Flow Meters-Do you use one?

[theseeker]

I have always used a flow meter in my low flow systems. Now that I am joining the high flow club I was curious to know if any one uses one and what brands. TIA

[NaeKuh]

I have always used a flow meter in my low flow systems. Now that I am joining the high flow club I was curious to know if any one uses one and what brands. TIA

pish high flow club is your enterance requirement for this forum :rofl:

You need to join the high PSI club, and not the high flow club. :rofl:

[warriorpoet]

I've never used one. I still "bucket test" my loops before final assembly :)

[headala]

I used a swissflow for a while, will put it in my new build, along with a mechanical flow indicator in the secondary loop. Just like to look over and see something moving!

[Taylor01]

I had a Zalman I threw in their one time, But I so a high flow the little thing inside it would rattle like crazy. It was a real pain to remove it. I would say to skip the flow meter.

[Sadasius]

I use no flow meter but what I do is special..... I use a roofing nail and turn on the pump and if it goes through the wall I am good to go! :up: But seriously just never needed one really. With two pumps I kind of figured flow was good.

[skinnee]

I have several for the LC Test Bench, but not in my regular loops.

2 King Instruments 7520's .5-5 GPM 10" Scale
1 King Instruments 7530 1-10GPM 10" Scale

[Eddie3dfx]

fyi aqueros can be programmed for innovatek flow sensors, but not for crystal fontz.
Crystalfontz can read the swissflow sensor.

[NaeKuh]

http://www.koolance.com/press/pr/tms-200_sneakpeek.html

the TMS-200

im actually waiting for it.

[sniperbob]

ya, the tms-200 looks like an interesting software/hardware package, looking forward to seeing the entire package. And, no I have never used a flow meter in my systems, although I have thought about it.

[MrBean]

I use a Swissflow 800 series industrial flowmeter, same as Headala - they work very well, inline, and low flow restriction ;)

[Snyxxx]

I use the RPM cable of the DDC pump to conenct to the bigNG/sensorbus flow meter 3-pin connection. The "impulse" are then interpreted as flow rate.

[joecop120]

I use the koolance on my D5 loop, since the D5 has no tach output.

[DeathWalking]

I use the RPM cable of the DDC pump to conenct to the bigNG/sensorbus flow meter 3-pin connection. The "impulse" are then interpreted as flow rate.How can you turn RPM into GPM?

[theseeker]

http://www.koolance.com/press/pr/tms-200_sneakpeek.html

the TMS-200

im actually waiting for it.

Looks like a bad copy of Aquasuite to me. Just my 2 cents.

[Martinm210]

No, I use two. Two Kings for me please...:D
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/5986/worklog13op4.jpg

[theseeker]

No, I use two. Two Kings for me please...:D
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/5986/worklog13op4.jpg

Martin,
I feel like I have been anointed by the H20 Gods! Unfortunately, I cannot fit those into my TJ07. Any other suggestions?
Rocky

[Martinm210]

Martin,
I feel like I have been anointed by the H20 Gods! Unfortunately, I cannot fit those into my TJ07. Any other suggestions?
Rocky

LOL!

Honestly, you really don't need a flow meter for anything other than testing purposes. I like them just as an indication that everything is flowing A-OK, but you can get that same effect with a reservoir that's visible.

If it's just a rough estimate you're looking for, you might consider taking apart one of these ebay meters. They are cheap enough and you could have fun tearing apart the LCD and putting it somewhere more custom.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=166859&highlight=digiflow

The swissflo meters are more likely more accurate for compact measurement, but the restriction is pretty high.

Using a pressure meter is another way to give you indication of flow, or you can simply wire in an RPM sensor and have speedfan monitor/shutdown if your goal is protection.

Flow meters actually are pretty boring if you're not changing parts around frequently.

I just became fond of the King as it was one of my first testing tools and served me well.:up:

[basserdan]

The only reason for one, for me, is as a device to tell my pc to shut down on loss of flow detection when I'm not around. Alternatively, a pump with an rpm sensor(D5 Basic or a DDC). I couldn't find such a thing that didn't take a big hit in flow. Koolance has a pretty nice device; http://www.koolance.com/water-cooling/product_info.php?product_id=740 for cheap, and might do well with a 3/8" tubed system but, is probably restrictive for 1/2".

[Snyxxx]

How can you turn RPM into GPM?

I used the 5-gallon bucket test with my finished rig to measure the actual flow rate of my system.

I then adjusted in the software the impulses per minute until the gallons/minute matched my actual.

I posted a few threads on this a long time ago.

[naokaji]

I've had a flowmeter in the past, along with a aquaero, inline temp measurement, all such fancy bling bling stuff...

but what does it matter? I can achieve the same result without it, visible acrylic res so I can check there is flow, rpm monitor cable from the pump connected to cpu fan header to monitor the pump function / shutdown in case of pump failure and a simple fan controller to adjust the performance / noise ratio.

Same result, not even half the price.