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9/8/12 at 1:16pm
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So my reservoir started to leak, so i had to come up with a simple res to use while i wait on a new one.








Best res i have had so far tongue.gif easy to get air out of the system when i had to fill it up, and no air coming in =3
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9/8/12 at 2:13pm
I love that. great ingenuity! thumb.gif
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post #3 of 36
9/8/12 at 7:19pm
Ghetto watercooling FTW.
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9/8/12 at 7:24pm
I'm pretty confused of how that "reservoir" is supposed to work.... lol
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9/8/12 at 7:25pm
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Whatever works man. 

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9/8/12 at 8:19pm
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Ghetto watercooling FTW.

This^^^

Looks good thumb.gif
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post #7 of 36
9/8/12 at 8:37pm
... except if it's open to the air, you're wasting pump power smile.gif
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9/8/12 at 8:39pm
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... except if it's open to the air, you're wasting pump power smile.gif

How so? Im just curious, new to WCing. Also, do you have to worry about dust or anything else getting into your loop with an open res?
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post #9 of 36
9/8/12 at 8:44pm
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... except if it's open to the air, you're wasting pump power smile.gif

Every Res will waste pump power. The water enters and the flow is killed in the process. The only way to avoid that is to run a T-line instead. Really its nothing worth making note of.
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9/8/12 at 8:44pm
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Yeah what is the story about "wasting pump power".Could you hook up an amp meter and see the pump pull more amps with the open res.Would a flow meter show reduced flow with an open res.I do not really like the return blowing up through the res. but it does not seem to make a pratical difference
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