I am an offroad enthusiast, so I was filling up some tires this weekend with a CO2 tank on the trail. The air line and tank get very very cold when you use them. Yet not very much CO2 is really used either to get it cold. A short burst is enough to almost freeze a plastic line.

So could this be utilized to cool a res? More specifically, could you utilize the natural lower temps of CO2 to lower resevoirs temps AND benefit from CO2 enrichment as well? What about just running some copper tubes through the res and on a simple timer, releasing a few seconds of CO2? Would this use up the CO2 tank real quick? Obviously I am not expecting the same CO2 enrichment results like if you seeped it in with a timer and regulator, and I am probably dreaming, but since I am a tinkerer and love making stuff...think this is possible?

I just need a regulator, otherwise I have my CO2 enrichment stuff, so it would be nice to be able to use it for dual reasons. Do you guys think that even seeping CO2 slowly out of the reg and through copper pipes in the res would cool anything? Does heating up CO2 get rid of it or degrade it? I am assuming it does not since we raise grow room tempatures when we use CO2.

Thanks.
Racerx Reviewed by Racerx on . CO2 for Rez Cooling and Enrichment? I am an offroad enthusiast, so I was filling up some tires this weekend with a CO2 tank on the trail. The air line and tank get very very cold when you use them. Yet not very much CO2 is really used either to get it cold. A short burst is enough to almost freeze a plastic line. So could this be utilized to cool a res? More specifically, could you utilize the natural lower temps of CO2 to lower resevoirs temps AND benefit from CO2 enrichment as well? What about just running some copper Rating: 5