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Chiller Flow Rate?

jimroth

jimroth

I have an older chiller I have never hooked up and now I have to consider plumbing. What's a typical flow rate through one of these puppies? It's a 1/3HP, marked aquatronics.
 
panmanmatt

panmanmatt

Officer Emeritus
Officer Emeritus
Somewhere on the chiller it should give you a minimum/maximum flow rate. Usually on the manufacturers tag. Unfortunately Aquatronics is no longer in business.

For other chillers of that size the min/max flow rate is in the 750/1300 gph range.
 
D

depitch039

You can probably go as low as 600 GPH but check manufacturer for optimum flow rate.

The Prime Tower Chiller that I use is 1/3HP and pump flow rates go from 600-900 GPH.
 
jimroth

jimroth

It's not even Aquatronics, it's Aqua-something-else! It's old, but it still gets cold. I am going to use the 600 GPH figure as my minimum. I was hoping to feed it off the manifold in my new setup, but I don't think the 1/2" outlets will do 600GPH.
 
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