Air-con compressor or Chiller

[cyberpig]

Starting a tank (about 4" X 2" X 2") at my new home at end of this year.

I already have a 1HP Starmex (4 yrs old) with Titanium drop in coil. For aesthetics reasons, the Starmex will have to be placed in a distant cabinet (with louvers to exhaust hot air) with pipe running for 50ft or more if I move it to my new home. Would I be better-off getting a normal 0.5hp chiller (no $$ so probably a Resun or Hailea if I go this route) and place it in a cabinet beside my tank instead?

Thank you !!

[BFG]

If the tank is not yet made, you might be able to use the Starmex inside the cabinet somehow. Been thinking about it for sometime now and I think it is possible but you'll need to use a longer cabinet. For aesthetic reason, the cabinet length would/should cover the length of the wall. And a portion of 1 end of the cabinet would be empty to direct away the hot air.

[tropic]

I retrofit the cabinet with a pullout base so that i can pull in and out my chiller for maintenance. It took a while for me to modified the compartment using a jigsaw. I tried blowing it out with 120mm nidec fan..works but i thnk may need those larger ventilation fan like 200mmx200mm. If you do this you may need some allowance at the cabinet rear or side to force the warm air out.

[gp2700]

bro - multiple fans guiding the air flow should help i.e 2 to suck in room temperature air and another 2 (or even 3 fans to create uneven air pressure) to suck out the warm air. Since warm air rises, it's better to arrange the outlet fans to be higher in position.

Just curious - I assumed you have a sump tank ? How was the evaporation rate like ?

I retrofit the cabinet with a pullout base so that i can pull in and out my chiller for maintenance. It took a while for me to modified the compartment using a jigsaw. I tried blowing it out with 120mm nidec fan..works but i thnk may need those larger ventilation fan like 200mmx200mm. If you do this you may need some allowance at the cabinet rear or side to force the warm air out.

[triggerfish]

May I ask what kind of power supply it uses, i mean using those classic air con compressor? Been toying with the idea of using one,however, concern that it may need those 'isolated' ones - those mounted on wall with only 'ON' and 'OFF' type?