Garage fish room?

[ramsey]

sounds like you got a whole lot of work ahead of you. so is this sump running in the house at moment ? just asking cause i thought you sold your old tank and i know this doesn't fit under the 185.

No, I kept the 185g. It's currently not running. Yes, a lot of work, but it's fun stuff, not like real work.

Good to know about running it outside. Maybe I will do that. Bstreep killed his first SW fish in 71. When he talks I listen. it wouldn't be too hard to plumb it outside the garage. PVC is cheap. Thanks again for the feedback guys. It's all great stuff. I'll let you all know how it goes.

[ramsey]

What if you rented a trencher, dug a 100' in your front yard 30" deep. Installed a 200' of 3/4" PVC, connected a small pump. 80 degree water in, after 200' you should have a temp around 74 degrees returning to your sump and no heat.

That's a little bit more work than I wanted to do. ;)

[ramsey]

Still catching up on this thread but I had my dt in the living room and the sump in the garage. It worked out pretty well, especially with the noise.

But the chiller in the garage didn't work out from May- Sept. It got way too hot and the chiller started short cycling. FYI, I've run my standard chiller outside for 3 years now. It's on blocks about 3 feet from the ground with 2x4 posts and plywood for a roof. I'll never run a chiller in the house again.

Are you still running your sump in the garage with your chiller outside?

[Bill S]

What if you rented a trencher, dug a 100' in your front yard 30" deep. Installed a 200' of 3/4" PVC, connected a small pump. 80 degree water in, after 200' you should have a temp around 74 degrees returning to your sump and no heat.

Alton, my brother is a geothermal engineer. He tried to get us to drill 3 300' wells to do a geothermal heat pump. It would take over 20 years to recoup the cost - assuming I could get the permits to put them in.

BTW, I also had my chiller outside. Tradewinds. It did just fine. Put a cover over it.

[Bill S]

Was thinking about adding

http://m.homedepot.com/p/Ventamatic-...-202913817-_-N


To my garage to pull some heat out....

That's another 500 watts... It just keeps getting better!

Just remember, every time you move "heat", it costs you. Probably about 50%. Efficiencies just aren't THAT good. So, why not move it all at once - outside.

[350gt]

That's another 500 watts... It just keeps getting better!

Just remember, every time you move "heat", it costs you. Probably about 50%. Efficiencies just aren't THAT good. So, why not move it all at once - outside.

They have some solar versions but I wonder if they are worth the price..

[ramsey]

That's another 500 watts... It just keeps getting better!

Just remember, every time you move "heat", it costs you. Probably about 50%. Efficiencies just aren't THAT good. So, why not move it all at once - outside.

Good point. Well, you've convinced me to put it outside. I just need to figure out how I'm going to run pipe across the garage and I'm probably going to need a bigger pump due to the head pressure.

[CoryDude]

Are you still running your sump in the garage with your chiller outside?

Not any more, but its in the plans for my next tank build.