Yay waterchiller!

Well; who likes water chillers?
So I was sitting in the workshop, I'm cranking out on ECI 33+ the big 3 stager and decided I might as well work on some other projects too. I mean I've got a 3 stager to work on, and almost done with two single stage units, but who doesn't still have some free time? :kookoo:

I'll simply point out that this has no owner and could be yours

So a liquid unit.

Specifications:

1/5hp high displacement compressor; 4.5cc low temp low back pressure.
CPEV; for adjustability
Cube condenser, with Drewmeister shroud, and 24-48V sunon fan and Meanwell powersupply
Dual H-50 Refrigeration Research Heat exchangers
Filter drier and misc electronics

Parts pictures:

For anyone watching the time; planning out something like this can be complex.
Or it can be drawn on a napkin. And then immediately done.
For everyone that has ever met me at an OC event; they'll know diagramming on napkins is rather the norm at the after party.

Measured out piping and brazed up the heat exchangers.

NoL. How quiet is it going to be?
How much power will it draw?
And what can it cool? 920 and two GTX470s?.

Subbed, interested maybe.

This is a small chiller, thus the noise level should be relatively very low. Even without a case.
Power should be under 300W as again, small compressor.
Most likely not able to cool that size load, that's huge almost 800W or so. That would require a much larger chilling unit.

Thats too bad, was hoping for a miriacle. Ahh well, looks neat tho.

Don't want to go huge unfortunately. Saw a 1hp aquarium chiller for $1000, and a custom one wouldn't be cheap either. All I want to do is move my heat to somewhere else besides my PC room. Summer in Vegas is hot. I don't overclock, so no need for uber temps. I'm so lame.

Well if you only want 10C to -10C that's not so bad. Don't need anywhere near that big of a compressor and wont' be more then $600-700.

Hmm. So my setup in my sig (83F ambients) on ONE loop, putting TWO DDC3.2 to compensate for a 20-25' total tubing loop. The cooler would be in another room. The wife uses it as a hobby room now and then. Might get a bigger pump, AC kind. Need room for it. What size of compressor we talking about? 1 HP? And watts draw too, volts ain't cheap in Vegas. I can live with the heat if costs get silly.

When the infrequent visitor visits to sleep on the day bed would the noise be obtrusive? I can turn the fans on the rads on then, leaving the rads in the loop I guess still in my PC/man room.

You got my interest. Yea want to stay with water temps close to ambient, so good temp control is important. Low noise in the second room is a bonus.

So I don't need a huge compressor, but might need a bigger exchanger to keep the fan noise down.

Lets keep talking, not worried about the $ right now. Would have to be covered and the extra sound dampening in the MDF wood box etc.

When it's all done or you got a plan we can move to PM or email etc. Don't want to break no rulz.