Ran for about 8 hrs. Not a drip. Moved feet for external fan/rad rig out a little more and switched fan orientation (so cords go off the other side) and made a power cord pass-through. Now have to get ready for work tomorrow. Hopefully...
Heard some air / surge noises durring the first 30 sec or so. Lasted for just a split second. So continued with the trial. had a bunch of micro-bubbles. After running for 10-15 min everything sounds good. No drops or leaks (yet).
I've heard that the MCP35X pump from the Apogee drive can be a little loud running at full speed. Since I'm doing leak testing & removing air, i'm just jumpering the power supply (rather than putting it on PWM) I've been running it for a...
Here's the loop in question - notice how the top two lines go outside of the case for the top rad (case is a tj08e)
Don't think there is a way I can get water line below the inlet of the pump in this case (well, without really trying).
Have a new loop all installed with nice black tubing. Only thing is, I'm not sure if I have all the air bubbles out and the apogee drive 2 CPU block is primed. I've only used a Koolance pump (d5 before) with clear tubing where I could...