Newbie012000 February 15, 2018 February 15, 2018 Hello everyone. Do you residents of the DMV area find it necessary to run a chiller while running LEDs? My tank is not set up yet and will be in the basement of my house. It is a 265 gallon tank and I plan to run one pump and a skimmer in the sump. I plan to have a manifold, so hooking one up will not be a problem, with the exception that I am trying to use equipment that will be energy efficient and these thing suck up a lot of power Please share your experiences. Thanks
Big Country February 15, 2018 February 15, 2018 Ever since I switched to LED's there hasn't even been enough heat to even need a fan on the tank. In the past I had MH's and had the AC3 set up to turn the fan on if the tank got to a certain temperature and turn lights off if it got hotter.
menglish February 15, 2018 February 15, 2018 I ran one on my 180g tank last summer. I had design the system to have one and i had one laying around so I connected it. My tank is in my basement of a split level house. I ran a combination of LEDs and T5s. Tank temp is set to 77-78 degrees. The tank go to 80 degrees a few times and the chiller came on. It was not needed, but since I had the chiller, i used it. I say, it you have a chiller, plan to for it just in case.
Newbie012000 February 15, 2018 Author February 15, 2018 Thx. Since I acquired a pretty good one when I picked up a bunch of used equipmet I will have it on standby, but hope to never use it Attached is a pic of the unit. Does anyone know how many watts this will consume? It states the amps used.
menglish February 15, 2018 February 15, 2018 Same this I did. i got a 1/2 HP JBJ for $300. I could not pass up on the deal and since i had the space for it and was planning an upgrade, I decided to have it, just in case. good luck. Milton
Origami February 15, 2018 February 15, 2018 No chiller on my system in the basement. However, my LED's are in the open air (in a fish room) so no air is trapped beneath a canopy.
Newbie012000 February 16, 2018 Author February 16, 2018 I will have a canopy but the rear will have a lot of ventilation. Thx for the response, I’m feeling good about this. I will have the chiller hooked up just in case, but it doesn’t seem like I will have to worry about it running too often
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