Grow Mediums Best/easiest way imo to keep temps down for dwc.

[rshackleferd]

I have done the ice bottles, tubing, and etc. and nothing compares or even comes close to the iceprobe and lowes five gallon cooler. It takes roughly 10 minutes to set up, remove the drain from the cooler expand the hole to fit the iceprobe through then connect a thermostat and your on auto pilot from now on, no more worrying about temps...ever. It runs about 5 to 7 hours a day sometimes more sometimes less at 50 watts. In the middle of summer temps stay at 68F even when the temps reach 95F+. I made a homemade iceprobe for $25 bucks, you can get all your parts on ebay or google shopping. The homemade one i made even works better because i can control the amount of power. The iceprobes do not have any moving parts besides the fan and have a lifespan of over 100,000 hours. They are very cheap to run $1.27 during the hottest month and if you have a larger reservoir such as a ten gallon or more you can add two probes. Ive seen one probe work on a ten gallon system.

 

[HolyTHC]

Man these are expensive. You could buy and build whole filtration and chilling system for this money. Main chilling part there is Peltier element, so you could do DIY for a fraction of that price (i have found these on ebay)
Here is idea i wrote about earlier: https://www.autoflower.org/threads/diy-dwc-rez-chiller-bio-filter-aerator-system-idea.47571/

 

[rshackleferd]

Man these are expensive. You could buy and build whole filtration and chilling system for this money. Main chilling part there is Peltier element, so you could do DIY for a fraction of that price (i have found these on ebay)
Here is idea i wrote about earlier: https://www.autoflower.org/threads/diy-dwc-rez-chiller-bio-filter-aerator-system-idea.47571/

I mentioned about making your own in my post but didnt give the details..thxs for providing them. I made mine with a cpu heatsink, Peltier element, and a bar of cut steel. I coated the bar of steel with a layer of silicone so it wouldnt rust.

 

[HolyTHC]

I have ordered all these too, will assemble that triple action system soon. Just one question - how much heat that heatsink gets? Is there a need for serious heatsink? How yours are doing, is it enough?

 

[rshackleferd]

I have ordered all these too, will assemble that triple action system soon. Just one question - how much heat that heatsink gets? Is there a need for serious heatsink? How yours are doing, is it enough?

I guess it depends on your heat sink, I used on old intel core i7 heat sink which is pretty large in fact it is bigger than the one the ice probe uses. The homemade iceprobe is also plugged into an adjustable adapter, this gives you more control over the amount of cooling it produces. But everything is working great so far, was thinking about making them and selling them on ebay but not too many people use these things. The heatsink does get hot, about the same as the commercial iceprobe or about the same as if it was in a computer.

 

[HolyTHC]

As i understood - Peltier element is "giving away" more cold, if it's hot side is cooled well. So i think maybe there is a point in buying for these more serious heatsinks and equip these with larger and more quiet fans. This is more expensive, but in principle, this thing is being made for purpose and for that i may pay a little more when assembling it. If you say that heatsink is getting hot, it means these babies needs good cooling.
Though, liked your idea with rod much. Just now i realized, that it is much easier to install, just need to think about best way to do it. Need to find some good rod first, which i could mount this way. I also think that the best would be stainless steel for that. Interesting, how about using other metals - aluminum, brass, etc. Stainless steel rod is not the thing, which is just lying somewhere in box near me Anyway, this is good idea that rod.

 

[rshackleferd]

As i understood - Peltier element is "giving away" more cold, if it's hot side is cooled well. So i think maybe there is a point in buying for these more serious heatsinks and equip these with larger and more quiet fans. This is more expensive, but in principle, this thing is being made for purpose and for that i may pay a little more when assembling it. If you say that heatsink is getting hot, it means these babies needs good cooling.
Though, liked your idea with rod much. Just now i realized, that it is much easier to install, just need to think about best way to do it. Need to find some good rod first, which i could mount this way. I also think that the best would be stainless steel for that. Interesting, how about using other metals - aluminum, brass, etc. Stainless steel rod is not the thing, which is just lying somewhere in box near me Anyway, this is good idea that rod.

I used super glue..lol, works like a charm. Im sure there are better ways to do it but its been working for six months. As long as the surfaces are perfectly flat super glue is awesome and permanent. Friend told me about it and it even says this on the box, "Super Glue's maximum strength can be achieved when bonding metal to metal" and its true. Look up super glue as a permanent form of thermal paste and you will see other people using it as well. Some people even said it works better than thermal paste puddy.