Teclima Chiller, Which store carries them?

[danmhippo]

Which store in US carries Teclima products, specifically chillers? I've contacted Moonlithe Marine Monster, but haven't got any reply back yet.

 

[Snook1965]

Both the following companies sell them: www.northcoastmarines.com and www.bioconlabs.com/chillers.html . I looked seriously at buying one earlier this summer but decided to let the central ac keep the tank cool for one more year.

 

[Len]

Quick question: Is the Micro a Peltier-type chiller? I noticed it doesn't use refringerants.

 

[danmhippo]

Can't find much info on the micro series. I would assume yes though.

 

[ronhaake]

It took a couple of days longer for it to be shipped than they promised, but I got mine for a good price from these guys:
http://www.jlajax.com/cgi-bin/miva?Merc ... lersHeater

The heater was shipped directly from the importer in Texas. I got the CA240 and am happy with the performance of my unit (mandatory where I live). My only complaint is that it is a bit noisier than I expected, although I haven't had the opportunity to listen to the noise from the competition.

 

[ronhaake]

Sorry about that last link, but I can't figure out how to drop the (url) tag from the link itself. If you click on the link and get an error message, you can select and delete the (url) tag from the end of the address and get it to work.

 

[Entacmaea]

Leonard, just curious what the Peltier type chiller is, and how it works? Is this the same as the IceProbe type, which, as far as I can tell, just uses a heat sink and fan?

Thanks in advance...

Peteyr

 

[leftovers]

Leonard, just curious what the Peltier type chiller is, and how it works? Is this the same as the IceProbe type, which, as far as I can tell, just uses a heat sink and fan?

Thanks in advance...

It uses the peltier principle to cool your tank. Very basically there is a microchip and one side of the chip is cool and its pressed against the tank the hot side has a fan on it that removes heat from the chip and in turn the tank.

http://www.peltier-info.com/info.html has all the gory detail you could want on how peltier systems work.

They are good for small <20 gallons

enjoy

 

[Entacmaea]

Great link, thanks.

Peter

 

[Len]

And yes, the Iceprobe is a medium sized Peltier chiller. There are bigger peltiers, and multiples can be used in tandem (prolly what the Micro does).