SuncrestReef Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 With the summer heat wave, I was struggling to keep my water temp from spiking during the day unless I really cranked up the house air conditioning to the point where I needed to wear a sweater indoors. I looked into getting a chiller, but I don't really have room in my cabinet and don't want it external. Instead I picked up a basic 18" fan from Home Depot for $32 and attached it to an unused outlet on my Apex. I was amazed at how quickly it can cool the tank, with the Apex running the fan only about 10 minutes per hour based on the temperature probe reading. Here's the Apex code I used and found the temperature stays between 78.0 - 78.3:Fallback OFFSet OFFIf Tmp > 78.1 Then ONIf Tmp < 78.1 Then OFFDefer 000:30 Then ONDefer 000:30 Then OFF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krux Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Awesome, thanks for the code, my fan arrives tomorrow. I haven't turned my portable AC off for almost three weeks now, I would love to be able to at least run it on low for a while. This summer is crazy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrk13p Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 I just got back from a 4 day trip. The portable AC was set on timer for 8hrs/day with a fan running 24hrs. The tank temp was still 86 degrees when I got home but everything looked fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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