"Personalized" Radiator Testing on the Torture Rack

[eth0s]

Awesome testing Shazza!

I have a feeling that as your testing methodology gets better and better, you may find yourself rivaling the testing "greats" that we all know and love.

My main point: I think you have communicated something important here, even with this preliminary test: This thread shows just how important ambient air temps are to so-called "water cooling". Your "sine-wave" graphs are really great: they really show the effects of the AC cycling on and off in your garage! I don't think anybody has demonstrated that before (I have never seen a graph showing changes in ambient air temps before). I realize that it was not your intention to show how sensitive the water temp is to the ambient air temp, but I think it is great data for everybody to see! (It may sound quite obvious to you and me, but there are plenty of people out there who still don't seem to understand the point that the performance of your "water cooling" system is entirely dependent on the ambient air temp.) Again great work! I think we have a new tester to rely on, in addition to Martin, Skinnee, Vapor, Bundymania and HESmelaugh! (or at least I do anyway.)

One last point: I think you also showed that the venerable old MCR320 is still a great performing radiator! I am impressed at how well it did in your tests. (I have an old MCR320, but I haven't used it for years, and I have instead preferred to use the more expensive competitors, but I am re-thinking that idea, because of this post! [Note: Just so you know I am not a shill for Swiftech: I am still mad at Gabe for selling me that friggin' Apogee GTX with an aluminum top! What the heck was he thinking when he made that? And what was I thinking when I bought it? Shame on you Gabe for selling that turd!])

Thanks Shazza, and keep up the good work!