In general - how fast do you think our tanks dissapate heat?

[Ram_Puppy]

My AC went out around 1AM this morning - it's fixed already, house is cooling down but the tanks still climbing - its at 87 degrees.. and it's held there - so I think it's getting ready to start dropping.

I know there is a ton of variation between all our systems - but I'm wondering if there is a general principle on how long a box of water will take to normalize to room temperature when all the lights are off. the only pumps I have running are my return and my skimmer. Closed loop is shut down, as are the reactors.

house is currently set at 73 (not there yet) per the repair guy.

[footballdude2k3]

Definitely depends on how large the system is, the bigger the system, the longer it takes to cool, I would either make some ice out of RODI to put in the sump or put some frozen ice packs in the sump.

[Zack]

Blow a fan over the surface of the water. Making ice takes a while and you could do this until the ice is ready. Mind you, ice metls extremely fast in our water, ice packs are better IMO.

[alton]

My question is how hot did your house get? My AC has gone out several time times and my house got to 85 after a day, with the tank getting to 82? I did have my 200 before upgrading to the 300 so it did take a while for the water to warm up.

[Bill S]

It's not as much about the box cooling (slowwwwly), but about heat loss from evaporation. Conversion from liquid to gas takes a LOT of energy - and that's the temperature drop you see. A big fan will do wonders.

[LuckySingh]

Agree ^^^


Thanks
Lucky Singh

[Ram_Puppy]

Operation Big Fan is ago.

The house peaked at around 87. The tank runs a little warm - a combination of the pumps and the halides... The halides should be gone in a few months and then I'll probably need a heater for the first time in years.

House is down to 79 - the tank is down to 86.5

[footballdude2k3]

Great stuff, the fan will help a ton, completely forgot to put that down, but I have two fans that I turn on if anything ever happens with the A/C. How big is your tank?

[Ram_Puppy]

the display is 210 Gallons - but it's got quite a bit more volume.

http://www.maast.org/showthread.php?77063-Ram_Pup-s-210-Oceanic-Warning-Image-Intense <-- ignore the image intense for now - i wasn't satisfied w/ most of the pics.

[Ram_Puppy]

It's down to 81 degrees - which is where it usually hangs. Thanks for the feedback everyone!