svenghalli
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Just bought an 1/10 hp chiller and was wondering how to plumb 2 ez cloners to keep the temps down. Open to all suggestions.
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Need ideas for plumbing 2 rez with one chiller
- Thread starter svenghalli
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I am having a similar problem (2 res / 1 chiller) and was thinking one way to solve the problem might be to get two of those CoolCoils from hydro innovations. I've never seen them in action, but it looks like they work just like drop-in chillers except that you chill a separate res and then a water pump, separate from the one that pumps water to the chiller, pumps water through tubing to the CoolCoil in the "nutrient res" and then back out through more tubing and back to the "chilled res".
Why wouldn't it work to cool two "nutrient reses" with two CoolCoils & two pumps? The chiller would always keep the "chilled res" cool and then with two controllers, one monitoring the temp in each "nutrient res", activate the water pump that would send chilled water to the CoolCoil in the "nutrient res" that needs cooling.
An obv problem in your case (and mine) is that you might have to modify your cloners in a way that allows for inlet/outlet tubing. Not to mention idk the dimensions (LxWH) of your cloners' reservoirs, so I'm not sure if those CoolCoils would even fit.
In my case, I've got two of those Producers from BC Northern Lights. I came up on two units pimped out with touch screens and all their sensors for about $1k- score! I haven't started using them yet tho because the one area that these things lack in is root-zone temp control- ie res temp control. I called their 1-800 number and their solution is to add pH'd ice to the res if temps get too high. Really?! Pssh- please. I tried that once with an Aeroflo 20 and I was adding frozen water bottles every hour. I learned right away: get a chiller. Problem solved. Ok back to my present day problem- how can I use one chiller to cool two nutrient reservoirs that are in two separate Producer boxes? I might drill holes in the sides idk...
Anyway, I Hope I didn't hijack your thread too much!
- Walmatt23
Why wouldn't it work to cool two "nutrient reses" with two CoolCoils & two pumps? The chiller would always keep the "chilled res" cool and then with two controllers, one monitoring the temp in each "nutrient res", activate the water pump that would send chilled water to the CoolCoil in the "nutrient res" that needs cooling.
An obv problem in your case (and mine) is that you might have to modify your cloners in a way that allows for inlet/outlet tubing. Not to mention idk the dimensions (LxWH) of your cloners' reservoirs, so I'm not sure if those CoolCoils would even fit.
In my case, I've got two of those Producers from BC Northern Lights. I came up on two units pimped out with touch screens and all their sensors for about $1k- score! I haven't started using them yet tho because the one area that these things lack in is root-zone temp control- ie res temp control. I called their 1-800 number and their solution is to add pH'd ice to the res if temps get too high. Really?! Pssh- please. I tried that once with an Aeroflo 20 and I was adding frozen water bottles every hour. I learned right away: get a chiller. Problem solved. Ok back to my present day problem- how can I use one chiller to cool two nutrient reservoirs that are in two separate Producer boxes? I might drill holes in the sides idk...
Anyway, I Hope I didn't hijack your thread too much!
- Walmatt23
