Chiller questions and reviews.

Ice Probes are great if 2 conditions are met:
1. You are only chilling the nutrient solution (no CO2 generators or lights)
2. Your buckets are well insulated

I've chilled up to 30 gallons with just one of them without a problem. F'ing awesome for 50W.

I know I am hella late to this post, but I cannot find any instructional videos on how to mount one these Ice Probes to a reservoir. I am using a coleman cooler, 60 qt (15 gal). Anybody have experience with these Ice Probes?

stupidcracker00 said:

I know I am hella late to this post, but I cannot find any instructional videos on how to mount one these Ice Probes to a reservoir. I am using a coleman cooler, 60 qt (15 gal). Anybody have experience with these Ice Probes?

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You basically drill a hole through the cooler, If it had a spout on the bottom its even easier. Just pull that sucker out widen the hole and stick your ice probe through it. 15 gallons is pretty huge for an ice-probe, hope it works. Your best bet would be a homemade ice probe, get a large peltier cooler on ebay and make it work. I left some instructions on the link below.

https://www.rollitup.org/t/ice-probe-5-gal-cooler-thermostat-end-of-heat-problem.940364/

meltdown213 said:

I tried to run the chiller directly from the res and into the tub/buckets without much success. Basically, the water needs to be able to escape as fast as it comes into the tub or else the tub will overflow. As far as the chiller I bought, very pleased. It is very quite and doesn't seem to generate much heat.

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With a UC setup, wouldnt the water level be maintained? I mean, the chiller is pumping it into the plant bucket, and the connecting pipes down below would be pulling water back into the rez, right? Sry for adding more questions to your question but im currently researching uc systems because i had the idea as an original thought (in an attempt to avoid water pumps) but just found out it's a popular thing.

glani said:

I mean, the chiller is pumping it into the plant bucket,

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nope. chiller doesn't pump at all. warm water in, chilled water out. pump and batteries not included.