chiller plumbing

[sps1-2-b]

Is it ok to tee off the drain pipe to feed my 1/3 chiller? Right now I'm feeding it with a Rio pump and would like to gravity feed instead. Someone said detritus may clog the chiller. Is that true? Thanks.

[crvz]

I answered your other thread, but I would be concerned about something clogging it or just the fact that it may have quite a bit of head loss associated with it. So just the amount of flow capable of flowing through it without a pump may be more of an issue.

[jschottenfeld]

I have a 1/3 JBJ chiller and in their setup instructions they recommend against plumbing your chiller with the drain from your tank for that exact reason.

[SeanT]

You can but all the air bubbles in the drain line will make it much less effective.

[sps1-2-b]

Thanks for the responses. Someone on the other thread recommended teeing off from my return line. That's what I'll do.