Quote Originally Posted by teyber View Post
shingoshi, as i said at eocf.... the thread jacking has to stop.


Naja i have followed all (i think?) of your threads and whilst i have not posted in them, i love what you do and even more im loving how much more advanced your projects are gettting. Sorry if you said it but after this whats next?
Thank You, Teyber, on all counts. And support from people here with experience is genuinely appreciated!

So, what's next? Hmmmm, I don't know yet. But if ya want to read a small book....here's what's going through my mind:

First, I've learned a lot through this experience. It's opened up a new world with many possible paths. I'm going to sell this chiller and see about building one that suits my needs now and in the future--but I don't know that I am going to build that next. This chiller works fine, except the controller temp range is just too squirrly. So, whatever chiller I build for myself in the future will incorporate a 3rd party controller onboard. My ghetto chiller works well, summer is almost over--so, I'll be switching back to the indoor rad for winter heat before too long. So, that leaves the door wide open. I started pondering the possibility of an AC converted to an Autocascade....then found the one done by Mytekcontrols. With his superb layout and documentation, I could definitely get past the physical build, so it would be the tuning that would be the serious challenge....plus the cost of the other gases and recovery tanks, etc. Not quite sure I'm ready for all of that. But I must say: Michael--what a fantastic job on that thread!!!

I'm not really into "phase", but a SS unit large enough to handle an i7 would be cool to play with,.....Ummmm, I mean test! But, again, that would be something I would turn around and sell, because it's really not my thing and it doesn't fit in with my future plans/project.

And then, of course, there's the 2-stager. Again, not sure I'm ready for that.

Don't get me wrong: I'm not sitting here thinking that I am now "Master of the Universe" or anything. But as long as I have a pretty good handle on a concept....I can usually stumble and fumble my way through it, and I'm always up for a challenge!

So, atm I'm really not sure what's next. If I can sell this chiller reasonably quickly, then I may just build another one to sell in order to help recoup a little bit of what I've spent on tools, equipment, supplies, etc. Maybe not....I'll deal with that then. I've still got the Evap that came out of the AC unit, so I could probably build a decent i7 phase using that evap for the condesner. That's been the biggest issue for me building from scratch--finding the condenser coils. I guess I have to get enough experience with this stuff in order to get the secret decoder ring to find out where to get condenser coils!


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