Jaggar

I was using this air conditioner but we had an issue with water being backed up, so we made an attempt to drill through the back corner to have a drain for the water. Turns out the copper coil is right on the back corner, horrible place to put it in my opinion but then again we should have checked first.

anyway, the coil was punctured and all the inside cooling chemicals escaped. My question is, are there parts within an air conditioner to use in a WC loop?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....ci_sku=8635765

DuckieHo

The condenser type radiators isn't very good for PC watercooling.

However, that broken AC can be fixed by patching the line and refilling the coolant. You can also convert it to a phase change unit.

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Jaggar

phase change = godly vs water cooling yeah?

DuckieHo

Phase cooling usually provides -10C to -60C load temps.

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Jaggar

assuming this air conditioner is what i need, how much in cash are we lookin at here to complete a decent phase unit.

The construction part is cool as i need something to do anyway, ill make it my personal project assuming theres a guide somewhere to help me. I honestly have no idea as to go about constructing one of these so.. yeah

DuckieHo

There are guides... but do you have experience working with metals, HVAC, or modding?

Inexperience can cause your death due to a explosion due to propane leak (assuming this will be your refrigerant).

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Jaggar

yes i myself have some experience in metal working, but since this seems like a serious issue and i really appreciate your telling me this, i have relatives that have intermediate experience with this stuff.

Plus i wanna look over what all needs to be done before plunging into anything. Ive been looking for a hobby to do and this has gotten my attention quite strongly.

All in all, id like an opinion on whether or not it would be a good choice to make an attempt to proceed. I don't want anything thats extremely unstable, but potentially unstable is different as long as certain precaution is taken.

Right now, along with the air conditioner I have a couple hundred bucks I'm willing to spend. I heard these units are quite expensive to accumulate the materials..

BiG O

There better be a worklog of some sort if you decide to do this.

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Jaggar

you bet there would be