Chiller Recommendations...

[brewercm]

Mines a drop in Aqua Logic that's in the garage (similar to below link). Although it may work a little harder during summer I've never had a problem with it. Of course it's oversized for the tank and really keeps the temp a nice 79-80. Matter of fact when the stupid controller locked up with both the chiller and heaters powered on my tank went to a nice 56 degrees.

BTW, I'd highly recommend this one also if you were thinking about a drop in. One less pump to heat up the water, and eat up electricity.

http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewIt...product=AL1219

[Bill S]

Cliff DID bring up a thought on oversizing: A failure of a chiller to turn off that is correctly sized, won't have as drastic an effect as an oversized one.

[hobogato]

my aqua logic 1/3 hp chiller sits outside the house right next to the wall where the end of the tank is on the inside, so i just ran the plumbing and electrical plug thru the wall. then, i made a small box to shelter the chiller from weather (still havent had a chance to paint it yet). i made that box just big enough so that the foam insulation (1/2" blue foam from lowes) fits snugly against the sides and top of the chiller.