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post #1 of 15
10/30/12 at 7:31pm
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Im going to start building my own radiator and was looking on advice on how to run the copper tubing.


Below is one design (sorry about the crude drawing i just used paint biggrin.gif). The radiator is split in half, the inlet side has a chamber where the first fitting will be, the water enters the chamber then through the tube on the left side and enters a chamber at the bottom which is connected to the other side and fluid goes up the other side and goes out. I put the tubing in a v shape so that each piece of tubing gets air flow across it.



My other disign is just a single piece of tubing routed through the fins bent 180deg, then back through the fins and so on.

Im just trying to figure out which design will give me the best cooling. I've found diy guides for building your own radiator and havent found anything about the best way to run the the tubing. I may also be thinking way to much into it but any info would be greatly appreciated. I also know that i can just buy a radiator but i want to take a crack at building my own since i enjoy tinkering with stuff.
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10/30/12 at 8:55pm
Yeah, i understand your intention well, since not too long ago i had the same thought too...that is building a rad and liquid system from scratch. However, after discovering the amount of time and effort i need to put into it, i've decided to "cheat" a bit here and there...buying some retail stuff and combine it with some diy work..but even then, i havent started on it yet since its gonna be very time consuming.

Hope you will find the best way to work it out..and maybe some other guys here might offer really helpful hints and make your rad come true. smile.gif
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10/30/12 at 9:06pm
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Fortunately for me i got plenty of time. I just built my new rig and my wife gave me the stink eye biggrin.gif when I told her what i was planning to do next, so I have no choice but to take my time lol. I currently have a thermaltake water 2.0 extreme and was hoping to build something that would out perform that(wishful thinking im sure), but guess I'll have to wait and see. My main goal is to build something that doesnt look like a jerry rigged back woods setup.
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post #4 of 15
10/31/12 at 5:08pm
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Fortunately for me i got plenty of time. I just built my new rig and my wife gave me the stink eye biggrin.gif when I told her what i was planning to do next, so I have no choice but to take my time lol. I currently have a thermaltake water 2.0 extreme and was hoping to build something that would out perform that(wishful thinking im sure), but guess I'll have to wait and see. My main goal is to build something that doesnt look like a jerry rigged back woods setup.

Yeah really lol jerry rigged setup biggrin.gif I've experienced that sort of stuff with my own workmanship redface.gif

All the best to you too to further cool yer rig...and ya, just a word, try harder to dissipate the heat off your wife before she reaches Tjmax haha.. just kidding smile.gif
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Yeah really lol jerry rigged setup biggrin.gif I've experienced that sort of stuff with my own workmanship redface.gif
All the best to you too to further cool yer rig...and ya, just a word, try harder to dissipate the heat off your wife before she reaches Tjmax haha.. just kidding smile.gif


Not sure thats possible, I hear Spouses can put out up to 10 Megawatts of heat at idle.
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11/1/12 at 8:19pm
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I started looking at prices of copper sheets for the fins and that stuff is expensive as hell. I've seen some crude water cooling setups like copper tubing coiled up and zip tied to a house fan and they got good results. I was wonding if i could use like sheets of plastic as the fins and just add more copper tubing to the radiator to help disperse the heat due to the lack of not having copper cooling fins. Doesnt seem to me that the fins would help disapate that much heat other than helping direct the flow over the tubes. If anyone has any insight on this it would be great.
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post #7 of 15
11/1/12 at 8:22pm
you could always try tin or aluminium sheeting as the fins
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11/1/12 at 9:54pm
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That is true, both of those would be cheaper. How would i attach the fins to the tubing, solder it or would it have to be gas or tig welded.
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11/1/12 at 10:02pm
Omg why? That's insane. Just go to your local automotive A/C supplier and pick one of the hundreds of sizes and solder your own fittings on it.
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11/1/12 at 10:13pm
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I like tinkering with stuff and just wanted to build one, no other reason really. I think it will eventually come down to that, I just thought if I built my own i would also get better cooling than if i just bought one, but I have yet been able to find any hard facts on this, that and any info regarding the difference between a traditional radiator core or one with copper tubing and fins.
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