aluminum heat exchanger?

[Bennyweed1]

Hey ICmag

Quick question and please post any information if you have it

Will a aluminum heat exchanger placed inside of hydroponic nutrient reservoir being used to cool it cause any adverse reactions?

 

[LSWM]

Double check with wikipedia, but it's my understanding aluminum is fairly innert for metals, which is why we use it for sodas and canned foods.

I would certainly not subject it to very high or low pH, only mixed/balanced solutions.

One other concern is that aluminum has strong associations with Alzheimer's. Whether or not it would become a problem I cannot say for sure. Coke is drank by people right out of aluminum everyday, take that however you'd like.

 

[Bennyweed1]

Thanks for the reply.

I was thinking the same thing as you. I recently ran into a problem and I cant figure it out so I thought maybe aluminum is worse off then I thought.

 

[weedloco]

Heat-exchanger and AC

Heat-exchanger and AC

Hope you don't mind if I borrow you thread, seems I can't start my own for some reason:S

So I finally got me a insulated grow-trailer!!! It's 8x2,5m and I'v so far gotten a heat-exchanger(FTX) to help keep the heat during cold winter nights and an AC to cool down during hot summer days. The FTX is a expensive thing I traded, It's dimensioned for a 170m2 house and pulls 288m3/h. The Ac is 9,5 kw and should be able to cool the relatively small trailer. Also have a 420m3/h extractorfan and charcolefilter I can use if needed. Not planing on running a closed system since the FTX pulls fresh air in and heats it with the old one. Feel kinda stuck and a bit over my head since I'v never really used an AC nor FTX....

What I'm wondering is how I should make most effective use of this equipment? Anyone have any experience or ideas?

P.S the AC is already hooked up and in place, but the Heat-exchanger is not.