racefan Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 I hooked up a 1/10hp chiller(pacific coast) to my 29 gal Bio Cube today. The temp display on the chiller reads 81 degrees. Two separate thermometers in the cube say 77 degrees, what gives? forgot to add. I have the chiller temp set for 79 degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelhead77 Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Hey Mike, When I had this hooked up to my tank, I had the chiller set to 78. The temp on the chiller would rise to 80 and then kick on until it brought it back down (in the chiller) to 78. The temp in the tank rarely rose above 78.6 or 7 even though the chiller temp rose to 80. It is set to kick on 2 degrees above what you have it set to. It's hard to imagine both thermo's being out, but it could happen. Try another for a reality check. How the chiller performs, is related to the size of the pump hooked up to it. At first, I tried a Quiet One 4000 and it wasn't enough head, I then tried a Quiet One 4000 High Head and it worked very well. I have that same pump hooked up to the 1/4 horse I got from Michael7979 and it is working flawlessly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racefan Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 Scott I put my wife's digital cooking thermometer in the tank(she'll never know(whistle)) the chiller read 81 & the cooking therm. read 80.5 guess ya get what you pay for with those cheap thermometers. That chiller sure is quiet when it's running! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelhead77 Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Hey Mike, Yeah you never know. I had two really cheap ($6.00 Corallife rip-off) thermometers and they both read within .5 deg of each other and MY wife's digital cooking thermometer. I guess they're hit or miss. I hope the chiller works well for you. It sure kept my tank cool thru the summer. -Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blown65 Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Those cheap fish stats are pretty screwy. I have one that reads 80, another that reads 85 and my expensive HVAC stat reads 83. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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