworksinc.com/iceprobe_aq ... hiller.htm Anyone used it before? How much does it cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 in the faq section it says its only suitable for up to about an 80 litre aquarium, pretty small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 It also specifies freshwater aquariums so would not suit marines one assumes. Looks like a neat little unit for small quantities of water though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 Looks to work using a Peltier device. Which is a solid state (no moving parts) heat pump. 50W is not a lot of cooling power about 1/13 horsepower. A 1/6 Hp refrigerant chiller only does a small tank. Maybe useful for some though? Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 The inside 'cooler' portion is made of ceramic and lots of people use them on Nanos in the states, so confirm its saltwater approval. These devices configured like this are often used by people who want to cool the water in the resivour on their 'water cooled' computers. 1 side gets REALLY got, the side gets REALLY cold. We use peltiers all the time at work for cooling various components in our Datacenters. Can't see it being very usefull or effective on anything larger than a small tank though. Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RnB Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 I have seen a few green house setups that lay pipe in the ground about 5ft deep and have say a 50-100ft loop, you could use irrigation piping...... then just pumop the water through this as the ground is a good heat sink at this level,, ever dug a hole.... quite cold at 5ft deep used commercially...... got me thinking...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 Polyethylene tubing is quite a good insulator unfortunately, so you would need a very long thin tube. Shame titanium tub is so expensive. Plus you have to dig the hole. Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RnB Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 I have an undercounter guiness cololer, it uses a 1/2 hp motor to cool water in a small tank, and has a loop system for the water to be colled that passes through this tank,,, the loop system is removable and is either stailess or titanium... it works and is on my things to do list this month........ before it gets to hot..... cost me 50 quid in london boot sale ages ago I have a US source for titanium tubing if it proves to be stainless, anyone know how to test this????? Layton.... this underground tubing system is being used in the US in florida in green house frag farms, i get the link... not sure what pipe they are using, but it is worth a look as many of us have a bit of garden and a spare pump...... i will find the piccies link tonight Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted October 22, 2004 Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 Well, some stainless steels are magnetic. But others are not. It depends on how much (if any) nickle is in it. Titanium is non-magnetic. So if a magnet can stick to is, it's definitely not titanium. Can't think of a positive test for titanium though. Layton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RnB Posted October 22, 2004 Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 will prob end up ringing the munufacturer..... or just trying to get the titanium tube in..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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