waterfountain chiller

[electricbluelizzy]

Hey,

A long time ago somebody made a chiller out of a drinking water fountain. Anybody know who/where that was?

[Geoff]

here is the link to my site with the building instructions.

G~

[russbriscoe]

geoff,
you are VERY resourceful

[Geoff]

Originally Posted by russbriscoe

geoff,
you are VERY resourceful

either that or cheap.

G~

[russbriscoe]

Originally Posted by Geoff

either that or cheap.

G~

[electricbluelizzy]

THanks Geoff, you are the DIY master!!

[electricbluelizzy]

BTW, how did it work? Was it worth the effort? Would you do it again for a chiller I guess? An old water fountain would be very easy to obtain for me, and the DIY doesn't seem that terribly difficult, but would I be much better off with a purchased chiller? Just thinking ahead, ya know.... Hate to go to the expense and effort and find out it was a stinker...

THANK YOU!! You're BRILLIANT!!

[Geoff]

did it work, yes it did, was it worth it, hard to tell. since the water fountain was free it made it much more worth it. i think the entire thing cost less than $50. i am not sure how much my electricity bill went up because of it though.

it eventually ran out of freon and i replaced it with an A/C unit chiller. much bigger. this cost about $125 to make, but was faster at bringing down the water. i am not sure if i am going to put it back up with the rebuild or not. i am hoping to find a real chiller at somepoint. they are getting less and less expensive so it is becoming crazy to buy into a DIY chiller. when i first did the water fountain chiller, the cheapest chiller was over $500. now they are just under $300. with an A/C unit close to $100 it gets tough to make it worth it.

G~