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- From: brian@picasso.icd.teradyne.com (Brian Hunter)
- Subject: Re: Sweaty tanks
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:00:45 GMT
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- In article <1e90kcINNkh7@travis.csd.harris.com> marka@SSD.CSD.HARRIS.COM (Mark Ashley) writes:
- >I'm planning on a chiller for my tank and by coinci-dink
- >one of the current fish magazines has an article on chillers.
- >It wasn't FAMA.
- >
- >Anyway it warns about having a cold tank in a warm room.
- >It said that the outside of the tank will start "sweating"
- >if the tank is made of thin glass or a less than 3/8-inch thick
- >acrylic. Does anybody have this problem ?
- >Should I get a thick-walled acrylic tank ?
- This would depend on your application, If you are just trying
- to keep a tank down to 80 F then no if this is to be a temporate
- tank and you want to keep it at 55 then perhaps.
- >
- >It also suggests putting the chiller outside the cabinet.
- >If my cabinet has fans for ventilation, would it be ok
- >to put it in the cabinet then ? Chillers are not exactly
- >works of art that I want exposed. 8-)
- This depends on the chiller, Some have there own fans and if you cut
- an opening in your cabinet so the chiller can get to the outside
- air i would be ok. They do put out a lot of heat.
- >
- >I'm planning to put the chiller like so: from the sump pump,
- >to an Ocean Clear canister (chemical) to the chiller and
- >the return hose to the main tank. There should be no
- >problem with this setup, right ? I'm also running out
- >of horizontal space so I'll set these up vertically.
- >e.g. the sump is below the main tank, the pump protrudes
- >from the side, above that is the canister and above that
- >is the chiller. Any problems with this ?
- You must have a very tall cabinet. I would run the chiller back to
- the sump to gentle the effect on the tank. The baytech chiller
- uses a probe which you just put in the sump, no plumbing.
-
- >
- >Should I put foam on the sides of the tank for insulation ?
- >How much power does a 1/4, 1/5, 1/6 HP chiller suck up ?
- >Should I expect a big jump on my power bill ? Are these
- 1/4 will eat some amount of amps ~400 wts I would guess.
- Your bill will depend on how often it runs.
-
- Brian
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