The adventure begins....

[thenrz]

Here's a couple quick pictures. It doesn't look like much progress, but it actually is... .

These are all with my cell phone because I think my parents kidnapped my digital camera. The quality is terrible, so these are the only three that are even worth a look. I'm going to fill the system up with water again so you guys can see the beast in action. At this point, I'm going really in depth into the wiring so that the panel is perfect. I've been shocked before, and it's not happening again.


The system put together....kinda




The evap forming two distinct chambers so that all the water returning from the loop has to be cooled:




A horrible image of some of the switches.....

[[XC] MarioMaster]

i kinda hate radioshack, their selection of parts has just gotten smaller and smaller, some of the stores in my area don't even sell the electronic parts anymore

[epion2985]

bah! I take it back, turns out ice is much better conductor then I thought. All your water would frezze eventually int he rez and then it would rupture from expanding ice Although it would depend on how dence the ice is depending on how cleanly it froze depending on how much air is in the ice.

[thenrz]

Yeah, once the ice had formed around the evap, it began to freeze faster. BTW, the box won't rupture, it's made to withstand chemical attack and impact at -40C.

Oh, and a fun little quick question for you guys. I have an extra pump that I want to wire in to run water through my old rad with a fan on it for a burst of mid game cooling . Would this cause a huge problem?

[Xeon th MG Pony]

you don't understand, with ice it is machanicle, it distroys mountains will sheer the stongest of steels, crack conreat, there is litle that can withstand the force of expansion of water freezing with a solid steel box it would be bent out wards your box is open at the top so it would bulge upward, but my ruptur the sides.

Simply put don't let it freeze lol

[rogueagent6]

you don't understand, with ice it is machanicle, it distroys mountains will sheer the stongest of steels, crack conreat, there is litle that can withstand the force of expansion of water freezing with a solid steel box it would be bent out wards your box is open at the top so it would bulge upward, but my ruptur the sides.

Simply put don't let it freeze lol

I think what he meant to say is that the internal box is flexible therefore it will not rupture. Put a 20oz bottle of watter in the freezer and let it freeze, the bottle will expand without breaking... Kind of like his res.

[Nefilav]

Well thats the problem...plastic yields, a solid metal box does not.

[n00b 0f l337]

A solid metal box isnt as solid as you think.

[Xeon th MG Pony]

plastic only streatches so far, if it can it will, that simple, again thats not an issue if you don't let it happen., thats all I am saying, do not let it freeze on your coils

[thenrz]

heh, water was only to see if it still worked....

the next time it will have denatured + water.....60/40 or 70/30?

[SexyMF]

Just a heads up, I tried using glass-wool insulation (its called Pink-Bats here). It sucks up all the moisture and turns into a horrible mess. Grab some expanding spray foam to replace it.

[epion2985]

Just a heads up, I tried using glass-wool insulation (its called Pink-Bats here). It sucks up all the moisture and turns into a horrible mess. Grab some expanding spray foam to replace it.

No offence meant but,

No sh** sherlock

I wouldnt recomend putting methanol in syrofoam container either while on the subject.

[Xeon th MG Pony]

or just use blu cyanoboard.

[thenrz]

I was just lookin at the start of this thread, and all of my picutres are gone! I'll try and go and recon my digital camera and get those back on here...


Here's an update -

I finished cutting and assembling the ply + perf sheet metal sides.
They're not perfectly rounded edges, but when I get some black piant it'll blend right in....

[Xeon th MG Pony]

Ooo purdy!

[thenrz]

I'm hopin to get the actually chilelr done this week. The wiring will come next, and will be done faster because I don't have to screw the garage up everytim e I work on it....

[thenrz]

Well, with work and everything, I'm definately falling behind on where I wanted to be. I haven't touched the chiller since last week. I keep drawing up new wiring diagrams at work during my lunch break, and I keep running into the same problem. When the power is run from the wall, I want to only switch one pole. The ground will be routed to a plate which will have each electronic attached. Now, here's where your guys' experience comes in. Which terminal will I need to do all of my main wiring to? Everything will be wiring and capped and solders will be insulated to prevent shock etc. I want to be completely safe about this.

[Xeon th MG Pony]

remember you all ways switch the hot, leave nutural and ground un- altered

----N---------Device
----G---------Device
----H-Fuse-Switch-Device

[thenrz]

OK, so the hot is wired up, and the neutral and ground just must be connected to the device?

[Xeon th MG Pony]

ya, that way the device is well earthed and any electrical fualt the hot will go to ground or neutrol and not you, and if the fuse is blowen the whole device will be disconected from any live power mains.

[thenrz]

I have an exciting update. I just bought an Iwaki MD-20R. Now, I have a Via Aqua that I can basically trash with the cold temps, but I found this pump for a great price so I jumped on it. For the money, it was probably the best upgrade I could do to the system. I'm sure epion will be happy .

[Nefilav]

Z, X or just plain MD20?

[thenrz]

Z, X or just plain MD20?

I wish it was the rz, but it's just the r

[Nefilav]

R will be good if theres no antifreeze involved, too slushey for good flow rates. Denatured alcohol or methanol is a better alternative to antifreeze.

[thenrz]

R will be good if theres no antifreeze involved, too slushey for good flow rates. Denatured alcohol or methanol is a better alternative to antifreeze.

yeah, I'm using denatured + water, so it should work really well.