[tuchan]

This will be very interesting as mine seemed to be a bit of a failure for reasons I have now rectified. Good luck and lots of progress reprts\\pics please

As for a pump, you could look into the pond pump idea, submergable, heaps of grunt and cheaper. gees I was using a 1600LPH job. If the chiller gets happening again if I dont go drirct die, the compressor and (slush box) will be located maybe outside with insulated pipes running to and from. No noise at all

I put a garden hose on the pump and put the hose over the top of the house and it pumped water no worries. Enjoy.

 

[tuchan]

You can buy insulated foam style tubing disigned for this sort of application, usually used by refridgeration machanics. I got mine for a minimal price in 1 meter lengths and just cut or added to suit. There is a hole already down the center to slide your tube through. Very easy and available in a plumbing section at a good hardware store. (here anyway)

 

[tuchan]

gees how good is it working with clean and new gear!!! Hows the progress going now, take it easy with the pipes, dont bust one open like I did! How noisy is the fan, I replaced mine with a regular ceiling fan and it is very quiet, quieter than my radiator fans for the watercooling rig. Also another cheap mod. I also read somewhere on the forum that it is a good idea to take all of the fins off the condenser and give it a paint??? not sure about this mod though???

 

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Originally Posted by hvacgaspiping Hey Wowza, If you don`t want to scramble the compressor, you need to be careful about letting the frostback get past the accumulator and into the compressor. That`s the job for the accumulator (that little black expanded bulb in the suction line returning to the compressor). Running that compressor with no heat load on it, ie without heat transfer of the water, is extremely hard on it. It would only take a half dozen or so times of your name written in frost to knock out the compressor. Also, do NOT remove any fins from the condenser; I gave that advice in an earlier thread about the evaporator that another guy was going to immerse in his reservoir. I see you removed the fan blade that was going to the evaporator; good move, `will cut down on the air noise. You`re on the right track. You can get some Armaflex (brand) sheet closed cell rubber insulation at most refrigeration supply houses. Even though these places are wholesale, I think they will still sell this to you, as that would be no threat to the tradesmen competition wise. `Same goes for the Armaflex pipe insulation, which comes in varying thicknesses and I.D.s. If you`re going to run your refrigerant piping any distance over 20 feet, you need to vapor seal each joint of pipe insulation. Black duct tape will be good enough, unless you want to use spray on contact glue. A better evaporator to immerse in the water was shown in the earlier thread, which consisted of a specially coiled copper tube specifically made for this type of setup. But to do this you need to be prepared to do some refrigeration work, which would take the right tools and materials (freon-22, refrigerant scale, torch, vacuum pump, copper couplings,refrigerant access taps w./schrader valves, 15% silv-floss, and the skills and know to use them). If you have any more questions relating to this topic, ie refrigeration and chillers, let 38 years of experience give you a hand.

Can't complain about that, good work mate!!

 

[tuchan]

This is looking very promising, talk about a very good clean compact design!! Good work mate, you could even build some sort of box to house this set-up in.
I hope this works out very well, good luck mate!

Keep up the great work.

 

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Did you get a hold of any insulation yet?
This is looking good mate, cheers for the pics

 

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Originally Posted by timsvpr so how is this going to hook up to your computer. I think thats the bottom line question.

The cool liquid just pumps through the water block.

 

[tuchan]

How is this going mate, everything still gong to plan? Any more updates on ya progress?

 

[tuchan]

I hope you get temps like that, what are you using for thermal paste? the arctic ceramique.

 

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Originally Posted by wowza Hadn't planned on using anything, the dielectric grease and all that crap will be overwelming.. mabye the ceramique, or the stuff they use on the vapo kits. Edit: This is what i'm talking about Tuchan link

Yes that is what I am talking about. My chiller failed because of two things I am thinking. Firstly I didn't have the correct paste to seat the very cold block on the cpu with (coudn't sourse it but have since), I think the As5 was just not coping with the cold and 2: I wasn't using enough paste. I have learnt to use more with my particular block, especially when I am running the TEC. The clamping pressure you apply on the cpu will also make a difference to the point of even 10C. When my block is too tight it seems to squeeze all the paste out and underperforms. Loosen it off so I can just wiggle it a little and it seems to be happy. That applies to only using water for cooling, no chiller and no TEC.

 

[tuchan]

Looking forward to these temps mate

good luck!!!

 

[tuchan]

Post how cool it gets after an hour

Looking very promising so far!!

 

[tuchan]

Looking good mate!! How far is the computer going to be from the chiller? When I was playing with mine I only had a very minimal drop in temps from the pipes being 2 meters long to a rediculous 20 meters or more as I was playing with the garden hose with the chiller in the shed and the rig inside

LOL Was getting pretty good flow at the time though. Must have been the full 1600 - 1700 LPH though.

 

[tuchan]

Good to see it all up and running Wowza

How do you monitor your load temps if the mobo doesn't do it. What is the chilled liquid temp?