Gray Mole
02-08-2006, 04:24 PM
I got a request to mod a vapo to fit to a V2000 case. I personally don't think it's a great idea to stick one in due to the pipework and normally the pipes can get kinked anyways the way that it's got to fit, so he wanted a mod done, and some other stuff at the same time.
I didn't take pics in the Vapo case, cos there's about a million pics of Vapo's and what they look like in their stock cases.
I did get some before shots of the cooling unit though.
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/1741e6d177.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/9ad873885f.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
Not easy to see in those pics, but the insulation on that flexible line had some chunks taken out of it, and he wanted some new insulation anyways along with some other fancy stuff.
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/07f2df17c0.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
That's the line redone. The red wire is the heater, and it's got to be on the outside of the sleeving if the headkit is to be removed. It'll need to be for putting the line through the hole on the V2000 case.
Black sleeving, red heatshrink. Should look a little nicer when it's installed. The foam over the line is to keep the head 100% as the bigger line insulation doesn't fit into the headkit quite as well, gives it a decent finish too.
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/42669b9e92.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
That's the new pipework for the suction line. Nice ubend in there, and the suction accumulator is now vertical. I'd rather have made it horizontal but there was no way around it. Doesn't make much difference on the unit really, just like it better that way.
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/04b16b93c4.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
Front view. I lapped and polished the evaporator as well, and will do so again after it's apart for shipping to him. it was pretty corroded. VERY shiney now, and very flat too.
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/53943cad96.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/29d3b1cb24.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
That's basically it for the mod. I added a small desuperheat coil to get the load temps down, and to balance the extra pipework on the suction as well. It's not that much really, but seems to work well.
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/8ff347b287.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
That's how it fits now into the V2000. I had one here which made the location of the condensor pretty easy. I had to redo the pipes into the condensor as well, flip them around, so the the fan could be fitted that way and the stock 120mm fan location at the front can be used on the condensor when it's fitted, making install a breeze really. No ugly cable ties :rolleyes:
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/4030089640.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
That's it with all the wires and such there. It's running and the load tester I have is fitted. 150w test, so ideal really for the XE to show what it will do.
I charged a little heavier as the 'no load' temp is pretty meaningless especially on a 12v Vapo. It's how it will hold load that really counts. I had to set the unit up to run 'full speed' all the time for testing and I'll leave it that way so he get's the best out of it. It's not really much noisier as it was already pretty quiet, and the fan is at 80% so still fairly quiet as well. He can change it later on if he wants to.
Idle temp at -31. Stock Vapo is -35 or so idle temp.
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/ed927d7bb0.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
And the temp under load is -16 after about 45min of solid load. Fluctuated from that to -17, but -16 was pretty consistent after a while. Stock VapoXE is about -13 or so at that heatload, so I was quite happy to have given a small boost to the load temps. The heavier charge should help to ensure that the higher loads don't give it a problem, and increase the overall capacity to closer to 190 watts. The extra pipework, and the small desuperheat coil, really helped to make that heavier charging possible. Keeps the compressor nice and cool as well, which helps it to last longer :)
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/8704e59bdf.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
Right, well all I need to do now is get out tomorrow and buy some aluminium plate to mount it and get it sent back to him. It's really light for a compressor, but I'm going to mount to either thin steel, or 2-3mm alu plate for fitting to the V2000. His is silver anyways, so will just be bare.
My favorite shot...
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/53943cad96.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
cos that's the side you'll see when you look at the motherboard. Hope that he likes how it turned out anyways. :D
Cheers
Gray
I didn't take pics in the Vapo case, cos there's about a million pics of Vapo's and what they look like in their stock cases.
I did get some before shots of the cooling unit though.
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/1741e6d177.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/9ad873885f.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
Not easy to see in those pics, but the insulation on that flexible line had some chunks taken out of it, and he wanted some new insulation anyways along with some other fancy stuff.
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/07f2df17c0.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
That's the line redone. The red wire is the heater, and it's got to be on the outside of the sleeving if the headkit is to be removed. It'll need to be for putting the line through the hole on the V2000 case.
Black sleeving, red heatshrink. Should look a little nicer when it's installed. The foam over the line is to keep the head 100% as the bigger line insulation doesn't fit into the headkit quite as well, gives it a decent finish too.
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/42669b9e92.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
That's the new pipework for the suction line. Nice ubend in there, and the suction accumulator is now vertical. I'd rather have made it horizontal but there was no way around it. Doesn't make much difference on the unit really, just like it better that way.
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/04b16b93c4.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
Front view. I lapped and polished the evaporator as well, and will do so again after it's apart for shipping to him. it was pretty corroded. VERY shiney now, and very flat too.
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/53943cad96.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/29d3b1cb24.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
That's basically it for the mod. I added a small desuperheat coil to get the load temps down, and to balance the extra pipework on the suction as well. It's not that much really, but seems to work well.
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/8ff347b287.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
That's how it fits now into the V2000. I had one here which made the location of the condensor pretty easy. I had to redo the pipes into the condensor as well, flip them around, so the the fan could be fitted that way and the stock 120mm fan location at the front can be used on the condensor when it's fitted, making install a breeze really. No ugly cable ties :rolleyes:
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/4030089640.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
That's it with all the wires and such there. It's running and the load tester I have is fitted. 150w test, so ideal really for the XE to show what it will do.
I charged a little heavier as the 'no load' temp is pretty meaningless especially on a 12v Vapo. It's how it will hold load that really counts. I had to set the unit up to run 'full speed' all the time for testing and I'll leave it that way so he get's the best out of it. It's not really much noisier as it was already pretty quiet, and the fan is at 80% so still fairly quiet as well. He can change it later on if he wants to.
Idle temp at -31. Stock Vapo is -35 or so idle temp.
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/ed927d7bb0.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
And the temp under load is -16 after about 45min of solid load. Fluctuated from that to -17, but -16 was pretty consistent after a while. Stock VapoXE is about -13 or so at that heatload, so I was quite happy to have given a small boost to the load temps. The heavier charge should help to ensure that the higher loads don't give it a problem, and increase the overall capacity to closer to 190 watts. The extra pipework, and the small desuperheat coil, really helped to make that heavier charging possible. Keeps the compressor nice and cool as well, which helps it to last longer :)
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/8704e59bdf.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
Right, well all I need to do now is get out tomorrow and buy some aluminium plate to mount it and get it sent back to him. It's really light for a compressor, but I'm going to mount to either thin steel, or 2-3mm alu plate for fitting to the V2000. His is silver anyways, so will just be bare.
My favorite shot...
http://www.imgbox.co.uk/uploads/53943cad96.jpg (http://www.imgbox.co.uk)
cos that's the side you'll see when you look at the motherboard. Hope that he likes how it turned out anyways. :D
Cheers
Gray