Horizontal Volenti Cooler.....

[Naja002]

So, I hauled it out to the out-building:




Made a few cuts in the res top and Volenti tub in order to run the source flow (pump from res) and return (siphon tube):




Got my siphon starter setup:




After the res and the Volenti tub reach water height equilibrium.....I only had ~2" of exposed cloth above the water. Not ideal, but this is just an experiment and--it can be fixed with a little bit of effort....not something I'm in the mood for today though....

Within ~30mins though the Volenti temp was already about 3F below the res temp:



And the res temp is ~10F below ambient......@ ~ 46% humidity:



The 80F is the temp of the air coming out of the bongs.....5F below ambient....5F above res water temp.


The Via Aqua pump adds ~10w to the setup.


It's going to get warmer still today, so I'm going to keep an eye on everything and see what happens......may be more temp pix to come.....