thehighlander123

i was reading something on another thread about "feser end tanks" on there rads

can anyone shed some light on this?

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ira-k

All rad's have end tanks. That's just the squarish looking tank on each end. Is that what your talking about?

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thehighlander123

well i was reading somewhere on xs (no flame please) that theres something different about feser's

i have three different rads and ive seen all the end tanks but how could fesers be any different/better?

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ira-k

I really don't know Bud, without seeing what was being said about them. I think that big "Monsta" rad of there's has a bleed screw in the end tank, just like the older PA rads had. Maybe they have some with a pass through to daisy chain rad's together or something.

The end tanks on them are made out of brass just like most rads to save a little on cost, no harm since the heat is dissipated through the fins anyway.

PM me the link if you want to and I'll see if I know what they were talking about.

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skinnee

@highlander - I know the thread you're referring to. The couple of posts were in regard to the PA120.x and MCR series using brass end tanks versus the copper end tanks used by XSPC and TFC. The TFC end tanks seem thinner than the XSPC ones, using my highly scientific flick with finger measuring system.

However, the initial question related to whether copper end tanks had a performance (heat dissipation) advantage over brass. The short answer, yes but so small that you really cannot measure it with the accuracy of the sensors we have available for the heat loads we run in a LC loop.

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ChielScape

that, and natural variables can never be eliminated enough to have a low enough effect on said measurements to actually conclude the copper helps any, instead of it being some random .1C colder air passing by coincidentially.

ira-k

Oh thats what it was, yeah its going to be minimal for sure. I stuck ram sinks all over the end tank's of a Chevette core once and pointed a fan at them and it didn't seem to help at all.

I thought the TFC came out as all copper rad, but when I was looking at DD last night to see if I could see what he was talking about they have the end tanks as a "Brass Alloy". Maybe it just has a higher copper content brass in them?

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