mounting a ddc on its side/ upside down?

[yankee]

Can i mount a ddc sideways or upside down? any impact on flow rate?

[ownage]

[yankee]

Where'd you get that from? that answers all of my questions regarding the orientation of the pump mount! thanks!!

[ownage]

I stole it from the:Laing DDC (Swiftech MCP350/355) Names & Info thread

[rogard]

Doesnt this change though once you have a top installed?

For example I would imagine that the "red square" orientation would always be bad for the pump, but the other one with a cross through..with a top would be ok because the water isnt "falling" away from the impeller?

where's petra when ya need him

[yankee]

Good question. I mean who runs a ddc with the stock top anyways?

[hoax]

AFAIK its not about the position of the inlet/outlet...its about the impelers position... so the diagram still applys no matter what top you are using

[rogard]

hoax - can you explain why that is?

I thought it would be because the other orientations are more likely to get air pockets around the impeller and that because the water was "falling" away it would mean more wear on the impeller?

[hoax]

that just didnt come out right.. please consider it my last attempt to try explain something without full knowledge of the subject...

sorry for any confusion.. back to noob land

[rogard]

ok hoax, np.

Bump - does anyone else know the positions and effects of different orientations when a dcc has a top?

[virtualrain]

ok hoax, np.

Bump - does anyone else know the positions and effects of different orientations when a dcc has a top?

If using an aftermarket top with top inlet, you can use the orientation shown in the lower right of the diagram above as well as the others. You just can't mount the pump upside down.

[rogard]

Thanks virtualrain

[ownage]

You just can't mount the pump upside down.

Corsair mounted the DDC upside down in the Nautilus 500

[virtualrain]

Corsair mounted the DDC upside down in the Nautilus 500

I think the concern with mounting it upside down is that you can't prime it and air can get trapped in the pump impeller area and you will screw the pump since it requires liquid for lubrication (or something like that). I imagine that if you properly prime and bleed your loop with the pump upright first, you could then mount the pump upside down. Perhaps this is what Corsair did.

[C'DaleRider]

I think the concern with mounting it upside down is that you can't prime it and air can get trapped in the pump impeller area and you will screw the pump since it requires liquid for lubrication (or something like that). I imagine that if you properly prime and bleed your loop with the pump upright first, you could then mount the pump upside down. Perhaps this is what Corsair did.

Nope........Corsair ships the Nautilus empty and dry.....and the tubing from the cpu block is unattached from the rest of the unit. You cut them to fit your needed length. Then, you have to mix the Corsair Cool coolant and fill through the reservoir, just as you would any wc system you would assemble yourself. How it completely bleeds, who knows....but it does it seems.

[whattheschmidt]

sorry to thread jack but what about my MCP600?


Because I was thinking of mounting upside down in a CM Stacker...to make tube routing easy.