Auto radiator cooling system
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 2:41 am
I have been playing around with this for some time and thought I would share the results with you guys. I used a new radiator that had a broken tab and couldnt be used on the car. To it, I attached a 20 in box fan with 3 speeds and made feet to hold everthing upright. Then mounted a dishwasher water pump
to the lower radiator hose port. ( it fit the hose size perfectly).
Hot water from the still is fed to the top radiator hose port.
The darn thing works like a champ as I have used it with 3 different runs one lasting 5 hours. The only drawback is the heat it produces as it heats up the shed. Great for winter shinning though. I have plans to vent this hot air outside but have not got to it yet.
I have a boka tube still with off set head holding my cooling coil with reflux return to the tube. I have a thermometer right where vapor exits the tube and
use this temp. reading thru-out the run. It stays rock solid at 170 degrees untill tails start. Also there is a thermometer stuck into one of the vent holes at the top reading the temp of the cooling coil area. It stays at 130 degrees, normally. Turning the fan speed up one click drops this temp to 120 degrees. The fan runs on the lowest speed normally.
When I started to contruct this cooler the one thing that had to happen was no noise. I didnt want to hear it running for hours. You cannot hear anything but the fan noise which is very little.
I would take pictures of this device but left my camera at the family reunion on july 4 because I drunk to much of my product and forgot it.
When I get it back, I will post pictures.
Bent
to the lower radiator hose port. ( it fit the hose size perfectly).
Hot water from the still is fed to the top radiator hose port.
The darn thing works like a champ as I have used it with 3 different runs one lasting 5 hours. The only drawback is the heat it produces as it heats up the shed. Great for winter shinning though. I have plans to vent this hot air outside but have not got to it yet.
I have a boka tube still with off set head holding my cooling coil with reflux return to the tube. I have a thermometer right where vapor exits the tube and
use this temp. reading thru-out the run. It stays rock solid at 170 degrees untill tails start. Also there is a thermometer stuck into one of the vent holes at the top reading the temp of the cooling coil area. It stays at 130 degrees, normally. Turning the fan speed up one click drops this temp to 120 degrees. The fan runs on the lowest speed normally.
When I started to contruct this cooler the one thing that had to happen was no noise. I didnt want to hear it running for hours. You cannot hear anything but the fan noise which is very little.
I would take pictures of this device but left my camera at the family reunion on july 4 because I drunk to much of my product and forgot it.
When I get it back, I will post pictures.
Bent