Can anyone rate the primochill Typhoon III?

[strike]

my new T3 arrived past saturday
will make some test these days off the case for some leaking test

[BoxGods]

Please check my edit above.

Yeah, even I was like ...what?

[BringerOdeath]

The weirdest thing happenned with my T3....I pulled it out of my system since it was cracked around one of the pump mounting screws where the threading had rusted on to the screw. Well, I left it out to dry while I was away from town a few days on my PC desk. I come back and the entire front half of the res is cracked in spider web like cracks, yet the back half doesn't have this at all.....Have you seen this Geno? Its a good thing I had a second pump/top and res.....I will have post pics when I get home.....Very Strange! By the way, I only used distilled water and a drop of PT nuke.

[BoxGods]

Bad juju? Kidding aside no idea beyond somebody knocking it off the desk and not fessing up.

Did you clean it? Some cleaners like windex have alcohol in them and that stuff is the Kiss of death for acrylic. Thats why I am just not a fan of injection molding clear plastics now...weak sauce for even kind of generic chemicals.

[BringerOdeath]

No,didn't clean it and I live alone with my GF. We were both gone and no one else was here.....The weird thing its only on the front half. I will post a pic later today. very weird

[Diverge]

I can see small stress cracks in my pump mounting bracket. I haven't taken out my T3 to further inspect it. But soon as the delrin T3's release, I am getting rid of this thing before it does leak or something

[washu9]

Seriously here....?
I've gotten mine cracked before I could use it last time (the early ones when they're still made in china).

I'm gonna TOTALLY get a headache if the new one they're sending me still got the same/new cracking problem.

[Barso]

Anyone in the UK received their new T3 yet?

[BringerOdeath]

This is what happenned Geno, totally weird!! Maybe a temp change when it dried out??

first the leak at the thread with the rust showing and then the surprise!!!


Notice the back half has no spiderweb cracking??

[skinnee]

I know your very busy with the new site redesign (which looks awesome btw) or I would have sent off a sample for testing. I can still if you think you can get to it faster then 2-3 months =)

Thx, but its far from finished.

Also, your comment on time lines reminds me of a saying... "Those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."

[Philwong]

This is what happenned Geno, totally weird!! Maybe a temp change when it dried out??

first the leak at the thread with the rust showing and then the surprise!!!


Notice the back half has no spiderweb cracking??

Holly....! It just self destructed on its own!!

Phil

[BringerOdeath]

Holly....! It just self destructed on its own!!

Phil

I know that's what I thought!!! Just sitting on the desk, yet only happenning on the front half? Totally f$%#$n crazy!

[Waterlogged]

Not sure if this would work or not but, if you have one, try to see if the front half of that T3 will glow a little while using a regular party style black light. I noticed the 18" UV CCFL's I have don't kick out anywhere near the power of my 4" black light florescent bulb.

[BringerOdeath]

I will try to get one from somebody and check that... Maybe the front half's plastic was mixed incorrectly in China....

[BoxGods]

This is what happenned Geno, totally weird!! Maybe a temp change when it dried out??

first the leak at the thread with the rust showing and then the surprise!!!


Notice the back half has no spiderweb cracking??

I know you said there was never any alcohol or EG in there but that looks a LOT like what happens when the acrylic is exposed to either. Again, I am not doubting you, I just have made the mistake of bending a beautiful bend into a sheet of acrylic and then without thinking grabbed the denatured alcohol to wipe it down prior to painting. There is the sound of like ice breaking slowly followed by an excessive amount of cursing.

Did you by chance clean it with windex or a baby wipe or similar? Something reacted with the plastic. Smacking it with a hammer or hurling it into the ground would generate several large fractures...not the safety glass like pattern you have.

I would maybe agree that you have a part with a massive excess of the UV stabilizer but again...wow that's just an assload of cracking...it looks like Piper Haliwell waved her hands at it.

Thx, but its far from finished.

Also, your comment on time lines reminds me of a saying... "Those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."

Or in clear plastic ones =)

I am considering machining a version of the delrin T3 designed to be only a single loop part and optimizing performance for said single loop. I just can't see anyone buying a version like that over the parallel loop version. The reality is that the single loop performance is still better then a stock D5 and even if your not using parallel loops now, having the ability to add them and the extra performance potential down the road is smarter.

I am going to try to squeeze a little more single loop performance out of the dual version as thats the real answer I guess.

[BringerOdeath]

I know you said there was never any alcohol or EG in there but that looks a LOT like what happens when the acrylic is exposed to either. Again, I am not doubting you, I just have made the mistake of bending a beautiful bend into a sheet of acrylic and then without thinking grabbed the denatured alcohol to wipe it down prior to painting. There is the sound of like ice breaking slowly followed by an excessive amount of cursing.

Did you by chance clean it with windex or a baby wipe or similar? Something reacted with the plastic. Smacking it with a hammer or hurling it into the ground would generate several large fractures...not the safety glass like pattern you have.

I would maybe agree that you have a part with a massive excess of the UV stabilizer but again...wow that's just an assload of cracking...it looks like Piper Haliwell waved her hands at it.



Or in clear plastic ones =)

I am considering machining a version of the delrin T3 designed to be only a single loop part and optimizing performance for said single loop. I just can't see anyone buying a version like that over the parallel loop version. The reality is that the single loop performance is still better then a stock D5 and even if your not using parallel loops now, having the ability to add them and the extra performance potential down the road is smarter.

I am going to try to squeeze a little more single loop performance out of the dual version as thats the real answer I guess.

No, I Didn't clean it with anything. I know about acrylics and alcohol from when I first started watercooling my PC. I think I would have done such a thing it would crack both sides I think...:P It was still crazy whne I saw it though...

[Ricardo40]

Hi all,

I brought a T3 from a e-store here in australia late last year, installed it over the christmas break and after 2 weeks it started to leak, from what appears to be the join on the right hand side. I only used distilled water and PT Nuke.
I have put in a ticket and recieved a reply and emailed the required info with no reply, how long does it take for a replacement.

Also is it ok to use Bits Power Compression fittings or do I still need to get different orings for them.

Regards

Ric

[BoxGods]

Hi all,

I brought a T3 from a e-store here in australia late last year, installed it over the Christmas break and after 2 weeks it started to leak, from what appears to be the join on the right hand side. I only used distilled water and PT Nuke.
I have put in a ticket and recieved a reply and emailed the required info with no reply, how long does it take for a replacement.

Also is it ok to use Bits Power Compression fittings or do I still need to get different orings for them.

Regards

Ric

If I had to guess (and it is just a guess) the delay is waiting on the first full run of parts from California...they should STILL answer and let you know that though.

It seems that the guys in here are having better luck with the larger (actually fatter) O ring when using the bits power fittings. Primo Chill is actually switching to the fatter O ring on their fittings too so the new ones *should* also do the trick with other fittings.

[Ricardo40]

It seems that the guys in here are having better luck with the larger (actually fatter) O ring when using the bits power fittings. Primo Chill is actually switching to the fatter O ring on their fittings too so the new ones *should* also do the trick with other fittings.

Thanks for the reply BoxGods, I'm not quite up to speed as it been a while since I read the whole thread, currently I'm using DD 1/2'' Fat Boy barbs and they seem to do the job, but i'm thinking of going compression fittings for a neater look. Will I have to replace the orings on the Bits Power compression fittings with the newer T3's, If so with what are the size of orings as these things are more difficult to source here in aust.

Also what's the expected longevity of these new T3's as pulling my water rig apart is a real pita.

Regards

Ric

[BoxGods]

Thanks for the reply BoxGods, I'm not quite up to speed as it been a while since I read the whole thread, currently I'm using DD 1/2'' Fat Boy barbs and they seem to do the job, but i'm thinking of going compression fittings for a neater look. Will I have to replace the orings on the Bits Power compression fittings with the newer T3's, If so with what are the size of orings as these things are more difficult to source here in aust.

Also what's the expected longevity of these new T3's as pulling my water rig apart is a real pita.

Regards

Ric

DB or one of the other guys in here would know better on the O rings. Once Primo Chill has all the wrinkles ironed out with the new shop in California including annealing etc the lifespan of the T3's should be longer then you will use the PC your installing it in...as we all see on the TV, plastic lasts a zillion years in landfills etc etc

[DarthBeavis]

How does a guy get some of these new T3s? who do you have to know or blow? Cause I am not gonna do the second one

[sniperbob]

How does a guy get some of these new T3s? who do you have to know or blow? Cause I am not gonna do the second one

+1. I will not perform favors, but would still like to know how to get a new one ASAP! Hoping to be able to get one before a LAN i'm heading to on May 22nd

[BoxGods]

Working on it as fast as they can I am sure. Better to do all the testing and blow some parts up first to be sure everything is as it should be...

@ DB--Have been trying to reach you on AIM DB but your never on--it looks like the Diamond Jet pump for Autopsy is NOT going to be ready in time so you need to use something else. I will fill you in next time your online.

[DarthBeavis]

Working on it as fast as they can I am sure. Better to do all the testing and blow some parts up first to be sure everything is as it should be...

@ DB--Have been trying to reach you on AIM DB but your never on--it looks like the Diamond Jet pump for Autopsy is NOT going to be ready in time so you need to use something else. I will fill you in next time your online.

my mainbox is out of order using a couple backup rigs did not install AIM. Leaving in a few minutes for my road trip to Frisco . . .

[Utnorris]

You guys should try this new invention, it's called a phone.