So I got a free water cooler off of CL. Hot water side not working. That's fine, not why I wanted it.
So I get it home and stare at it for a while..................Then remove hot water parts.
Then take it completely apart trying my best to condense the size of it. Everything but the heat exchanger I have managed to get down to decent size. Cutting the body down as well.
The chilling section is nothing more than a plastic container with an inlet and two outlets. Or two inlets one out. One for for room temp. water I guess. No lid since the five gallon bottle just sat inverted on it.
Now. How do I make it work since it's not water tight? I stare some more............................
Then think I'll just hook it up with a tube going in and use two exits T'd together for the return by overflow method. I'll be damned if it didn't work perfectly. Just the right amount of flow to fill just to the top exit tube. This thing actually has a temp. setting from high to low(cold to frigid). Had to add a heater. Too cold even on lowest setting. Running about low to mid 70s.
I was able to sell my CL-85 for a decent price because of this. So. Now for pictures. And take note. I am no documentarian.
From this that didn't perform very well in a hot garage.
To Franken chiller that over performs. As you can see it's about half as tall now minus the exchanger. Afraid it'll kink if I try to bend. Even if using something to help. Tubing too narrow.
The little engine that could. Unit is very small. The size of a large Grapefruit.
And where the action happens. Just using some plastic and a rock for a cover. HiTech eh? Works like a son of a gun.
For a equipment in garage or closet setup and a better water container. Or if you were to dip the coil in liquid plastic and make it a chiller probe/coil. I think this would chill any size tank it gets that cold.
And only 115 watts.
So I get it home and stare at it for a while..................Then remove hot water parts.
Then take it completely apart trying my best to condense the size of it. Everything but the heat exchanger I have managed to get down to decent size. Cutting the body down as well.
The chilling section is nothing more than a plastic container with an inlet and two outlets. Or two inlets one out. One for for room temp. water I guess. No lid since the five gallon bottle just sat inverted on it.
Now. How do I make it work since it's not water tight? I stare some more............................
Then think I'll just hook it up with a tube going in and use two exits T'd together for the return by overflow method. I'll be damned if it didn't work perfectly. Just the right amount of flow to fill just to the top exit tube. This thing actually has a temp. setting from high to low(cold to frigid). Had to add a heater. Too cold even on lowest setting. Running about low to mid 70s.
I was able to sell my CL-85 for a decent price because of this. So. Now for pictures. And take note. I am no documentarian.
From this that didn't perform very well in a hot garage.
To Franken chiller that over performs. As you can see it's about half as tall now minus the exchanger. Afraid it'll kink if I try to bend. Even if using something to help. Tubing too narrow.
The little engine that could. Unit is very small. The size of a large Grapefruit.
And where the action happens. Just using some plastic and a rock for a cover. HiTech eh? Works like a son of a gun.
For a equipment in garage or closet setup and a better water container. Or if you were to dip the coil in liquid plastic and make it a chiller probe/coil. I think this would chill any size tank it gets that cold.
And only 115 watts.
