drtd Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Now, I've read a lot of people's ingenious (and sometimes ridiculous) ideas on how they are attempting to cool their highland terrariums, and I would love to see some pics/descriptions of some of your most effective designs. Time to show off your engineering skills! -Danny Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manders Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Put them in a greenhouse and open the window :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drtd Posted April 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Put them in a greenhouse and open the window :) I love it Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest paul y Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Put them in a greenhouse and open the window :) another antidote to overcomplication Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drtd Posted April 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Unfortunately for me, that doesn't work here it's not even May and already due to be over 30° C here in Northern Oregon. What the #%&$ happened?! Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantas Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 I'm using 2 fans in my cool orchidarium atm temperature is 17,1C(but my orchidarium is way smaller then greenhouses). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebulon Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 I destroyed an old fridge and put the cooling part inside my terrarium. It's on a thermostat that has different settings for day and night temps. During the day it keeps the temperature at 22 celsius, and during the night it goes down to about 13 celsius. It might not look that pretty, but my plants love it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmatil Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 O hai Sebulon! Stop by at our local forum, too ;) Nice cooling system btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 I'm also interested in cooling my highland terrarium, but I am considering using water evaporation system, like CELdek panels (cellulose paper sheets). This is working very well with greenhouses, but did anybody tried with a terrarium? By the way, if anybody has some left overs CELdek panels (about 40cm large, 60-100cm high), I'm interested! ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billynomates666 Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Hi Vincent Terrarium growing I know little about, I'm afraid, but evaporative cooling I do. It is all dependant on the humidity level and temperatures you wish to maintain, the higher the humidity the less cooling effect you get, so if it is a 'closed' type housing and indeed as terrariums tend to be, a small area and volume, the humidity would rise rapidly leading to a negligable cooling effect I'm afraid. Cheers Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruben Resendiz Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Hi this is my HL chamber with Celdek and Evaporative cooling system HL_Chamber por Pinguicula_RR, en Flickr And this works very well to me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 (edited) @billynomates666: thanks for the information. Actually, I plan to put the system (something like the one of Ruben) on my balcony during the hot season. The air would come from outside, so the system would not be a closed one. So it should be OK. @Ruben Resendiz: finally I found someone with such system!!! It looks great! Did you build it yourself? Do you have data about external/internal temperatures? What is the thickness of the pannel? And maybe pictures of the details of the system (like the water circulation system)? Feel free to put a lot of information/advices ;-) Edited May 16, 2014 by vincent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petr Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 To Ruben Resendiz: Nice looking system! What is the power input of the cooling approximately? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Hm, it seems that Ruben is not around to answer... ;-) Does anybody know where to buy "small" pieces of Celdek pannels? Something like 30 cm x 60 cm x 15 cm thick. I've been asked for 90 EUR including shipment, which sounds very expensive to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkland Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 I destroyed an old fridge and put the cooling part inside my terrarium. It's on a thermostat that has different settings for day and night temps. During the day it keeps the temperature at 22 celsius, and during the night it goes down to about 13 celsius. It might not look that pretty, but my plants love it! Super sebulon system, how did you manage to twist the freezer part without fluid leaks? I rebuilt my system for my highland cold right now and I'll have to do the same thing as you, I would not make a stupidity ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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