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Re:Ask HN: DIY ice bath equation for water cooling by kritiko on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @09:54AM (#35874338)
It sounds like you have not done much research on this yet, but I'm sure DIY plans exist online given the popularity of cold plunges with athletes / bro science people (I don't know that there's actually much peer reviewed evidence on any benefit of this stuff).

The obvious answer would be "make a bunch of ice in the freezer" but I'm sure you could get more complicated. If you do go with a circulator, will you also be treating the water for reuse?

Edit: looking at reddit, it appears a bunch of people just turn their chest freezers into the plunge tank? Check out r/coldplunge

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Re:Ask HN: DIY ice bath equation for water cooling by fishbone on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @10:22AM (#35874753)
Most of the DIY stuff I have seen involves putting the water directly in the chest freezer. Would need a much bigger chest freezer to fit in and I’m not crazy about the electrocution risk. I’m currently using the make a bunch of ice approach but it is cumbersome.
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Re:Ask HN: DIY ice bath equation for water cooling by thenerdhead on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @10:25AM (#35874800)
You unplug the chest before getting in. It's really not that risky.
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