Can a Fridge Be Used As a Water Chiller
Another members post got me thinking. Couldn't a mini fridge with a couple of holes cut in it work for a water chiller in a recirculating system? Used mini fridges are cheap, they dont cost much and they dont put out anything like the heat a water chiller does. Just a thought
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lol so;
1.) get a mini fridge
2.) drill two holes in it
3.) Install reservoir
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Youtube and a hole saw
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Thought about it a few times.
I don't think I'd put the res in it, I'd run copper tubing in one side, coil it inside, and run it out the other side. Or hook the copper to a heat exchanger inside, that might give the water more time to cool?
I've got a fridge to use, I just never worked out the details.
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You could put the pump on a timer, I dont think it would matter if the water in a RDWC sets for a bit. Seems like it would work well for Ebb and Flow too. Something to mess around with some other time
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run the copper tubing around inside the fridge like the cooler in a moon shine still should work fine u have doing some power thing great post !!
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after this we can start on reinventing the wheel!!
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I use a dehumidifier for a water chiller...
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A water chiller is an expensive SOB for what it does....
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That’s why I had to go back to DWC. Hard to keep h20 temps regulated.
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Consider coco, it has the same growth rate as DWC without the worries about root getting to hot.
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you can also cover the buckets so they dont absorb so much heat from the light
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Yes the res needs to be covered for a lot of reasons, PH flux, bugs, kittens, and temps
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