any howtos on waterchilling?

[soccrstar]

are there any linkies on how to make ur own waterchiller?

[@md0Cer]

Not any that I know of. I read an article about it at www.overclockers.com. Go to the watercooling or waterchilling section ;)

Anyways, I have not done this myself, but I am thinking of it, is what I am planning is to get a mini freezer or mini fridge. Then I am going to get a nice bucket for my res, take apart the plastic backing, bend the coils down into the res, and from there have a traditional w/c setup minus a rad, but plus insulation.

[Overbrazil]

the most simple way(but not the best one) is searching a aquarium chiller, like via one.

[soccrstar]

how bout somethin' like this?

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?siteid=6&pCatId=4902

?

[soccrstar]

can i use a evaporator head from a car n use that as a chiller?

somethin' like this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33547&item=2456252009

[Mustanley]

Commonly people make chillers from the following - Deep freezers, dehumidifiers, lab chillers, 5000+ BTU air conditioners, water fountains, etc.
That aquarium chiller will not work since it is designed for very small heat loads.

[soccrstar]

ok thanks

i found dehumidifiers for like 60 bucks. do i take it apart? and take whats inside or what?

ne1 know ne howtos or links on to how to do this stuff

or maby explain the basis of it?

[water_cooler 20]

here is a guide but u need to have some knowlegde of brazing and use of a torch to use it
and knowing about phase-change cooling would help too
http://wc101.com/guides/refridgeration/

[Mustanley]

I remember reading a great article on converting a dehumidifier into a water chiller complete with pictures, but after an exhaustive search, I can't find it. Basically it involves bending the tubing such that you can submerge the cooling coils into a resevoir. Here are a couple of threads on using a dehuidifier. Maybe you could pm some of the members who have already attempted this.

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=262520
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=239319

[NiTrO bOiE]

Xtremesystems.org has a whole sticky dedicated on how to water chill.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=18408

The second sticky (more pics, and alot longer)
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=22968

[Fast420A]

Don't forget http://phase-change.com/

Some people have used that little cooler you linked too in a custom made Res. that is insulated. I don't know how well this works though.

[Prandtl]

Originally posted by soccrstar
ok thanks
i found dehumidifiers for like 60 bucks. do i take it apart? and take whats inside or what?
ne1 know ne howtos or links on to how to do this stuff
or maby explain the basis of it?

#Rotor has an how-to for turning a dehumidifier in a chiller, here (http://3rotor.homelinux.com/index.html)
go in the faq section of his website.

[Mustanley]

Originally posted by Prandtl


#Rotor has an how-to for turning a dehumidifier in a chiller, here (http://3rotor.homelinux.com/index.html)
go in the faq section of his website.

That's the howto I was trying to find. Thanks

[squeakygeek]

http://wc101.com/guides/refridgeration/page3.php

Now your evaporator should be about 12' of 1/4" copper tubing this should give it enough to get all of the Freon to boil off and give you space to hold a decent amount of extra Freon for heat load porpoises.

ahahaha! I hope none of you have porpoises in your reservoirs!!!

[soccrstar]

do all dehudifiers have compressor, condensor, n evaporator?

[Big Lar]

"do all dehudifiers have compressor, condensor, n evaporator?"
No, they all do not, best way to find out, is to pull the filter off the back, you should see 2 cores, the rear 1 is the 1 you want. The setup that #Rotor shows, is very similar to mine and works well.

[nealric]

I bought a waterchiller premade on ebay (search refrigerated water bath) for $75- it keeps the water below freezing.

feel free to pm me if you need any help waterchillin- thats one area where im an expert :)