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Step 4Fog chiller how not to :first attempt
i looked around on here before i attempted making a fog chiller of my own .and the three fog chillers i found were the way to go .and you should see links to those in the related instructables area at the upper right part of this page
what i did to make my first chiller was
.get some 3/8" copper piping
.coiled it around the propane bottle
.got a container to place the coil and ice in
.and made a small clamp out of a wire to hold the tip of the fogger to the coil
howd it fail? .well it did and didn't fail .i used regular ice to begin with and it worked semi ok .the fog was cool but failed to drop to ground like i wanted .so to try to cool the fog mow i added a salt water slurry .the salt water not freezing at 32F was much much colder and the water made for greater contact with the pipe for heat exchanging .i thought the possibility of the fog condensing and turning back to its liquid state was a possibility but if you don't fail, you fail to learn so thats exactly what happened .i learned that the colder water did make the fog turn back to oil and whats more clogged the pipe leaving no room for the fog to easily pass threw .so a little pressure built up and pushed out the connection point of the fogger and pipe .oil and fog were both coming out and shortly after the fire i previously typed of occurred
what i did to make my first chiller was
.get some 3/8" copper piping
.coiled it around the propane bottle
.got a container to place the coil and ice in
.and made a small clamp out of a wire to hold the tip of the fogger to the coil
howd it fail? .well it did and didn't fail .i used regular ice to begin with and it worked semi ok .the fog was cool but failed to drop to ground like i wanted .so to try to cool the fog mow i added a salt water slurry .the salt water not freezing at 32F was much much colder and the water made for greater contact with the pipe for heat exchanging .i thought the possibility of the fog condensing and turning back to its liquid state was a possibility but if you don't fail, you fail to learn so thats exactly what happened .i learned that the colder water did make the fog turn back to oil and whats more clogged the pipe leaving no room for the fog to easily pass threw .so a little pressure built up and pushed out the connection point of the fogger and pipe .oil and fog were both coming out and shortly after the fire i previously typed of occurred
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