LiquidFrostbyte

[morbidj]

haha, no kidding but right on that you got a new one.

[OCme]

i got a new res today; it's a igloo 2gal cooler from walley world

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i tried to make a bulkhead fitting but i couldn't get it to seal very well... so i went to Patco, a liquid fittings specialty store here in town & bought a 5/8"x5/8" male JIC bulkhead fitting & 2 - 3/4" ID o-rings. this will give me a liquid tight seal for fluid transfer. cost of the bulkhead fitting and o-rings was $5.97

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here is a pic of the bulkhead fitting installed

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and a perfect fit on the inside

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here is a pic of the pump attached to the res before insulating everything. this is the one place in your cooling loop that u can use a larger connection for better performance

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i want to incorporate the pump & res as part of the chiller so i got to thinking of a way to extend the platform on the back of the chiller. i went to home depot and found these 2 green 9x9 drainage greats on sale for $1.67ea, the guy said they discontinuing the green ones

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i will be joining the two drainage greats with JB weld tonight and bar clamping them together. then i'll bolt through them on each end in the middle. this will make the platform for the pump and res to sit on behind the chiller... hey chilly1 you'll know where i'm going with all this what do ya think?

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Originally posted by WeStSiDePLaYa
LOL i cant believe they actually replaced the pump. did they ask what the hell you were doing to make it melt?

LOL yea... i told her it musta been defective or something... she said you poor dear would you like to try another, i said ummm... ok!

[chilly1]

Looks good, if you look in the back of the chiller you will see another one of those 9 inch wide grids.

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Originally posted by chilly1
Looks good, if you look in the back of the chiller you will see another one of those 9 inch wide grids.

yea at first i was gonna attach 1 of the drainage greats to the one u put in the back of the chiller but it came up a little short. two of them together gave me just the right distance w/ the fan & pump sitting up under the shell over tube HX. the outlet and the res r the only parts that will be sticking out the back, about 10” from the back of the case. the platform has been glued & bolted & bar clamped in position. i will spray-paint it black to match the chiller case tomorrow after the JB weld sets up tonight.

[Ssilencer]

I dont think that this fan make any diference, just putting the pump out of the water without insulation will work.
If the pump did not have enough power to flow the liquid it will melt or just break again, you cannot disipate anything with plastic.
I used to had a danner mag 7 in my last WC system, 4 hours working and you cannot touch it without burning your finger.
I think the mag5 dont go as hot as the 7, use denaturated and it will do it well.

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i leak tested the pump and the res last night and the mag 5 pump would not seal at the face and when i tried to tighten the screw where it was leaking the post cracked. at this point i am through w/ the mag 5 pump. i'm not going to return this one though because the woman at the pet store was so nice about taking the last one back that i'm going to eat it and chalk it up to experience. i just had too much trouble w/ this pump trying to run it inline. if you want to dump it in a res and use it as a submersible pump it will probably work ok, if you don't mind the extra heat it will add to the cooling loop. the good thing is that the bulkhead in the res works great! and the fan did keep the pump cool...

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i had an eheim 1048 pump from an old water cooled rig lying around so i hooked it up. it only moves 158 GPH but then it only generates 10 watts of heat & this pump is quiet... so quiet that i have to get my ear down next to it to make sure it is running & the best part is no leaks!

[S_I_N]

sweet kkep us posted with pics and updates. Looking good so far. I had to reinsulate my block and lines saturday was getting some dripps here and there od condensation. should be better now I noticed a 3c drop in temps

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Originally posted by S_I_N
sweet kkep us posted with pics and updates. Looking good so far. I had to reinsulate my block and lines saturday was getting some dripps here and there od condensation. should be better now I noticed a 3c drop in temps

sounds good S_I_N... i hope i get mine going soon, maybe by this weekend if the mastic i ordered comes in this week

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here is a pic of my eheim hooked up and running of my back patio for a leak test... i went to move the pump a little and the face plate on the front of the pump almost came off. i really don't think this pump is very safe for what i'm using it for. even though it is quiet it has seals at the inlet and outlet and the face comes off too easy & really doesn't have the enough head pressure to move liquid through the chiller loop and two blocks with the force i would like to see it have.

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that left me with one pump left to try that i had on hand, my swifttech MCP600, i think this pump is really better suited for what i'm trying to do... there is plenty of head pressure to push the alcohol through the cooling loop and 2 WB's, there r no seals at the inlet & outlet and it's very quiet almost as quiet as the eheim 1048 pump, and best of all it is 12v only requires 5-10 watts to operate. i leak tested it last night and it passed with flying colors. i tested it with my computer power-supply, but today i'll be going to radio shack and buying a 10-12 watt power supply just for the pump so i can operate it separate from my computer.

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here is the 12v 1000ma power supply i got @ radio shack for $18.00. i'll be using this to power my swiftech mcp600 rev2 pump.

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i also found some sturdy shelving that they were closing out @ my local sears for $9.97... what a deal!!! this will make it easy to get @ everything & fine tune the chiller to load. i had to notch out the back shelf for the entire platform to fit. you can see i have also insulated the pump & the line going from the outlet of the pump to the inlet of the chiller w/ rubatex.

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sealed the back of my mb tray with two different materials 3m scotchfil & cork insulation tape.

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i first put down a layer of 3m scotchfil, pinching the sides together as i went. then i put down a layer of cork insulation tape going the opposite direction, pinching the edges together as well.

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the build up of these two layers gave me exactly the right heigth i needed to fill this area & seal out condensation.

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i turned my attention to the back of my asus p4p 800 deluxe mb next. to seal the back of it i used 3m vinyl mastic pads.

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the pads have a peal off back that adhere to the back of the mb nicely. they also have interlocking edges to help seal out moisture. i went a step further by using electric tape of all the seams.