Re: [APD] Re: chillers and cooling

["Justin Collins" <jucollin at du_edu>]

You'd be surprised.  When I had my 180 gallon reef running with 1200 watts
of metal halides, a 7" running over the surface of the sump could drop the
temp 2 degrees or more without much trouble, and that was in 100+ degree
Denver heat with no A/C.  The dryness here probably helps significantly, but
the principle is the same.  The only cooling in the completely enclosed
canopy was a pair of 4" fans.

Justin Collins

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "S. Hieber" <shieber at yahoo_com>
To: "aquatic plants digest" <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: [APD] Re: chillers and cooling


> It is just so.
>
> Hard to keep your tank cool when the room temps reaches 90
> degrees ;-).
>
>
> sh
> --- Thomas Barr <tcbiii at earthlink_net> wrote:
> >
> > > Onc ethe amobient temp gets up to a certain point, the
> > nly
> > > way to kepp your water cool is to chill, either with an
> > > earthen heat sink or pelterie type chiller or "freon"
> > type
> > > chiller.  There are some other more exoctic options.
> >
> > You can use a fans and evaporational cooling works well
> > and cost much less.
> > It's not going to pull it down a lot vs a Chiller, but it
> > often keeps the
> > temp down enough during the afternoon heat.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tom Barr
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Aquatic-Plants mailing list
> > Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
> > http://www.actwin.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/aquatic-plants
>
>
> __________________________________
> Do you Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
> http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
> _______________________________________________
> Aquatic-Plants mailing list
> Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
> http://www.actwin.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/aquatic-plants

_______________________________________________
Aquatic-Plants mailing list
Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
http://www.actwin.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/aquatic-plants