DC-300 chiller-Lowest temperature | The Aquarium Solution

DC-300 chiller-Lowest temperature

Question:

HI I am interested in your DC-300 Chiller. I have 120 liters of water and need to chill the water to keep river shrimp.

Please can to tell me the approx lowest temperature the DC-300 can keep 120 liters the water at at a room temp of 25deg.

Pls can you reply as soon as possible.

Regards

Darren

Answer:

Darren
The cooler temperature will go down to 4C however how fast this happens and how often the cooler will run will depend on how insulated the tank is.

If you look at the chart of the bottom of the web page for this cooler you will see the following:

Performance chart
The performance chart below shows the cooling curve for the DC-300 working on an aquarium of 150 litres of water which starts at a water temperature of 28°C. You can see the drop in temperature of the aquarium hour by hour as it is recirculated through the cooler.

The ambient air temperature in the room remains at 30°C throughout the test.

The chart shows that the temperature of the water is reduced by 10°C in a period of 12 hours.

Note that no heat from lighting or other equipment is added to the water mass during the test.

http://www.theaquariumsolution.com/dc-300-refrigerated-cooler

Bear in mind too that if the tank is very cold and the room is warm and humid that you will have the possibility of condensation on the glass of the tank

Hope this helps

Stuart