Pegasus Posted August 2, 2002 Report Share Posted August 2, 2002 HI, All this talk about cooling tanks for Cold Water Marines brought this idea about, mainly inspired by Ira's post when he mentioned "Cooling Trays". Old fridges are dumped every day, but the cooling coils and plates on the back of the fridge are very rarely damaged, and most of the compressors still go as well. The coil/plate assembly could be mounted under a tank and a servicable compressor from an old fridge could be housed and wired up to form a permanent cooling rig, or it could even work placed against the back of the tank if the underneath was not accessable. The "Freezone" (sp) gas would have to be replaced, but the whole thing would cost a fraction of a commercial unit. Bundy tubing as used in refriigerators and freezers is quite cheap, and there is a major supplier in Auckland, so any size of unit could be made up if needed as the tubing can be formed quite easily over a wheel to stop it kinking. Once you have the compressor organised the rest would be easy with a constant temperature control. Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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