Has anybody ran copper tubing like this in their ice and water on the yong heng compressor??
Yong Heng cooling mod question
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No, I don't even cool my water, I just pump it out of an old cooler into the head and push it back into the cooler.
The compressor sits on top.
I have 30% (?) antifreeze in the water so I don't change it.
The compressor sits on top.
I have 30% (?) antifreeze in the water so I don't change it.
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He never states what temperature was BEFORE adding copper tubing. I'd think that it wouldn't make a drastic difference in temperature. Some difference, a bit probably. Drastic, probably not. Copper is a better conductor of heat & cold than rubber tubing, of course, but I'd like to see comparison numbers before & after. Mine runs cool enough as is without copper tubing. YMMV.
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Best mod is dropping the pump into a bowl or something and running fresh water into the bowl. Drain back into a sink or outside or something. I also managed to squeeze a larger fan on the rear of mine. Can't recall what it came off of, but my airflow across the head has increased at least 5 fold
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I run mine through a 5 gallon bucket about 2/3 full. Into the water I put 4 or 5 frozen full drinking water bottles. I don't know the temp, but after filling my big tank, the ice in the bottles is melted.
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I got two! Copper coil, 50' long inside a potable rated garden hose and a 10' stainless steel commercial coil.
I'm drinking a home brew right now!
The secret of copper is the RATE of heat transfer. You can have a 50' coil of plastic in ice and a 50' coil of copper in ice and the plastic will start well but once you pull a constant stream, the copper will keep the temp drop and the plastic will loose transfer more and more as tune goes on.
We do this in home brewing, it's called a picnic cooler.
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