Best way to COOL the tank in this HEAT if the power goes out? Storm Ready! (1 Viewer)

[Reefahholic]

Cody, would you like to go first? I really don’t have a good plan yet other than to freeze some milk jugs. Don’t know how long that would last. Probably 24-48 hrs if you had enough of them. Chillers on a small generator would probably overload it. I may have to get another Generator and run it in parallel, but not sure how much wattage is needed for a chiller. Never had one. Fans may help. Anybody have any brilliant ideas that worked from the past?

 

[RR-MAN]

With this weather freezing milk jugs will be a full time job.

Either a chiller or portable AC unit - and a generator.

 

[Reefahholic]

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With this weather freezing milk jugs will be a full time job.

Either a chiller or portable AC unit - and a generator.

I didn’t even think about a portable A/C unit. I wonder how well that would work.

Freezing milk jugs would be difficult, but maybe if short term outage and the tank isn’t too large it might save it.

 

[BigRick]

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I didn’t even think about a portable A/C unit. I wonder how well that would work.

Freezing milk jugs would be difficult, but maybe if short term outage and the tank isn’t too large it might save it.

I have 4-1 gallon RODI water jugs frozen all the time

 

[Team Turtle]

Chillers on a portable generator aren't that bad. You just need to be mindful of your starting, or peak, watts. Volts x amps = watts. So if a 120v chiller pulls 2 amps. It's running watts would be 240 watts. I always double for peak but that's S.W.A.G.ing it.

 

[wierzt]

I didn’t even think about a portable A/C unit. I wonder how well that would work.

I got a portable AC when the house AC went out a few years ago and needed something to help. (not reef related, just general cooling) Ive tried using it a few times in the house and in the garage venting out but it doesnt ever seem to cool the room down. The unit being in the room and the exhaust tube running to the window seems to put as much heat into the room as it tries to pull out. This has been my experience and maybe just the model I have (a Hisense I think) and others may have better experiences than I have.

 

[Reefahholic]

I have 4-1 gallon RODI water jugs frozen all the time

I need to throw some in soon. Tying to get my buddy ready in the keys for the 29th.

 

[Reefahholic]

I got a portable AC when the house AC went out a few years ago and needed something to help. (not reef related, just general cooling) Ive tried using it a few times in the house and in the garage venting out but it doesnt ever seem to cool the room down. The unit being in the room and the exhaust tube running to the window seems to put as much heat into the room as it tries to pull out. This has been my experience and maybe just the model I have (a Hisense I think) and others may have better experiences than I have.

W/O a chiller, I think my best bet is a large fan or fans, and 1/G frozen water jugs. It may be a pita, but will buy me some time to get more I hope. I don’t have the money for a 1K+ chiller atm.

 

[Reefahholic]

Actually the FL Keys storm dissipated. Only have the one spinning out off the east coast now.

 

[DwPolcyn]

I got a portable AC when the house AC went out a few years ago and needed something to help. (not reef related, just general cooling) Ive tried using it a few times in the house and in the garage venting out but it doesnt ever seem to cool the room down. The unit being in the room and the exhaust tube running to the window seems to put as much heat into the room as it tries to pull out. This has been my experience and maybe just the model I have (a Hisense I think) and others may have better experiences than I have.

I have a Toyotami with 2 exhaust vents coming out the back. It may cost a bit more than some other portable AC units but it can cool a decent size room without any problems. I just got a piece of wood and cut out holes for the vents so I can semi close the window.
Highly recommend Toyotami!

 

[KTXreef]

If you know a bit about electrical this is what I have in place as a backup. I have a panel that is connected to the key breakers in the house with a meter on it. This way I can run my generator/ inverter to power all my high end electronics. Inverter is key to protecting your electronics and keep those power strips from tripping. All in I was out $2,500.00 Generator runs on petroleum or natural gas so I have options. I have portable AC units if I need additional cooling.

 

[Reefahholic]

I have a Toyotami with 2 exhaust vents coming out the back. It may cost a bit more than some other portable AC units but it can cool a decent size room without any problems. I just got a piece of wood and cut out holes for the vents so I can semi close the window.
Highly recommend Toyotami!

I’ll need to look it that those. Thx!

 

[Reefahholic]

If you know a bit about electrical this is what I have in place as a backup. I have a panel that is connected to the key breakers in the house with a meter on it. This way I can run my generator/ inverter to power all my high end electronics. Inverter is key to protecting your electronics and keep those power strips from tripping. All in I was out $2,500.00 Generator runs on petroleum or natural gas so I have options. I have portable AC units if I need additional cooling.

Sounds like a good plan. We should probably crank our generators to get them ready just in case. Nothing for the next 7-10 days, but usually September is a good/bad month for storms.