Water Chiller

[wfarid]

What is the complete list of parts needed for a water chiller?



And I found a mini fridge/freezer and i checked out the compressor... The only problem is the condenser is HUGE, its the entire back part of the freakin fridge wich is like approx 3 feet high... LOL, so is there any way i can remove the condensor and capilary tube without taking out the gas stuff and polluting the environment and getting fined $15,000???

[Denovin]

well.. the good part is you will prolyl never get noticed releasing it.. the bad part would be coming in contact with the vapors or skin contact.. not sure what would happen.. maybe frost bite? Whats so bad about 3 feet high? Shouldnt it fit behind your computer desk just fine? MUHAHAHA

[dicki]

are you intending on actually *making* a chiller? or just getting a hammer and bending the fridge componants till it fits in something a sensible size?

not wanting to sound offensive but the way your talking about this project doesn't let me think you know much about what your trying to achieve or that you know anything about phase change systems... also all these questions were answered by me and a couple of other guys in a thread last week when you asked them then...

if you are *making* a chiller you will need all the bits that you currently have in the fridge. if you don't like the size you will have to find replacements of the correct size remembering that a smaller radiator = less cooling so you'll need one with a higher fin density.

after you have all the componants you'll need to take apart the current system (no way to save the gas. sorry). solder it all back together presumably into a pretty box you've made remembering you will need a fill / bleed valve so you can actually get your gas back into it, and a resovoir containing the cold loop, as well as a pump and tubing to run up into the case. plus you will need a load of fans to cool the radiator and the compressor.

then once you've finished switch it on and stand well back and hope your soldering holds! if not you will be popping seals and spraying gas every where. remember that the compressor is often lubricated by the coolant so any leaks will be a serious problem.

dicki

[wfarid]

Sorry dicki, i know i sound like a noob, but i do know what i am doign for the most part, I'm not just going to be taking a hammer and messing with shit and i am actually making a chiller... i was just asking whether i could forgo the mini-fridge's condensor which is just too damn big and get a condensor like the one's vapochill uses. I had never previously seen someone do that, so thats why i was asking. And i know I would lose cooling power by doing this, but a 3foot condensor is just too damn big... And I know a local guy who's pretty good with welding stuff (he works at a steel place, one of my friend's dad, has this crazy :mad2::mad2::mad2: blowtorch) and he could easily and securely weld everything... so thus nothing would be blowing up and no one would be hurt....


where could i find a condensor like vapochills?

[tripodal]

You would be able to, very easily, find a smaller condensor at a junk yard.
At most 2x3feet and quite often a lot smaller.
I know that on early honda civics they are about 18" by 18"

[WesM63]

I have a condensor that is 10x8 and about 3inch thick.


IMHO, ac units work better.