I'm going to be placing my chiller in the fireplace this weekend.
I'm taking house's advice from when I first got the chiller
I have ordered a sequence snapper pump from tony at reef exotics, it's a new model pump and is being drop shipped from the company.
My question is how to figure out how much flow will be going to the chiller.
The chiller can handle around 1,500gph through it.
the pumps output is 2400 at 0 ft. and has an 11' max head height, it uses 98 watts which is why I got it. that's 40 watts less than the QO6000 I'm using now plus it gives another 900gph, pretty impressive.
there is a 2" intake and 1.5" output. I'll be plumbing the pump over the side of the sump, with a tee that has a plug in it to prime the pump with.
what I was planning: coming off the output will be a tee, one side going to the chiller, one side going up to the tank. the chiller side will run through 1.5" spaflex, the combined run is about 16', there will be a couple of unions, a ball valve, and 3 90 degree elbows to get it back to the tank.
once back at the tank I was going to close the pipe down to 1" pvc.
my big question is determining the flow rate going through the chiller, there will be a ball valve between the chiller and pump, and also a ball valve between the straight return and pump. Is there a flow meter that can be installed on the end of the return so you can tell what's going on? or do you think just cutting the flow in half to the chiller will provide the right amount of flow? It needs about 700gph minimum.
I'm taking house's advice from when I first got the chiller
I have ordered a sequence snapper pump from tony at reef exotics, it's a new model pump and is being drop shipped from the company.
My question is how to figure out how much flow will be going to the chiller.
The chiller can handle around 1,500gph through it.
the pumps output is 2400 at 0 ft. and has an 11' max head height, it uses 98 watts which is why I got it. that's 40 watts less than the QO6000 I'm using now plus it gives another 900gph, pretty impressive.
there is a 2" intake and 1.5" output. I'll be plumbing the pump over the side of the sump, with a tee that has a plug in it to prime the pump with.
what I was planning: coming off the output will be a tee, one side going to the chiller, one side going up to the tank. the chiller side will run through 1.5" spaflex, the combined run is about 16', there will be a couple of unions, a ball valve, and 3 90 degree elbows to get it back to the tank.
once back at the tank I was going to close the pipe down to 1" pvc.
my big question is determining the flow rate going through the chiller, there will be a ball valve between the chiller and pump, and also a ball valve between the straight return and pump. Is there a flow meter that can be installed on the end of the return so you can tell what's going on? or do you think just cutting the flow in half to the chiller will provide the right amount of flow? It needs about 700gph minimum.
