For years I've tinkered with the idea of geothermal cooling, it was finally time to execute.
Although a small scale attempt, so far results are promising.
There are three separate loops, each containing only 50 ft of copper pipe burried over 4 feet deep. Currently two PCs are connected to loops 1 and 3 and eventually my server will connect to loop 2. Copper connections are sheilded by PVC, within the PVC is the first layer of insulation for the hose connecting to the copper. Soon additional insulation will wrap the exposed PVC, still trying to figure out exactly what I want to use for this.
Two MCP-355's are able to move water at a more than acceptable flow rate through 20ft of hose and 50 ft of copper.
At this time I do not have my water temp sensors in place but CPU temps are 20C on the AMD rig, and 28C on the Intel.
Although a small scale attempt, so far results are promising.
There are three separate loops, each containing only 50 ft of copper pipe burried over 4 feet deep. Currently two PCs are connected to loops 1 and 3 and eventually my server will connect to loop 2. Copper connections are sheilded by PVC, within the PVC is the first layer of insulation for the hose connecting to the copper. Soon additional insulation will wrap the exposed PVC, still trying to figure out exactly what I want to use for this.
Two MCP-355's are able to move water at a more than acceptable flow rate through 20ft of hose and 50 ft of copper.
At this time I do not have my water temp sensors in place but CPU temps are 20C on the AMD rig, and 28C on the Intel.










