Over the past 8 months, I have fried two different chillers, both brand new, one was an active Aqua 1hp and the other a 1.5hp Boyu brand aquarium chiller.....I am using them to run a glycol based wort style chiller system to keep my nutrient solution at a perfect 68 degrees despite the higher ambient room temp and 8000 watts of light constantly cooking down on the black buckets of my RDWC system....additionally, (and more significantly) I am running a liquid cooled CO2 generator in a 200sq' room, which spits a FUUUUUCKLOAD of really hot water that leaves the chiller struggling to barely slow down the inevitable rise in the temp of my coolant ressy over the course of the lighting period.....they would essentially be running almost 24 hrs a day in order to bring the temp back down once the lights and CO2 turn off......
I need some recommendations for a straight up beast of a chiller....I'm without a doubt going to have to upsize the unit to a more powerful one, not just to keep up with the current heat load, but I'm also considering adding a heat exchanger run off cold water because my neighbor has been complaining about the recent addition of another 28k btu AC unit in addition to my mini split already in place....
I realize this is not going to be a cheap endeavor, but my concerns lie 100% in the reliability/power and efficiency of the new unit, not in saving a few bucks, I'm not down with buying a 4th one dammit!!!
I have heard good things about the chill-king brand, but if anyone has some decent experience in this department I would be really thankful for your input. I just finished a round and its repair/maintenance time, I need to get on it asap....so let's hear what y'all think about keepin things chilly willy in the water department!!!
Thanks in advance and happy new year all!!!!
Z
I need some recommendations for a straight up beast of a chiller....I'm without a doubt going to have to upsize the unit to a more powerful one, not just to keep up with the current heat load, but I'm also considering adding a heat exchanger run off cold water because my neighbor has been complaining about the recent addition of another 28k btu AC unit in addition to my mini split already in place....
I realize this is not going to be a cheap endeavor, but my concerns lie 100% in the reliability/power and efficiency of the new unit, not in saving a few bucks, I'm not down with buying a 4th one dammit!!!
I have heard good things about the chill-king brand, but if anyone has some decent experience in this department I would be really thankful for your input. I just finished a round and its repair/maintenance time, I need to get on it asap....so let's hear what y'all think about keepin things chilly willy in the water department!!!
Thanks in advance and happy new year all!!!!
Z
