FS 1/4 HP Chiller

[glipper69]

I have a 1 year old chiller FS, I am selling to upgrade to a 1/3HP that I am picking up this week. built in Temp Controller. It will also control your heater.

It's A Pacific Coast Imports chiller 1/4 HP
CL-650. It's in like new condition This was really only used for last summer and for this past month. so it only really has about 5 months of use on it.

$350.00 picked up or we can meet somewhere in one of the boroughs during the day.

High Quality, durable, and completely
enclosed chiller units with digital
control display.
Titanium heat exchange for
maximum efficiency and corrosion
resistance.
L-16"
W-14"
H-13"
MIn/Max flow - 300/600
recommended pump Mag 5/7 - depending on Head
BTU-3,080
amps-5.8
Pulldown
10 degrees - 180 gallons
30 degrees - 100 gallons

Thx
Frank

[ June 14, 2005, 12:32 AM: Message edited by: glipper69 ]

 

[pecan2phat]

Bump for Frank!

This is a good deal.

Montepora, Rich and I had just purchased this chiller from Premium Aquatics this year for $489 + shipping.

If I would have known, I could have saved $150+.

Frank, just some info on the chiller specs, (I spoke to the owner of PCI before purchasing the unit): The min/max flow rate should be 600/1000gph and the BTU cooling power is actually higher than most 1/4 hp chillers. The CL-650 (as emailed to me from PCI) is 4000 BTU which he said rivals most 1/3 hp chillers.
110V, 5.8 amps, 650W, & 42db.

When I actually put this chiller on a Kill-a-watt meter, these were the readings:
@ startup, spiked @ 11.2 amps for a second then ran at 4.9 amps all the way (versus the 5.8 amps as rated). The wattage was also lower @ 465 watts versus the 650 rated watts. (must have some type of voltage regulator built into the electronics)

One thing that I don't like is the internal controller but I don't like any of the chillers that have them, not just Pacific Coast chillers, I use an external controller on mine.

 

[glipper69]

wow,

I didn;t realize the flow had to be so high when I wonder when they increased the recommended flow.

Thanks for the plug much appreciated

I do have a sale pending. From RC.

I wonder if I increase my flow If I would get better performance out of it. right now I think I am around 400-500 GPH per hour. Maybe there would be know need to upgrade to a 1/3HP.

I am gonna have to call them tomorrow.

Thx again for the info and the plug

Frank

[ June 14, 2005, 10:56 PM: Message edited by: glipper69 ]

 

[pecan2phat]

Most people that I've spoken to that have the CL-650 utilized a Mag 7 as a dedicated pump. They found that when they swapped out the pump to a Mag 9.5, they had much better results in cool down time.
In my own experience, I find that the CL-650 (or most 3/4" chillers) are pretty restrictive in terms of total head pressure caused by the chiller and the horizontal/vertical tubing needed for plumbing. I started out with a Amp2100
rated @ 2100 gph @ 7.5'. This was plumbed to two 3/4" SeaSwirls and also tee'd to a EV-120 skimmer. I gate valved approx 700 gph to the skimmer and probably ran about 700 gph out of each SeaSwirl. The flow was pretty good. When I cut into one of the SeaSwirl lines to plumb the chiller and adjusted the opposite SeaSwirl's flow to compensate, it felt like I had lost almost 1/2 the flow from the SeaSwirls. I'm probably only pushing out 400 to 500 gph out of the SeaSwirls now.
My cool down time for 2 degrees is approx 40 mins. whereas others have had 4 to 5 degrees in 20 minutes if the correct flow was pushed through the chiller.

 

[glipper69]

Chiller is still available, buyer never showed.

anyone?

Thx
Frank

 

[KuyaMark]

hey Frank I thought I was next in line

 

[glipper69]

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