rsbulldog Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Im setting up a solar hot water heating unit for my 900L tank. Im wondering if anyone has done this before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 I haven't but would love to follow your progress with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Same here. I am looking forward to seeing this up and running! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsbulldog Posted July 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 I have almost finished the solar unit itself still need to get the controllers and the rest of the plumbing. Ive got it all worked out in my head. It has a water pump that turns on when the solar unit gets hot and off when it gets to cold. Then I will have a controller that monitors the tank and if its too hot it will turn the solar water pump off. Also hooking the heaters to the system so when the solar unit is on the heaters turn off but if the tank gets too cold it will override the system and turn heaters on. So far I work out the whole thing should cost less than $100. Some materials i had laying around so makes it a bit cheaper for me but all the plumbing and electronics im buying new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 I did this to heat my 3000 litre. It was fairly basic but ran the tank over winter. Without a thermostat control I would have cooked the fish, used 2 200 L insulated drums for overnight heating. Sneaky2 has a system on the forum in reptiles and amphibs I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 So it is the actual aquarium water circulating in the plumbing getting heated? not a heat exchange system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsbulldog Posted July 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Yea my system will circulate the tank water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulless Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Sounds very cool， looking forward to see some photos when your system finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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