so do you guys leave your chiller running at all times?

I take mine off when I'm not using it.

it's a 1/10th though, so much smaller than your guys'...

Mines hooked up all year it's there as a precaution I use ac to keep tank room cool in summer, chiller never turns on. last year I it turned on once because the breaker blew that the ac was on. I've cleaned my chiller once with vinegar it came out as clean as it was when it went in no plans of ever doing it again. I also just shut down my display it had a total of about 50' of pipe from return and drain I was very surprised after 4-5 years of use the pipes were very clean inside.

Mine runs all year, and is needed all year. I kind of cleaned it once after it froze solid from a dead pump.

I plan to get one just for those few days a year that cause me to pull out my hair when the temp in the tank is out of tolerance....need a quiet one.

Is the power draw just from the pump then or is the chiller itself drawing extra power while it's on?

I always assumed the chiller was a pretty inefficient piece of equipment so only hook it up when needed.

For me controller turns it on so its basically always off and water is supplied from return pump no extra power at all being used.

It only comes on as needed, which every day for me. But maybe an hour total running time per day, so not bad.

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Time to check your hardware/clean your pump/clean your filter etc ...
Temp in my house hit 81 today, office/sump room hit 82 and sump cooling fans were running when I got home. Couple more points and the chiller would have been running.
Supposed to cool off for the next week, but a good time to check your gear before it gets hot 'full-time' :wink:

Thankfully we have AC to battle anything above the chiller's ability.