opticlimate? anybody use or seen one?

[944s2]

nipped into my local hydro shop earlier and they had a piece of "kit" in there called an "opticlimate",,,
looks like a microwave on one side and air con on the other,,,,,
£2,600 for this unit,,,,
sealed room,,,,uses 3 litres of water a minute!,,,
gonna need a good plumber lol,,,,
wondered if anyones seen or used one?,,i hope I got the name right lol I know I got the price correct,,,,,,can run 6 600w lamps if using this system,,,,,,s2

 

[JamieShoes]

there are some huge versions of it mate, seen them in a warehouse over here... they do everything apparently though I've no idea how they work...

some ppl discussing them here...https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=301528&page=3

more info here - http://www.hg-hydroponics.co.uk/opticlimate-pro-3-3500-5028-p.asp

I'm off to read it, then next time I hear someone mention them I wont have to say "though I've no idea how it works"..

 

[noyd666]

couple down here mate. ones on at moment having a bit of trouble.

 

[queequeg152]

they are basically ground source geothermal units with fancy electronics that allow you to interface with some other proprietary equipment.

imo... just buy a regular geothermal unit locally, down rate it to where ever your tap water temperature is. save a few thousand bucks.

 

[noyd666]

there ya go mate, get two lol.

 

[mack 10]

They look the tits.
A mate in Holland has one,
Spendy but good peice of kit.
Hes Vpd mad.

 

[yts farmer]

They got a 6 light set up running at growell wembley.

Popped in there about october last year just to see it and was impressed with how cool it ran, although would like to see it running in our current climate to see how it handles the job when water temps are a fair few degrees higher than in winter months.

 

[queequeg152]

They got a 6 light set up running at growell wembley.

Popped in there about october last year just to see it and was impressed with how cool it ran, although would like to see it running in our current climate to see how it handles the job when water temps are a fair few degrees higher than in winter months.

unless you have a municipality switching from surface water to well water seasonally... the temp fluxuations should not exceed more than like... 10 degrees in the most severe of cases.

deep well water aquifers dont change temps much... shallow ones a few degrees.

unless you are puming water from a surface stream behind your place you shouldn't see an enormous hit to performance based on seasonal temps.

most manufacturers will provide tables of btuh values based on water temps.

 

[queequeg152]

i actually take that back.

i forgot... some folks have wells outside their homes... in hot sheds and even exposed directly to sunlight.

in the above case you can get very hot temps as the expansion tank is baked like a potato.

 

[lester chester]

hi

go to wietforum dot nl
a lot o guys use them there
search engine is in english, for the rest you can use google translator
there is a lot of info on gavita a dimlux too that you cant find here
oh and if you are going to grow amnesia theres a lot about it
dont get me wrong i love icmag but here almost no info about the topics i mentioned above

greetings