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Hi guys,

Just got a Resun CL-650 and it is making loads of noise in my living room.

Wondering if it is possible to put it at my planter box, which is about 12 - 15 ft away from the tank? Some considerations:-

1) What throughput pump would I need to make this effective?

2) Normal PVC pipes good enough or do I need insulation like those aircon pipes?

3) Ideas on how to protect the chiller from rain?

Any thoughts or comments appreciated.

Cheers.

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Hi guys,

Just got a Resun CL-650 and it is making loads of noise in my living room.

Wondering if it is possible to put it at my planter box, which is about 12 - 15 ft away from the tank? Some considerations:-

1) What throughput pump would I need to make this effective?

2) Normal PVC pipes good enough or do I need insulation like those aircon pipes?

3) Ideas on how to protect the chiller from rain?

Any thoughts or comments appreciated.

Cheers.

Hi bro,

15ft approximately equals to 5M of head excluding elbows and elevation, a suitable pump that can do that will be huge and consumes to much power.

With such distance, you definitely need to insulate your PVC in order to keep the water chill.

I personally will not do that due to the below reasons:

1) Suitable pump for this application will not be cheap (ATK, Iwaki, Sequence)

2) Power consumption may be too high

3) Cost of insulating and hiding PVC pipes

I do know of a reefer doing that with an ATK pump for a distance shorter that yours.

HTH ;)

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Ya agreed with Bro Gouldian. Used to have a Resun c0500 that is abt 8m away from my main tank becos of heat and asthetic reasons. Have to use a iwaki pressure rated pump - which consumed quite a fair bit of electricity, n the water is not that cold either cos i did not insulated the piping. in the end changed to compressor type chiller done by chill down bcos of the too much heat in living rm, n high electrical cost. no regrets.

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