Hi all, I want to share with you an idea that I saw yesterday which I thought was really good.
Obtain a fountain pump from your nearest box store (HD, Lowes etc.) and fit this to your immersion chiller via plastic tubing.
Put the fountain pump into a cooler filled with water and plastic bottles full of ice. turn on fountain pump and pump ice water into chiller. run a second length of tubing from the outflow back into the cooler full of iced water.
Finally - re-use or water your flowers with the runoff.
total cost:
20' copper tubing: $25
fountain pump: $20
10' of plastic tubing: $6
a couple of clamps to secure plastic tubing to copper: $5
If any of you have feedback on this, let me know - I have not tried it yet. The 2 downsides that I have thought of:
1) the pressure from a $20 pump will likely be less than a hose
2) will clamps properly secure plastic to copper to avoid leakeage / contamination?
Obtain a fountain pump from your nearest box store (HD, Lowes etc.) and fit this to your immersion chiller via plastic tubing.
Put the fountain pump into a cooler filled with water and plastic bottles full of ice. turn on fountain pump and pump ice water into chiller. run a second length of tubing from the outflow back into the cooler full of iced water.
Finally - re-use or water your flowers with the runoff.
total cost:
20' copper tubing: $25
fountain pump: $20
10' of plastic tubing: $6
a couple of clamps to secure plastic tubing to copper: $5
If any of you have feedback on this, let me know - I have not tried it yet. The 2 downsides that I have thought of:
1) the pressure from a $20 pump will likely be less than a hose
2) will clamps properly secure plastic to copper to avoid leakeage / contamination?