Cascade 5 (2 Stage GPU)

[noobzed]

wooh this is an incredible clean build, no doubt perfomance will be as high as the unit is clean, the most sharp builder around here bazx.

[[XC] gomeler]

Those boxes are just painted fiberboard right?

[Pete]

Those boxes are just painted fiberboard right?

Insualted and then with some PVC pipe for the copper and insualtion to pass over and in

[bazx]

Insualted and then with some PVC pipe for the copper and insualtion to pass over and in

yep thats it

the board used is MDF

glued and nailed and painted

[bazx]

I se now after some looking that the filter is mounted the wrong way! should never be mounted that way!
filters is ment to be horisontal or with stream down true the drier/filter, not upwards.. that have several reasons, first is to make sure only liquid refrigrant is passing true drier/filter. The drier doesn't work proper with gas and the mud from brazing etc doesn't stay in the filter as it ment to be when the filter is mounted with stream upwards.

this is easy to fail on, nothing unusual.

Just a my 2 cents.. otherwise, really nice build

tim i see you make a habit of not doing your research this is the second time you have posted here in this thread and made a statement without knowing fully what you are taking about

filter is mounted the wrong way! should never be mounted that way!

i also see from you profile that you are studying to become a " Master of Engineering"

a good Engineer would only make a public statement like this if they were 100% sure of what they were saying

below is taken from the sporlan website

Catch-All Filter-Driers may be installed in any position, with top or
bottom feed

However, it is advisable to mount replaceable core
models horizontally so that foreign material cannot drop into the

the filter-drier i have fitted is not a "replaceable core" and even if it were
it is only advisable that i mount it horizontally

baz

[Xeon th MG Pony]

Tim, this is a thermal static system, as such, placement is irrelevant as there will be a solid liquid coulomb to the valve no matter what as assured via the receiver.

If this where a cap tube system you'd have a snow balls chance in hell of having a leg to stand on, even then a correctly built system at running temp it is still irrelevant as to the F/Ds placement!

[SexyMF]

Very nice work. It looks like a sled

[bazx]

Very nice work. It looks like a sled

lol you spotted the wooden runners then

i could never get my hands underneath so i jacked it up a bit

[G H Z]

Beautiful, hard to top this build

[n00b 0f l337]

Again very very nice, I particulary like your little mounts and stuff for holding stuff up. You make them urself?

[kayl]

shes coming alive, cant waits to see her frost bazx
i specially like the flex suction lines, very clean

[Duh]

will you be able to close the whole unit? as I see the fiber board boxes coming a bit out of the metal sheet under..

lovely unit!!!

[Pete]

He said the unit is not going in case as he will be using to test a lot of kit

READ THE TOPICS PLEASE....ALL!!!!!!!

[Duh]

He said the unit is not going in case as he will be using to test a lot of kit

READ THE TOPICS PLEASE....ALL!!!!!!!

sorry dude, I spotted that part.. no need to answer like that.. same thing can be said in a better way and achieve the same objective

[bazx]

as talked about earlier i will be trying out some water cooling on the first stage DSH coil

here is the cooler i will be trying out its a coolmaster all in one unit i used for cpu 2 years ago

i have made up a stand for it so it will sit above the cascade

[bazx]

and here is the new 1st stage compressor LG NJ362

[Fhqwhgads6680]

hey baz wouldn't you be worried about the water condensing some of the refrigerant before it hits the codenser? I guess that wouldn't be a problem as long as the desup is aboce the condenser so any liquid would fall down towards the condenser hey. Nice updates!

[Jack]

Looking better every day!

[bazx]

hi tom thanks for the input

in this case the DSH is for the 1st stage as i have increased the compressor size quite a bit and i was unsure if the condencer i am using will be enough

also i am experimenting with water cooling in phase units of late and interested to see how it fairs

[Pete]

I just got my :banana::banana::banana: packet out and OMG thats huge! I like it alot Baz!!

Oh and when i saw the rear end of that WC unit i was hang on a WC'd PSU, not Baz! LAMAO

Can't wait to see this dude. Sorta a benching/test/sample/idea creation cascade. How manny elements can be entered all in one case.

Yes i am thinking dark and deep today heheh

[bazx]

just finished up fitting the new compressor and water cooled coiled DSH

its made from 5/16 copper in 1/2 copper pulled around a cylinder of R23

still have to make up a mount for the DSH






as you can see from the pic the new compressor is very large

[runmc]

Very nice buddy - coaxial condenser for first stage desuperheater. I hope the water cooler works well or you can boil hotdogs with that compressor

Your builds compare to Cold_Ice in perfection.

[bazx]

Very nice buddy - coaxial condenser for first stage desuperheater. I hope the water cooler works well or you can boil hotdogs with that compressor

Your builds compare to Cold_Ice in perfection.

hehe hot dogs would be nice in the winter


if this unit is to small i will fix a pond pump the rain trap outside the shed

its a 50 gallon that should do it lol

[n00b 0f l337]

Very very very beautiful work bazx, nice paint job, as well as great plumbing. The higher content silver braze looks great everywhere as well.

[n00b 0f l337]

5/16 in 1/2? Yeah that is perfect, 3/8" is too tight and 1/4" is a bit loose but works. I do like 3/16" in 3/8" as well.