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mr. biggums · 09-30-08

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Originally Posted by Sir Humpsalot

What about approaching this from the other angle?

Fill the tube all the way up with water. At the very bottom, you have your pump. Well above this, separated by a small baffle, have an air pump from an aquarium pumping ambient air up through the tube in bubbles.

First off, you get an awesome bubble tube effect for your room. Second, the ambient air bubbles take heat out of the water via evaporation. Third, you have a large mass of water so temps can't possibly climb too fast...

doing that could also rid of the need of having a 5 foot tube in your room

which brings another question could u run multiple tube's at smaller sizes instead of the one large one? could make a nice wall decoration if it was pulled off correctly

fart_plume · 10-01-08

It won't work like that, you won't get evaporation from air bubbles as the air doesn't have enough mass to carry enough of the heat away vs the volume of the water in the tubes.

Sir Humpsalot · 10-02-08

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Originally Posted by fart_plume

It won't work like that, you won't get evaporation from air bubbles as the air doesn't have enough mass to carry enough of the heat away vs the volume of the water in the tubes.

But it would be doubling as a 3-5 gallon res which I would think would have some decent cooling properties of its own just by virtue of the surface area....

NoL · 10-02-08

Bubbling won't work, and water doesn't have much of a cooling effect in a bucket.
You want to atomize it and force evaporation.

fart_plume · 10-03-08

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Originally Posted by Sir Humpsalot

But it would be doubling as a 3-5 gallon res which I would think would have some decent cooling properties of its own just by virtue of the surface area....

Ok, let me relate it to you this way which hads more ratio of surface area to mass, a polar bear or a jack rabbit? The Jack rabbit does that's why it can stay cool in the desert, and since the polar bear has a small surface area to mass ratio he can retain heat better.

So with this in mind, the smaller the water drops the greater the surface area to mass ratio, thus greater cooling power.

A bucket of water has a large mass but small surface area and will retain more heat energy.

nub · 10-10-08

Just wanted to say thanks for the guide. I am a complete newbie to water cooling. The idea of getting temps below ambient is what got me to take the plunge. I am still working out my bong set up. Have any of you guys used a cooler (as in coleman/igloo) for a reservoir?

DIRTYDUCK · 4 Weeks Ago

I use a 22 gallon rubbermade tote. But a large camping cooler would work better because of the isolation...I am thinking I may go that route someday (if I ever have to change res's) But I doubt it will help temps much for some reason.

cquinndesign · 2 Weeks Ago

+REP sweet info!

underdog1425 · 2 Weeks Ago

What if you modded the sprayhead of say a windex(for example) bottle? Smaller droplets = greater surface area/mass ratio. Could you combine this with a smaller height bong?

Im thinking of making a smaller bong cooler to stick my radiators in.

DIRTYDUCK · 2 Weeks Ago

when you make the droplets really small you will blow more out the top of the bong. I have found that a normal shower jet works good to keep the drops large enough to have weight so they fall but you still get a good amount of evap. as it is I had to mount a fan on the top of the bong to blow the mist so it didn't gather down below on the res or pc.

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nub New to Overclock.net Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 80 Rep: 7 Unique Rep: 5 Trader Rating: 0	bong Just wanted to say thanks for the guide. I am a complete newbie to water cooling. The idea of getting temps below ambient is what got me to take the plunge. I am still working out my bong set up. Have any of you guys used a cooler (as in coleman/igloo) for a reservoir?

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