shaunathan
10-03-2005, 02:55 AM
with the lantern shaping up we took a break and began working on our fog chiller. orginially we had set out to make this chiller:
http://www.shallowvalley.com/fogchiller.html
This, although very cheap to make did not cool the fog down enough for us. it seemed to rise up quickly. So, we looked at the ghosts of halloween chiller, (the first guy's friends)
http://ghostsofhalloween.com/projects/fog_chiller/
we first decided that we'd make some improvements.
He ran 18 feet of hose because his hose came in 6 foot segments. Our hose came from Home Depot and was 8 feet long. We ran a total of 24 feet of hose in the trash can proper.
Second: we worked with his idea he presented in his walkthrough, I'll quote:
I am assuming that the smaller fogger will work better than the high output fogger. This is due to the fog being pushed slower through the tubing and thus allowing more 'cooling' time in the tubes. Ultimately, the fog gets even colder and creates denser fog.
he ran close to a 1000 watt pro fogger for his. We are using a cheapo 400 watt fogger from wallmart. ($19.95 buy now, workers in blue vests are yelling at the kids in the next isle who are playing with the fake swords so they are not standing by.)
But due to his comment that slower moving fog gets cooled better. We decided to recycle our storage bin we had bought for the first chiller and plug up the holes with duct tape. Then we took the lid of the storage bin and cut two holes in it. in the center hole, the hose from the fogger pops up. The fogger sits next to the chiller, fog goes in the pipe and straight up through the icy trash bin up to the top. The shorter hose you see is the spiral of tubing that is inside the chiller, the rest of his design is normal:
http://www.gam3r.com/pics/expand.jpg
http://www.gam3r.com/pics/chiller.jpg
Our tests in these photos is with HOT fog, there is no ice in the unit at this time.
you see fog escaping the storage bin from the sides of the lid. we may fix, this, we may not. The whole unit will be covered with a large tombstone similar in design to this one:
http://zombie.horrorseek.com/halloween/chrisscrypt/graves_01.html
Here is a shot of the fog leaving the chiller, keep in mind this is still hot fog:
http://www.gam3r.com/pics/exaust.jpg
I think this will be VERY promising. once we seal'er up, we'll be trying it with ice like this, then, we'll remove our expansion chamber and wire it up per the orgnial design we're working from, and see if there's a difference. more pics to follow.
Notes:
We've noticed a natural "vaccum" occurs through the tubing that is chilled. we're using that to assist with removing fog from the expansion chamber.
The center hose is slightly smaller in circumfrance, this was not done on purpose, but it may work to our advanage.
The center hose is higher up within the expansion chamber than the hose that leads into the trashcan. This was done on purpose to aid in air flow.
http://www.shallowvalley.com/fogchiller.html
This, although very cheap to make did not cool the fog down enough for us. it seemed to rise up quickly. So, we looked at the ghosts of halloween chiller, (the first guy's friends)
http://ghostsofhalloween.com/projects/fog_chiller/
we first decided that we'd make some improvements.
He ran 18 feet of hose because his hose came in 6 foot segments. Our hose came from Home Depot and was 8 feet long. We ran a total of 24 feet of hose in the trash can proper.
Second: we worked with his idea he presented in his walkthrough, I'll quote:
I am assuming that the smaller fogger will work better than the high output fogger. This is due to the fog being pushed slower through the tubing and thus allowing more 'cooling' time in the tubes. Ultimately, the fog gets even colder and creates denser fog.
he ran close to a 1000 watt pro fogger for his. We are using a cheapo 400 watt fogger from wallmart. ($19.95 buy now, workers in blue vests are yelling at the kids in the next isle who are playing with the fake swords so they are not standing by.)
But due to his comment that slower moving fog gets cooled better. We decided to recycle our storage bin we had bought for the first chiller and plug up the holes with duct tape. Then we took the lid of the storage bin and cut two holes in it. in the center hole, the hose from the fogger pops up. The fogger sits next to the chiller, fog goes in the pipe and straight up through the icy trash bin up to the top. The shorter hose you see is the spiral of tubing that is inside the chiller, the rest of his design is normal:
http://www.gam3r.com/pics/expand.jpg
http://www.gam3r.com/pics/chiller.jpg
Our tests in these photos is with HOT fog, there is no ice in the unit at this time.
you see fog escaping the storage bin from the sides of the lid. we may fix, this, we may not. The whole unit will be covered with a large tombstone similar in design to this one:
http://zombie.horrorseek.com/halloween/chrisscrypt/graves_01.html
Here is a shot of the fog leaving the chiller, keep in mind this is still hot fog:
http://www.gam3r.com/pics/exaust.jpg
I think this will be VERY promising. once we seal'er up, we'll be trying it with ice like this, then, we'll remove our expansion chamber and wire it up per the orgnial design we're working from, and see if there's a difference. more pics to follow.
Notes:
We've noticed a natural "vaccum" occurs through the tubing that is chilled. we're using that to assist with removing fog from the expansion chamber.
The center hose is slightly smaller in circumfrance, this was not done on purpose, but it may work to our advanage.
The center hose is higher up within the expansion chamber than the hose that leads into the trashcan. This was done on purpose to aid in air flow.