DIY blood.. :)

[gunzo]

can't believe it.. nothing stock for more than a fortnite!!

tank with sump $180

comes with 2 fans

2 switches one control the lite and 1 the pump

the fans comes only when the the lite is on

1 week later fans died and i start the mod process

- replaced the fans with more powerful ones.. very noisy

- rewired te stupid pump to mains so that when poer is on, the pump is working ( the way it should be)

- bought a electronic thermometer and controller..

- wired the temp meter to fans to switch on only above 30 degrees.. now peace and quiet..

- rewired the redundant switch (formerly pump switch) to turn on 2nd pair of LED blue lites

- fixed the blue lites to the internals..

Finally everything up and working just like you ordered it !

next up compact chiller with no noise and additional space!

[gunzo]

wiring internals

[gunzo]

thermometer ###### controller

[gunzo]

cutting splicing and pasting

[gunzo]

finally blue led

[gunzo]

temp control and sensor.. trigger at 30 degrees C

[Blackbox]

thermometer ###### controller

How much you bought this controller?

[subxero]

The thermometer looks like those DIY kit from Sim Lim Tower...

[Lester]

yap the controller looks interesting !!!

[gunzo]

yap.. controller from simlim tower.. $39.. i trigger the fans at 29 degree.. so water is consistent 28 degree..

i use a k type thermocouple to calibrate.. so quite accurate oso

[Blackbox]

yap.. controller from simlim tower.. $39.. i trigger the fans at 29 degree.. so water is consistent 28 degree..

i use a k type thermocouple to calibrate.. so quite accurate oso

Is the controller come with thermometer? Means whole thing is just bought from simlim then plug n play. Or need to do some diy on it?

[klim]

Bro Gunzo, look interesting. Which shop sell the thermometer ###### controller and what is a k type thermocouple?

Maybe you can do a review on DIY of this with step by step guide.. It will benefit a lot of reefers whom is using fan as the cooling system. I for one also used fan (24hrs) and the issue is that the water evaporated too fast.

If you can showed how it was made, I will need to top up less often because fan will not run 24hrs.

[gunzo]

ok.. let me get detailed picts and do a post.. the controller is from bell system at simlim part w407.. comes wif the temp sensor.. slightly more involved as i wired it to the mains for my tank..