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Howdy Folks, I have been wading through the many pages of threads in this area before embarking on my first attempt at DWC and from what i have read i think my main issue is going to be keeping the temp down in my res, pretty hot up here in the summer. Then i had a brainwave (or not). I have an small old bar fridge in the shed that still works fine, now i have no idea if this would work but what would happen if i made sure the lining inside the fridge was not leaking and laid it on its back and put 20 - 30 cm of water in it and turned it on? Would this work as a res? it would have to be outside the tent but nothing a bit of plumbing couldn't fix, maybe running it into another res inside the tent? anyway just throwing these ideas around in my pretty wasted brain. What y'all think?

Cheers

Ed

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Howdy Folks, I have been wading through the many pages of threads in this area before embarking on my first attempt at DWC and from what i have read i think my main issue is going to be keeping the temp down in my res, pretty hot up here in the summer. Then i had a brainwave (or not). I have an small old bar fridge in the shed that still works fine, now i have no idea if this would work but what would happen if i made sure the lining inside the fridge was not leaking and laid it on its back and put 20 - 30 cm of water in it and turned it on? Would this work as a res? it would have to be outside the tent but nothing a bit of plumbing couldn't fix, maybe running it into another res inside the tent? anyway just throwing these ideas around in my pretty wasted brain. What y'all think?

Cheers

Ed

Love the idea! Fridge for the win. Don't they have to remain upright when turned on though? And not sure if you'll have many issues with leaks. Could be hard. All for trying it and making it work though!
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Thanks for the replies guys, Gotta agree i don't think that it would last long running on it's back but the res sitting inside is a great idea. Might give that a whirl.

I have just been reading up on Peltier coolers, I think i will start another thread on this subject.

Cheers

Ed

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