Need Advice on Power Efficient Chiller

[KyRo]

Hi,

Was wondering if anyone could share with me a power efficient brand of chiller for a 6 X 2 X 2.5 tank?

Cos my electricity bill is ridiculously high with this titanium coil/compressor chiller i have currently. 400-500 a mth....

dunno if im doing anything wrong but i was talking with one of the reef sponsors a few weeks ago and he mentioned that one of his setups has a 5 feet tank with about 800w of mh lights and his bill is only 120.

thx in advance for all the replies

[tineng]

try getting the house air-con type of compressor....those rotatory compressor are much better then the aquarium type chillers...

my 1HP air-con compressor accordingly to specficiation takes up only slightly more then a 1/3HP arctica chiller....

[KyRo]

Hmmm

i think im using one of those as its like a compressor unit but for some reason only 1 of the pipes is working. as in when i lift it up i can see it freeze up (mine comes with 2 pipes leading to a big titanium coil)

Since last night it could only cool down till 28.8 degrees... hence its been on the whole night...

hence im actually thinking its either to get it repaired or to just get a new chiller ... provided it consumes less power.

hmmm wonder if its cos of lack of gas....

Thanks for your input tineng