Randy-S Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I know it will cause heat and make the chiller work harder. But my last house and tank i had my chiller plumb into my crawlspace and thats not an option this time, and i dont want it sitting out in the open soooo. What if its in the stand, the stand has a lot of ventalation holes in it. i add a fan or two to force outside air into the stand to help vent. I am thinking it should work? The tank is 48x36x28 and the stand is 40tx 48x36 there will be 2x 400 mh and 4x 54 watt t-5 over the tank or i may go 2x 110watt vho instead of the t5's still undecided. My house has ac and will not get above 75 so i dont think the tank is going to run to hot anyway but looking for your thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siskiou Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 I used to have a chiller, but it was so noisy and put out so much heat, that our little window a/c had no chance. I had to get rid of the chiller. We had a heat pump installed last year and keeping the temp at 73 in the house, and running fans over the tanks has kept the tank temps steady at around 79-80. No need for a chiller, but I'm only running T5s on one tank, and a 250w MH on the other, so it may be different for other lighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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