Thanks for the kind words kkm.


Honestly the best way to cool the res (if you have the dough) is this:


http://www.aquastealth.com/index.asp...ProdID=93&HS=1

That is the cheapest chiller I have ever came across(for the quality).

The frozen 2 liter bottle is great also. The only down side is that if you have a single bucket bubbler..the sudden change in temp stuns the roots/plant. If you build your cab around the system, you can change that by connecting the buckets and having a seperate res. for your control bucket.

I built a small dwc cab to get some seeds vegging and to sex. You could do the same thing, but use like 2-3 5 gallon buckets w/ the res. OUTSIDE of the cab. This, in itself, cools the res. and you can put your frozen 2 liters in the outside res every day(it sucks!) to keep the perfect temp. The upside is beautiful white roots and thriving growth. Its worth it.

BTW about your room temps..get a large inline fan(300+ CFM). It will be overkill for your cab but you'll never have to worry about temps(as long as the room the cab is in stays cool). And once you have that fan you can use it for later bigger cabs or rooms.

You sound motivated..keep that up, its what you need!

Later