How do you cool water???
Anybody have any ideas on how to make your tap water cold. I live here in Arizona, and in the summer the tap water is do dang hot it's hard to even take a shower. I've looked online for a product that would do this job, but haven't found anything. Any ideas???
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I don't know why I am doing this, but will try again!
First off 5 gallons of 38 degree water, would be gone by the time you got the temp mixed properly.
Second why would you want to chill water to 38 degrees, and then use more energy by requiring hot water to make it tolerable.
You would need what I said above,.....a 40 to 50 gallon storage tank, with a thermostatically operated circulating pump.
You would only want to set the stat for about 60 to 65 degrees, which would be fairly easy to obtain, and you avoid wasting more energy by having to mix a large quantity of hot water, to make it tolerable.0 -
quote:40 to 50 gallon storage tank, with a thermostatically operated circulating pump.
Marc, any idea how this would work? I'm not familiar with circulating pumps and how they work. Can an old hot water heater work as the storage tank?0 -
Get a fridge that has the ice and water dispenser in the door? 0 -
Have it look at pictures of Rosie O. That's enough to chill my blood, so it must be enough to chill tap water. 0 -
Yes, you could use an old hot water heater tank for that purpose.
In reality though,.......your cold water supply would need to be really uncomfortable, IMHO, for something like this to make any sense.
It's not the expense so much, as the space required to do it.
I would start off by burying the incoming lines deeper, and insulating them.
What I was referring to was a low flow recirculating pump,......the theory is, make a heat exchanger coil in an old refrigerator, and the pump kicks on and off, from a thermostat, to keep the water in your "cold water" tank, a constant, lets say even 65 to 70 degrees.
The pump would only kick on when the temp in your tank, has risen above your setting, and would not have to run long, to create 40 gallons of water in that temp range.
It would simply make a circuit between your "fridge coil", and your storage tank, and maintain a supply of cool water, just like a hot water heater.
Many other methods can be used, but once again, the expense, and "unsightly" equipment would stop me, unless I really needed it.
A "cooling tower" would work in your climate, but they are large, and if you are on public utilities, the make up water needed in a dry area like yours, due to evaporation, would jack your water bill considerably. Plus once again, without storage, you can only drop the temperature so much with one pass through.
Then add in maintenance on a cooling tower, such as descaling,.......a real pain for your purpose!
I would do the burying, and insulating, and see if I couldn't live with it![:D]
If you really wish to pursue something like this,........send me an e-mail, and I will try to guide you through it![;)]
Edit: The ground coil idea submitted by another poster is a very good option.
It would just have to be long enough,........and buried deep enough, to accomplish your goal.0 -
there are aquarium water coolers for cold water fish, and coral, they make pumps, and drop in coolers, you should be able to modify one for your use, i'm thinking a old hot water heater modified as a cooler so it would be on demand at the tap, ether replacing an electric heating element with a drop in, or adding a inlet and an outlet for constant circulation of the pump style, you would have equal amount of cold water on tap as you would hot water
http://www.marineandreef.com/Info/infochillers.html
you can google aquarium water coolers for more information0
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