Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Mine's a tank. Lot's of screws and fluffing around but finally I have the parts. It holds 225 litres though I'll have it at 200 ish. I'm still contemplating location etc of this but another square tank'll come in handy somewhere

On mounting this thing sideways. The motor that is.

The motor itself wasn't very hard to remove and provided you could remount this correctly and not bend those pipes.

Thermostat. It was screwed on. In the model I have (very old) there is a panel in the back that can be removed, likewise same position on the outside, giving a space to move things about. Could the thermostat be kept on other side of a lining where it isn't wet, not too much pressure, but surrounded by the water and thus temp?

The thermostat usually has a "bulb" on a capillary tube. This is the only thing you would need to put into the water. The "sensor" if you will.

AA did you do an "atmospheric reclaim" of the refrigerant? LOL. very naughty type of reclaim........where by you cut the lines......and thats about it

I tried to catch it in a cup....

Not really. There are so many holes, it is not the perfect tank. The easiest is to use a plastic cover like the ones one used to build ponds. This way the thermostat isn't wet at all. And mostly there is no water pouring out, which is indeed very important indoor Also it all depends which temperature you need, it may be outside the limits, so another thermostat is needed. I used this fridge to cool computers in the past and I needed another to keep it between 20°-22°.

how did you use it to cool computers fred?

I wouldn't be happy lining it with plastic fred. if you spring a leak somewhere you'll electrocute yourself, and the fourum isn't big enough to loose members yet

I've already been electrocuted yesterday, that would be enough for a while I know myself enough to tell there are more various incidents waiting for me. Like the aquarium breaking, or the fish dying of some mysterious disease, or the plants attacked by invulnerable fungus. Maybe the pipes will break. and I'm lucky, the owner of the house lives downstairs so I may also be looking for a new appartment if things go too far...

For the comp cooling, I simply added an electronic kit thermostat and installed 2 comps, harddisks and all. There was enough holes to ensure ventilation. That was nice, I impressed everyone with this setup.

Also the thermostat is special, it needs two states instead of one: It should stop when too cold and start when too hot, with the possibility to setup these limits.

Another indoor water feature coming up.
Hehe!!

Would love to get me one of those thermostats. Did u make it or buy it Fred (sounds like you made it).

I made it from a book. Maybe I can put a hand on the schema, or at worse draw it from the thermostat. I'll check this.

That would be great Fred - sounds like you are a bit of an electronics buff like Steve.

It was my hobby when I was a teenager

Wish I could do that sort of stuff - would be really handy.

VB, its easy, just gotta get the right person to explain it to ya. If you understand water flow then you can understand electronics. I find that when i explain things to people in their "world" not only to they remember it, but they unbderstand it I can give you a PM 101 course

Post a diagram and pic of it, it would be both interesting and helpful!