experiments in water cooling a mach/vapo

Well mach or LS were never charged or tuned with this in mind so you might end up having problem :P Try it on freezing day... grab it out side and try to put some load through overclocking... it might just fail over.

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Originally Posted by jinu117

Well mach or LS were never charged or tuned with this in mind so you might end up having problem :P Try it on freezing day... grab it out side and try to put some load through overclocking... it might just fail over.

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Assuming a re-gas/re-tune though the effect would be the same, yes? Likely improved by submerging the condensor for the added dissipative surface?

http://www.net7.info/1/watercooledmach/DSC00884.jpg

What T fitting do you use at the end connections and what did you use to fill the 1/4" gap between the 2 pipes?

Looks like silver solder, and 1/2" in the 1/2" T, and 3/8" in the 1/2", and then the 1/4" in the 3/8".

all most

lead on the water jacket (the 1/2 and the hx tees) very low water pump pressure

and silver on the refrigeration (the 1/4 pipe that runs thro the hx with the refrigerant in it)which is high pressure

there was no need to wast silver on the water side as there is very lil pressure from the water


i would suggest if any one does not understand what i have just said
and is making one of these water hx

you should just use silver for the hole hx construction

^ lol better safe than sorry XD

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Originally Posted by bazx

all most

lead on the water jacket (the 1/2 and the hx tees) very low water pump pressure

and silver on the refrigeration (the 1/4 pipe that runs thro the hx with the refrigerant in it)which is high pressure

there was no need to wast silver on the water side as there is very lil pressure from the water


i would suggest if any one does not understand what i have just said
and is making one of these water hx

you should just use silver for the hole hx construction

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I would suggest that anyone that dosnt understand what you said should find a new hobby... Even my g/f understood what you mean after looking at the piccie and she didnt even know there were more than one type of solder before like a minute ago! lol

I might give this a try :D
Owen

would this same setup work well with a chiller setup?

im thinking about using 2 plate HX's.... one to cool hot gas and the other as the evap.

i'd be using a hwlabs gtx560 to cool the hot side and im wanting the cold side to cool an OCed i7 and full cover mobo.

just wondering if this would be worth trying.

I know this is an old project now but am constructing my own water cooled condenser as a replacement for the Vaporchill condenser (inadequate for an i7), and was eager to hear of the final results after adding to a water cooled system??