Flow meter for cooling water.
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Flow meter for cooling water.
I just added a 0-60 gallon per hour flow meterr to my cooling system. I am sure others have used them but it is a first for me. Previously I was regulating flow with the faucet and I had very little control. So far I have been running at 12 gph. At that rate my waste water is around 80° f. I am on city water and running a 48" liebig condenser. My keg boiler is powered with a 240v 5500 element. The flow meter is dwyer brand.
Re: Flow meter for cooling water.
Not to sure how much water my liebig uses, I use the cool/warm/hot hand touch method on the inlet middle and outlet, I know members here have the water from the outlet exiting were it is to hot to touch. Regulate the water flow so that the temperature gradient in the liebig goes from cool to warm/hot. 80f seems a fairly low temp so you may be able to save a fair bit more water by decreasing flow and therefore increasing the temp gradient, does your condensor "huff" at its current flow rate?
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Re: Flow meter for cooling water.
A while back I used something like this.
It worked well until I forgot to drain it during freezing weather.
It worked well until I forgot to drain it during freezing weather.