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08-31-2006, 12:45 AM
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09-01-2006, 01:55 AM
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Build day on Friday!
After I get home from work, the fun begins! Posts will be put up either Friday or Saturday night. The refrigeration piping is a material that Hightower researched and would like to try. He'll be able to provide more specifics as to his choice of tubing
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09-01-2006, 05:58 AM
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Titanium was obvious first choice but because it is so expensive, and not readily available and after alot of research we decided to go with stainless steel 316L.
I read a ton of posts on it, and SS wins. Hey if this stuff can go inside the human body, its good for fish too.
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09-01-2006, 04:55 PM
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09-02-2006, 02:22 AM
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Well, I'm in the middle of the build right now. The system is on the vacuum pump as I type this. I've gone home for dinner and a nap.
*Note* It is VERY easy to get heatstroke in a sun room that peaks at 40 degrees C! I'll be back in an hour or so to charge the system and get the controls finished. All that is really left: 2 wire splices Placing the temperature sensor Ty-rapping the lines and wires together Charging the system with refrigerant Testing to see how cold I can get the tank  Just kidding!Hightower has a bunch of the pics on his camera. I'll get him to send them to me or post them himself tonight. I'll take my camera when I go back as well. Before I get any questions about why the lines are run in the places they are; This house has concrete walls. I mean EVERY wall is concrete. Even the floors and attic are concrete! That kind of nixxes going through the walls or into the attic to hide the piping. This piping arrangement works for the way Hightower uses the space. I gave him a few options and he picked the setup he liked. I've got a 5000 btu/h A/C unit just sitting in my truck. Does anyone want to have one built? It can be a split or a packaged unit. Let me know via PM. If no-one wants one, I don't know what I'll do with this thing. If you want, titanium tubing could be used in the heat-x. I've got some on order from Latvia, beleive it or not! [braces]for massive inrush of PM's[/braces]  More later on......
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09-02-2006, 03:29 PM
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Build pics!!!!
What everyone has been waiting for!!!
Here I am reclaiming the refrigerand from the condensing unit   Brazing the tubing to the condensing unit   The refrigerant tubing next to the chiller barrel  SS is VERY hard to flare!!  Placing the coil into the barrel  TXV and the start of the water piping  More water piping   This is the best tool in the world for doing PVC piping!!  Completed chiller barrel. Well.... Functioning. I want to clean up the piping a little bit later on. It got too late, though.  
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