Chiller in closet?

[BYU]

I know they say not to put a chiller in the closet but
I have a closet that is gonna be next to my in wall aquarium
while we are doing construction could I put a chiller in the closet if we vent the closet with a bathroom fan to the outside?
do you think it would get to hot in the closet anyway?

 

[rgun2515]

I know they say not to put a chiller in the closet but
I have a closet that is gonna be next to my in wall aquarium
while we are doing construction could I put a chiller in the closet if we vent the closet with a bathroom fan to the outside?
do you think it would get to hot in the closet anyway?

Too hot... Don't do it... IMHO

 

[ClosetFishGeek]

Normally I would say dont do it. What size is the chiller ? and how long will it be in the closet for. If you are venting it will help. And if it is short term and have no choice,,,,,,,then you have no choice....:splitspin

 

[NYreefNoob]

if you have a way to vent the air shouldnt be a problem, how do you plan to keep fresh air in the closet ?

 

[Marteen]

I say as long as you are going to use the bathroom fan to vent it to outside go for it. Chillers pump out a lot of heat so make sure you get a fan that can turn over the air in your closet at least 10x per hour or more it will also help to keep moisture down if you are running any other equipment in your closet.

 

[rgun2515]

I still say don't do it, but if it has to be done I would go with 2 fans. One lower sucking air into the closet, and one high sucking the air out of the closet. If the fans are large enough, it can work. You just don't want the chiller sitting in a hot room with no air...

 

[rickytsui]

if you gonna do it open the door dont close it do cool air can go in thats what i am doing till my new pump get here

 

[Brian65901]

Door Grate

If you put an exhaust fan in the closet and cut a hole in the door for a grate you should get enough air flow for the cooler to work efficiently. Remember the unit removes the "coldness from the room its in replacing it with heat so a poorly ventilated closed will only leave you with a short compressor life. You can put a register cover over the hole you cut in door http://www.americanwoodvents.com/coldairreturns.htm

 

[KathyC]

IMO I think it's a bad idea due to the heat a chiller generates.
I'd tried to vent a 1/4 HP Pacific Coast chiller from my basement office to the outside..we used a 6" duct, with 2 internal 6" fans (forgot the strength, but they were fairly powerful) for a distance of less than 6 foot...it didn't work as the chiller simply put out too much heat. So now I'm left with this wonderful hole in the side of my house...

As asked earlier - what size chiller is it? Most I could find is that you are setting up a 210g tank..is that still correct?

Any way you can put the chiller outside and run the hoses into the house to the tank?

...btw, I ended up buying a in-room A/C, now me and the 3 tanks are nice and comfy I sold the chiller...lol

 

[ClosetFishGeek]

You could put this one in your closet....

http://www.seavisions.com/prod03.htm

water cooled is your only option that will truly work.....

 

[pecan2phat]

Wonder how the water cooled chiller works? Sounds like it has a continual run of cold water which sounds like an enviromental waste but they do not really explain the process so I am just guessing.

 

[ClosetFishGeek]

This is correct while the unit is in operation water will be running through to cool it and it will expend warm water as waste. It is a waste of water but can be used for watering your plants and used as an ato for a koi pond....:splitspin All kidding aside it makes for a more efficeint unit. You will be able to get away with a smaller unit to control your tank as well as lower a/c & fan usage. Even the smallest of chillers expell a very large amount of heat. In addition, these units are very quiet.

 

[pecan2phat]

Has anyone here tried one? Wonder what the cost is since they do not publish the price of these units.

 

[kimoyo]

IME, the water waste makes it very inefficient. That's a lot of water to be using just to cool your aquarium. I'm surprised they didn't hook up a radiator to that thing to place outside.

Actually, I'm surprised we don't see more dual heat exchangers in the hobby.

 

[pecan2phat]

Does water replace the freon in the titanium coil?

 

[BYU]

Thanks for the input guys

 

[pecan2phat]

Sorry Bob for the intrusion, just that the topic of water colled chillers peaked an interest.
I currently use a 1/4 hp compressor chiller on a 120g in a fish room and the exhaust heats the room to 82 degrees which affects my other systems that are housed or partially housed in that room. The heat generated from a chiller is concerning since this room is vented with a fantech industrial inline fan 24/7. So in a closet, well you can guess.........