Help With My 5200 BTU Air conditioning

[NesQuiK]

yay , i finally got some pics . sorry for the quality

first , here is the ac at normal


here is my beatiful rig before it gets all nasty with all those tubes neoprene and stuff around everywhere in it
its a :
p4 2.4c m0 ,doing 270fsb (3.24ghz) on air
SP94+80mm Tornado on cpu
IC7-Max3 mobo no vmodd
KHX3500 able to do ddr500 2-2-2-5 (250fsb 1:1)
Built by ATI 9800pro flashed to xt doing 445/380 stock cooling
not vmodded to
Antec 400w power supply
WD Raptor 36.6g ( only one , cant do raid yet )
some intake fans around in the case and useless stuff u dont need to know :P


heres the AC after 5mins


heres the AC after 10mins




oh yeah and i wanna know what is that exactly ?

[Gary Lloyd]

For starters, you don't want that front squirrel cage fan. Take a hacksaw and cut off the shaft right up close to the motor.

The suction line comes out of the evap at the top, drops down, does a U turn, and back up. Where it goes back up, the long vertical pipe, you want that pipe to swing around up against the back of the evap. Be very slow and careful moving it there. The weak point is where the suction line connects to the evap. You don't want to put a lot of stress on that connection. At the same time, you will have to unbend the horizontal 90 degree bend above and to the left of the compressor. Take it slow, a little at a time. And wait until it is all room temp before you start bending.

Also, move that white box at the lower left, so we can see what is behind it.

[Gary Lloyd]

oh yeah and i wanna know what is that exactly ?

That is the sensing bulb for the thermostat. The thermostat shuts off the A/C when the air temp is cold enough. If you follow its tube back to the thermostat, you will see two wires. You want to connect those two wires together so that it runs continuously.

Unplug the power cord first, though.

[NesQuiK]

ok thanks , i know way better now

[Gary Lloyd]

In the above pic: Hold the 90 degree bend at the outlet of the evap with one hand. Your goal with that hand is to not allow the 90 to move. With the other hand, grip the bottom of the U, twisting it to the right. If you have a tubing bender, make a 45 degree bend to the right, in the bottom of the U.

The vertical tube doesn't need to be all the way against the evap, just close enough to get both tube and evap inside the reservoir. I'm assuming you are using the slim Rubbermaid cooler for a reservoir, such as is shown in the "Chiller ac unit" thread in the stickies.

[Gary Lloyd]

Hmmmmm... Actually, if I were using my tube benders, I would turn that U into almost a V, but that would be a little tricky, and you probably don't have a bender.

[Gary Lloyd]

Hmmmm... I'm thinking we might be able to make a small bend in the vertical tube coming down from the evap, swinging the bottom of the U towards the front.

Probably the first move should be to unbend the 90 above and to the left of the compressor, then see what is needed from there to fit the reservoir.

Take pics each step of the way, so we can see your progress, and show others how to do it, as well.

[NesQuiK]

wow im all lost with ure V and U and 90 degree and 45 degree . can u make a before / after drawing of what u mean ?

[jamaljaco]

Originally posted by NesQuiK
wow im all lost with ure V and U and 90 degree and 45 degree . can u make a before / after drawing of what u mean ?

for now I would just cut off that squirl cage fan at the shaft and create more room to work ,also lets see a pic of your res so we know what we are bending into.

[NesQuiK]

how do i cut that , or can i just remove it by unscreweing it ?

and im thinking about the same as Pimpsho or the other guy in Chiller/AC unit sticky thread . its red and its a beer cooler i think

[jamaljaco]

Originally posted by NesQuiK
how do i cut that , or can i just remove it by unscreweing it ?

and im thinking about the same as Pimpsho or the other guy in Chiller/AC unit sticky thread . its red and its a beer cooler i think

yea , you can remove the fan then cut the shaft back flush with a hacksaw.you don't want the shaft rubbing up against you res and making a hole.