Chillers... Question: the ins and outs of plumbing?

[RichardinFL]

We have an Aquamedic Titan 1500 chiller. It is a 1/2hp chiller, with 3/4" hose fittings. It has a rated flow of 200 to 500gph. This is far below what we have in the way of flow through the sump at this point.

Is it acceptable to plumb the chiller so it pulls the water in from the sump, chills it and then returns it to the sump. Rather than to plumb it in to the return line from the sump to the tank?

This way I could put a 500gph (ish) pump on the chiller and still have the high flow through the sump. We push about 1300 to 1400gph through the sump after headloss etc., using a Blueline HD70 pump.

Also, to save some energy, would there be any issues with plumbing the chiller in between the pump and the skimmer?

The tank temperature needs to drop 10 to 15 degrees below ambient air temperature this time of year.

Thanks,

Rich

[Laakmann]

I am doing this with a remote DSB on my FOWLR

[Fiziksgeek]

That will work fine. Its a little more efficient to run the chiller return directly into the tank, but there is nothing wrong doing it the way you want to.