chickennublet
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There was a bit of a mishap with the chiller yesterday while I was out at work and it was only discovered when I got home past midnight. Basically, the external temperature probe that I installed malfunctioned which resulted in a temperature reading of over 38°C. I've set the chiller to 25°C so it's supposed to only run when the temperature reaches 26°C. This resulted in the chiller running overtime so by the time I discovered that something was wrong, the thermometer I have in the tank was reading 17°C.
The only silver lining, if there is one, is that the chiller isn't strong enough for the temperature to plummet so the drop would have happened over a long period of time. Also, the chiller itself is fine, as I tried running the chiller without the external probe and it was reading a temperature of 15.5°C or something like that. Hailea chillers are set up to read the temperature of the water in the chiller rather than in the tank, so it's generally not as accurate as having a thermometer in the tank which is why I installed the probe in the first place.
At least it's an easy fix, i'll just need to replace the probe or do without it. I'll probably stick to the probe and replacement it every 6 months or so. I am however rather worried about the fish and the plants. I wasn't able to get a good look at the fish as it was very late and there was a lot of condensation and Singapore is really hot so there was seriously a lot of condensation but they did seem to be ok for the most part. As for the plants... I guess time will tell but I hope they won't be too badly affected by this episode.
For now I've turned the chiller off and will be replacing the probe tonight.
The only silver lining, if there is one, is that the chiller isn't strong enough for the temperature to plummet so the drop would have happened over a long period of time. Also, the chiller itself is fine, as I tried running the chiller without the external probe and it was reading a temperature of 15.5°C or something like that. Hailea chillers are set up to read the temperature of the water in the chiller rather than in the tank, so it's generally not as accurate as having a thermometer in the tank which is why I installed the probe in the first place.
At least it's an easy fix, i'll just need to replace the probe or do without it. I'll probably stick to the probe and replacement it every 6 months or so. I am however rather worried about the fish and the plants. I wasn't able to get a good look at the fish as it was very late and there was a lot of condensation and Singapore is really hot so there was seriously a lot of condensation but they did seem to be ok for the most part. As for the plants... I guess time will tell but I hope they won't be too badly affected by this episode.
For now I've turned the chiller off and will be replacing the probe tonight.
