looking for fog chiller tutorial

Spookilicious mama · #1 (**permalink**) 10-25-2009, 08:16 PM

Hi guys can anyone tell me of a really good fog chiller tutorial that is not too expensive. One I can do in a couple of days????? Any help would be greatly appreciated

Otaku · #2 (**permalink**) 10-25-2009, 08:45 PM

Check this one out:

Fog Machines - Your Guide to using Fog Machines for Halloween

It's sorta cheap, definitely easy.

Yubney · #3 (**permalink**) 10-25-2009, 09:52 PM

Yep very easy. I did this one and knocked out in one afternoon and parts were cheap. With my 1000 watt I didn't like the effect so much... maybe I just didn't have enough ice loaded for my test (70 quart cooler holds a lot). I have seen this one's mod porting to above the ice to then settle down through the ice and out. I also seen mods with deflectors to slow the flow, and talk of using frozen bottled water (btw the bottle extends through to the bottom of the horizontal tube). So this was my all-in-one mod but hadn't got to test it yet. I'll let you know how it goes this weekend.

propmistress · #4 (**permalink**) 10-25-2009, 10:54 PM

Check out Dr. Kreepy's Cheap Fog Chiller Tutorial on You Tube.
His tutorials are amazing. He shows how to create a super cheap fog chiller quickly.

YouTube - Dr Kreepys Cheap fog chiller

And check out his other turtorials while you are there. Or actually after Halloween when you have more time.

Bryan316 · #5 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 02:25 AM

We did the garbage can coiled chiller, and tested it out tonight. Kicked corpse butt!

We had two lengths of 3" pipe and two 90-degree elbows. We cut two holes in the sidewalls of the garbage can, with about 1" worth of clearance from the bottom of the can before it started to radius under for the base. The first section of pipe went in one hole, then a 90-degree fitting to turn up, then the other section of pipe to the top of the can, and another 90-degree fitting just to the underside of the can's lid. After that, we attached the 3" rigid flexible ducting to the other hole in the garbage can, and started corkscrewing it back up the can around the pipes. Once we got to the top and it aligned with the top 90-degree fitting, we cut it and taped it to the fitting. Everything PVC glued together, and holes in the garbage cans glued and sealed using Liquid Nails. Then we added a 1/2" PVC shutoff valve, as a water drain for emptying the melted ice water.

Our flaws: We leak. Heh heh. We really should have cut some tombstone foam to act as a brace to distribute the pipes' weight to the bottom of the garbage can. The flexing and moving probably caused a small crack in some of the gluing around the pipes at the bottom. Also, we discovered another small puncture hole in the rigid ducting. This stuff's not so rigid! It's not the soft accordion stuff, rather the wrinkled and extendable stuff. Still, not that strong. If I can find that black landscaping pipe in soft form and 3" diameter, I'll gut this aluminum stuff and rebuild it. Maybe get a bunch of bottles of Burple and glue them together.... remember Burple?

But testing proved this sucker really does the job! We allowed about 3 inches between the fogger and the input pipe, to allow for drafting to draw air in as well. We didn't even have ice in it yet, but the distance the fog has to travel inside the garbage can's coils naturally cools it down. After a half hour, though, the coils got warmed up inside and weren't helping any more. Dropped one $2.50 25-lb bag of ice, and BLAMMO more creepy fog! Will go back outside tomorrow and take a complete set of photos. Especially with the tombstones surrounded in fog.

So, the basics: Pipe goes in, to the center, an elbow fitting, then straight up, then another elbow. Then a corkscrew of ducting down, then out again. The longer the distance to travel in the cooled chamber, the colder the fog and the better the effect. Don't need $10 worth of ice each night.

Spookilicious mama · #6 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 09:53 AM

Thanks so much guys this definately helps
Im going to get on this first thing when I get home

Bryan316 · #7 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 10:48 AM

Plan ahead. Have ALL your materials ready. Allow for time, so glues can harden up. Plastic zip ties, duct tape, aluminum foil tape, hot glue, Great Stuff, Liquid Nails, these can all be your friends to make sure your first attempt is your only attempt.

Otaku · #8 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 12:28 PM

Here's a pic of the mod I did on my GotFog chiler to port the fog through the ice. I used some thin rubber sheet, available at HD, and hot glue to mount the baffle in the middle of the mesh tube. The baffle is just a coffee can plastic lid. I snipped the mesh across the top of the cylinder enough to insert the baffle. The fog didn't melt the glue. The fog enters the cooler and is directed upwards, then has to go back down through the ice to get out. There is a small reduction in velocity, but not a problem.