
Originally Posted by
boogle
You're kidding right? It's a CLOSED loop, flow rate will have little affect outside of extreme highs and lows. To make it simple:
A train follows a circular track that loops in on itself - like many basic trainsets. Put the station at one point. If the train does 1 lap every 10 seconds, it'll spend 1 second travelling through the station each lap.
Now if the train does 1 lap every 20 seconds, it'll spend 2 seconds travelling through the station each lap.
But here's the rub, in the first instance if you increase the time measured to 20 seconds, then it spends exactly the same amount of time in the station as the second loop.
Numbers only:
1 lap every 20secs, 2 secs in station per 20sec
1 lap every 10secs, 2 secs in station per 20sec
Ultimately the flowrate doesn't make a major difference to the time water spends in the radiator, which is why flowrate doesn't make a difference.
Flowrate makes a difference with waterblocks, not radiators.
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