Custom phase change controller "Golden Froster"

[Entsafter]

How much wattage can the fan controller spend?
Is it enough to power a delta fan?

[Golden_Eagle]

You can use up to 1A in the fan output.
THere are many diferent models of Delta fans. Most of them can be used with the controllers..

[fatty]

Is there any news on the cascade controller?? I was told you may be looking into making something ??

[chilly1]

Well teh Xe's I got 6 repaired today that makes 14 left to straighten out.. so far all is well with testing.. No real lasting damage.. still awaiting DHL to aknoledge teh claim and pay for teh parts and time to fix them...

[Ssilencer]

That was incredible, I think next package will have to be double cage or a cage with an alu frame or something like that.

[Ssilencer]

Is there any news on the cascade controller?? I was told you may be looking into making something ??

Cascade controller is almost ready, it took a lot of time, more than we thought, but because of time to do other things, like the Xe.


We want to thanks Gray Mole for all his help in UK , you are a great guy !!!

[{.bLanK} GoD]

Well teh Xe's I got 6 repaired today that makes 14 left to straighten out.. so far all is well with testing.. No real lasting damage.. still awaiting DHL to aknoledge teh claim and pay for teh parts and time to fix them...

What happened to your Xe's? did the courier drop kick it to your doorstep?

[chilly1]

the box got crushed

[Carlz0r]

It´s better if you use 15v. If you use 18v, the regulator will be disipating more power without any benefit.
Controller works with 12v dc, after regulation.

If it works with 12v dc, could we not just bypass the actual power regulation and use a standard 120vac to 12v DC adapter? Or does the regulator also have other voltages?

[Golden_Eagle]

The controller needs 12v for relays and fan, 5v for the logic.
you can use 15v dc if you want. but it would be ponitless in mi opinion.

[Carlz0r]

The controller needs 12v for relays and fan, 5v for the logic.
you can use 15v dc if you want. but it would be ponitless in mi opinion.

Ahh, ok. I thought you meant that everything ran on 12v. So it just takes 15v-18v ac input?

[Golden_Eagle]

that´s right

[cdelong]

Who is selling the Controllers in the USA? Any chance of buying a Froster-X Controller (the larger LCD with 4 fan controls) from you?

Can I run it off my PC's PSU or will it require it's own power supply (and what type of power does it require)? Would it fit easiy into a Vapochill LS case?

[{.bLanK} GoD]

Who is selling the Controllers in the USA? Any chance of buying a Froster-X Controller (the larger LCD with 4 fan controls) from you?

Can I run it off my PC's PSU or will it require it's own power supply (and what type of power does it require)? Would it fit easiy into a Vapochill LS case?

Contact Chilli1 for the u.s
It requires its own power supply, the X takes a 15vac 500ma
There is only 1 fan controller on the G froster.
You can find all these answers in the last few pages of this thread.

[jinu117]

Contact Chilli1 for the u.s
It requires its own power supply, the X takes a 15vac 500ma
There is only 1 fan controller on the G froster.
You can find all these answers in the last few pages of this thread.

or no fan controller for value :P

[Carlz0r]

Well, my G-Froster Xe is ordered, just waiting for the paypal e-check to clear. Can't wait for it to get here

[cdelong]

G-Froster Xe

are the cables/header to connect to a DFI NF4 SLI-DR included? USB or serial??

[yngndrw]

are the cables/header to connect to a DFI NF4 SLI-DR included?

As far as I know, yes.

USB or serial??

Serial.

[Gray Mole]

Cascade controller is almost ready, it took a lot of time, more than we thought, but because of time to do other things, like the Xe.


We want to thanks Gray Mole for all his help in UK , you are a great guy !!!

Good news on the cascade controller I'm looking forward to seeing that happen, I'd love to use it on my cascade when it's all together

And your welcome with the help my friend

If there's any problems with the Frosters here in the UK, be it shipping 'issues' or firmware problems or whatever I'm happy to see if I can put it right and save having to send it back across the water.

Cheers

Gray

Ps. Happy birthday Ssilencer

[Ssilencer]

Good news on the cascade controller I'm looking forward to seeing that happen, I'd love to use it on my cascade when it's all together

And your welcome with the help my friend

If there's any problems with the Frosters here in the UK, be it shipping 'issues' or firmware problems or whatever I'm happy to see if I can put it right and save having to send it back across the water.

Cheers

Gray

Ps. Happy birthday Ssilencer

Thanks very much friend!
I think I will do a new thread on the cascade controller, we need some help on the routine, so people with experience in cascades can post some advice, also, as we had talk, I want to use an electronic valve, controlled by the froster in a single stage, I don't know if there is any for a single, but maybe a good feature for cascades, WRDZAL had helped us with some info, but we need some more.

Also, we want to give a free G-Froster Xe to the people in xs, dont know if as a giveaway or a contest price, maybe another thread for that too

We have another surprise for the people in xs, but we will talk about later...

[fatty]

I like surprises and realy looking forward to the cascade froster

[{.bLanK} GoD]

Yippy it's like xmas, unwrapping my G froster X
Heres all the bits


My Yummy lcd screen



The power board has a massive heatsink for a little board.



Controlboard closup



And finally the transformer (robot in disguise)



Im over the moon with the product i have received, delivery was fast (6 days).
Can't wait to get it installed.
Thanx heaps Golden and Sscilencer.

[GrossmeisterB]

What I'm always wondering about: why do you need such a massive heatsink?!!? I use an external 230VAC to 12VDC adaptor and ONE voltage regulator, no cooling needed at all, the 230VAC to 12VDC adaptor powers the fan(s), the voltage regulator all the other stuff...
Even the transistor for fan regulation doesn't need such a huge heatsink..

Just my thoughts, I dunno exactly what else you got on the board there "eating" up the power... ;-)

[SoddemFX]

I think Golden Eagle uses triacs to switch on and off the compressor, they do dissipate quite a bit of power with a few amps through them but triacs and a large heatsink are probably a lot cheaper than relays.

The 877 is such a versatile PIC, like the swiss army knife of microcontrollers

Very clean design, just looking at the main controller board you have implemented a textbook soloution to the design problem.

I dont know what pricing is like where you are Golden Eagle but in the UK there are cheaper RS-232 level convertors which work just as well as the MAX232.

Tom

[Golden_Eagle]

god I´m glad you like the controller, hope you find it useful.

soddem is right about the triacs.
the 877 is a graat controller as you said. but it´s geting a little bit obsolete from my point of view.
About the max232, we get what we can here. there´s allways some components out of stock in the stores, so we have to get some others to replace them.