Quote Originally Posted by vhaarr View Post
Hey martinm, I found a cool way to mount a pump that I'd like to try out

Check this out:


It's basically some big orings (you can buy them in all kinds of shapes and sizes for a buck in your local plumber store or whatever you have in the US!) fitted to the sides using zip ties

I'd like to try it myself but I don't have room in this cabinet hmm maybe it's time to get a MM case?!
I like it. I was actually looking for some large O-rings like that yesterday when I found my nylon spacers, but the store I was looking at didn't quite have any that big. I think any sort of suspension trick like that should work pretty goo.

Quote Originally Posted by voigts View Post
I wouldn't put a DDC on anything without having the bottom vented. I would cut out a circle in the center of the Gel Stuff under the pump and have it sitting so that the center of the pump is sitting over a case hole or something.
Yeah, they do get hot. Waterlog's link to the melting gel-stuff was enough to convince me. I think I saw some of that a long time ago, but have since forgotten. Even with the base exposed, I was measuring upwards of 55C at the base on the 35X, so insulating that can only make it worse. Lifting or suspending or some other sort of airflow trick should probably go hand in hand with any decoupling.

Quote Originally Posted by meanmoe View Post
Some traditional isolators would be cool too. I really like the lift. To take care of both problems without a pad, replace the bolts and nylon spacers with some very soft threaded isolation mounts and I bet you'd really have something there.


I would love to get some of these.
http://www.enidine.com/Industrial/CWRMain.html & http://www.enidine.com/Industrial/Wi...Isolators.html
You get isolation and a thermal path. I worked on a program that intended to use something like these to mount 'electronics'. It was a for a high-g, high-vibration, high-shock environment. If anyone knows where to get miniature wire-rope isolators retail, I'd like to know.
Oh...those are cool! Curious how well they work. Seems like metal wire would be a bit more rigid, but maybe not in a suspension system like that.