Ferm Chamber w/ BCS 460 and Glycol

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Figured i'd share my plans for critiquing while i'm in the process. I saw this guy and figured it'd work all right https://www.pbase.com/jas0420/the_fermoire&page=all

Due to space constraints in the garage, needing to move it around easily, never wanting to pick up more than 5 gallons of liquid, and wanting to be set up w/ glycol i'm building this for 2 zone temp control for 2x 15 gal kegs or sometimes 30l speidels.

Main ideas:
BCS 460 as sole controller w/ wifi bridge.
Glycol cooler, submersible circulator, and A/C will work independently to keep glycol a set temperature.
Sump pump will circulate glycol through 2 radiators controlled by solenoid valves w/ 12v fans for primary cooling.
And i'll set up a leg w/ manual valves to hook to plate chiller and trigger pump manually in bcs if need be.

Out of my league with electrical but have been doing a lot of reading.
I hijacked the attached drawing and modified it. Is it ok to pair the 12v fans and solenoid valves on the same 460 output? It'd be nice to leave those outputs open for heaters.
 

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It's alive ish, being tested tonight with 2 ten gallon batches
 

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Upgraded the fans (from .15a to .6a) in the chamber and it made a huge improvement cooling wise. Very pleased so far. Using immersion down to 110 and then kicking this on with plate chiller to finish it, so i can have 60 something wort pretty quickly despite 75 degree groundwater.
 
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