Last year at the Nuremberg Interzoo Teco launched its new chiller Teco TK 150 from the new Tank Chiller Line (La recensione in italiano la trovate qua).
But Teco had already given us a preview during a visit to their office, where we had the chance to see it together with the other chillers, one of which, the Teco TK 500 has been reviewed a few months ago here.
Let’s look at the technical features of these four chillers, completely re-designed and very different from the previous line to which the Teco TR 15 belonged (review) reviewed a few years ago.
The new chillers are very different in shape from the one we were used to. The TR 15 was a parallelepiped while the three new bigger TKs are almost cubic. The TK 500, 1000 and 2000 have been developed with the same base and different heights, like you can see in the following picture. The TK 150 follows a different project, it still is a parallelepiped like the old TR 15 but in a naked version.
Technical Features
| TK 150 | TK 500 | TK 1000 | TK 2000 | |
| Power Consumption | 150 w | 240 w | 340 w | 480 w |
| Gas Refrigerant | R134A | R134a | R134a | R134A |
| Minimum Water Flow | 400 lt/h | 400 lt/h | 500 lt/h | 600 lt/h |
| Tank Volume (water temp. 25°C – environmental temp. 30°C – thermal load 0,5 w/lt) |
until 150 lt | until 500 lt | until 1000 lt | until 2000 lt |
| Dimensions | 215x361x315 (h) mm | 310x310x416 (h) mm | 310x310x458 (h) mm | 310x310x500 (h) mm |
| Weight | 16,5 kg | 19,7 kg | 21,4 kg | |
| In/Out Water Connection | 1/2″ pipe, tube internal diameter 12 mm | 3/4″pipe – tube internal diameter 16mm | 3/4″pipe – tube internal diameter 16mm | 3/4″pipe – tube internal diameter 16mm |
Up until the last chiller line each chiller existed in two variants, the basic TR version working as a cooler only, and the accessorised TC version with an integrated heater. In place of the two variants, the new line bigger chillers are all equipped with a 400 w heater, leaving the small TK 150 to work exclusively as a cooler.
Manufacture
The new Teco Tank TK 150 Aquarium Chiller has been redesigned starting from scratches and without taking any old features into consideration. Its shape is the proof, we can observe this by just looking at it.
The shape remained parallelepipedal, but totally open! With a base of only 21×36 cm it rises to a height of 31 cm. The greater news is the material it’s made of. The underlying frame system also works as a cooling coil for the refrigerating gas, helped by a posterior fan just like the ones we were used to in older models.
Inside the structure we can see the compressor. The convective hot air movements and the fan help dissipate the coil’s heat, which for construction reasons doesn’t need an air filter.
This new system has been patented and Teco named it Teco Body – Condenser System.
A quick Teco TK 150 chiller review
It was 50 deg C in my garage here in Arabian Ranches this afternoon, and have the new Juwel RIO 300 setup as a planted tank.
The setup was done on Aug 21st 2016.
I have not been able to get the temperature below 29.2 degrees, and it usually hovers around 29.8-30.2 C.
Despite the room temp being around 25-27 degrees.
Starting the UV light raises the temp 1 deg C.
Too hot for plants.
Today I purchased the Teco TK 150 chiller from the EXCELLENT guys at ThinkFish.
This is a chiller usually used for smaller tanks than mine. My physical tank size is appx 330 litres, minus 72 litres ADA Amazonia (new) aquasoil, three roots and four rocks. So I guesstimate my water volume to be appx. 250-270 litres (66-70 US Gallons).
One review I read before purchasing is this one:
https://reefs.com/2015/08/18/teco-tank-tk-500-king-chiller/
http://www.danireef.com/…/chiller-teco-tank-tk-150-depth-r…/
Info on unit:
https://www.tecous.com/tk-150-1
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It took 3 hours to bring the temp down from 29.8 degrees to the selected 27.5 degrees.
No UV light running, but three canisters running in the cabinets, lights (LED) on for one of those 3 hours.
My filters:
– JBL CristalProfi e1901 Greenline canister filter
36W power consumption
1900l/h & 15 l filter volume. 4 year warranty.
Size: 200 x 235 x 564 mm incl. hose connection
– EHEIM professional 3 1200XLT canister filter
25W power consumption w 500W heater
1700l/h & 12 litre filter volume, 1.5 litre pre-filter & 25l container volume
Size: 330 x 330 x 567 mm
Hose 16/22 mm
– EHEIM Classic 350 (2215) canister filter
15W power consumption
620l/h & 4 litre filter volume, 4.8 litre container volume
Size: 185 Ø x 370 mm
Hose 12/16 mm
I have the chiller hooked up to my EHEIM Classic 350, then from the chiller to the UV light (JBL AquaCristal UV-C 18 W UV Light) then back to the tank.
Thanks for your feedback Tommy. We have really appreciated.
Danilo
Hi I want to use this pump for a closed circuit machine cooling and I’ve got two questions:
1:Does the pump pump the cooled water out by itself?
2: Can it pump about two meters up?
Thank you very much!
Hi Michael, the Chiller has not a pump, you have to buy the pump you like, so you can buy any pump that suits your needs.
I hope this helps
Danilo