Housing for a chiller

[tonyd]

Hey all,
I have a 180 gallon tank and I want to set it up so that it's a suitable reef habitat. I have a sump, tranformer for my MH and a chiller that fills up the stand. I want to buy a calcium reactor and put it inside the stand, but in order to do this I will have to move my chiller outside. The chiller will sit outside and the intake and outake will go through the wall to the sump.
My problem is that I don't know what to house the chiller in so that it stays cool and dry.(ie safe from the elements) If anybody has any suggestions, fire away.

 

[scsinet]

As long as you can keep rain off of it, I doubt you'll have a big problem. Chillers are designed to work around moisture and even take the occasional splash of saltwater. BEWARE that it may not work too well in cold weather... below 40F, and be aware that running it outside will likely void the warranty.
Hmmm... I'd be building a structure for it... maybe a small little house made out of 2x4s with a shingle roof... like a miniature lean-to. Be sure to overhang enough so that rain coming in at an angle won't hit it, and set it up on blocks so it doesn't sit in standing water, and be very sure to run the chiller of a GFI.