NEW: aquaero 5 series

[theseeker]

Hi Shoggy,

Im having fun playing with the AE5 on the bench working out the best wiring and sensor setup and have found a small issue with RPM sensing on the Koolance D5 vario with RPM sensor.

I have 4 x D5's, 2 with RPM sense and they both dont report an RPM signal until I change the RPM sense calibration to 4 pulses, which means the AE5 then reports them at half speed (2400) when they are actually at 4800rpm?

When the AE5 is set to standard 2 pulses, when I first plug in the pump the RPMs are reported while the pump spins up, then at about 3000rpm RPMs AE5 report 0RPM until I adjust the pulse sense to 4 and it then shows the pump at half speed.

The PA2's report the correct RPM signal from the D5.

Is this a small bug or another dirty signal problem?

FYI for those wondering the AE5 runs a D5 all day no problem at full power, about 1300mA. I have the waterblock heatsink fitted without waterflow yet and the temp stays around 60c but climbs to 85c when running pump at minimum 7v. This means when I hook up water cooling to the block I should be able to run 2 D5s off it maybe more. I have a few PA2s but they overheat at 80c when the pumps are at running 7v so Ill probably be using AE5 to run the D5s.
Cheers

I would like to see a pic or a diagram of your setup with the AE5 and the D5's. I should be receiving my AE5 next week and I have four D5's setup in dual with EK tops.
TIA

[Phatboy69]

I would like to see a pic or a diagram of your setup with the AE5 and the D5's. I should be receiving my AE5 next week and I have four D5's setup in dual with EK tops.
TIA

Heres some bench setup pics... Im now in the middle of installing it all and last night got as far as working out layout, fitting all sensors and flushing the loops. I'll post the pics tonight after work. I have to do some serious soldering and cable work. I have decided to cut the molex power and aquabus and fan cables, and solder them to make cables shorter and tidier.

Setting up Aquaero 5 XT (AE5) before final installation...

AE5 with water block cooling (no water flow yet)
6 x PA2 Ultras (for 27 x 370mA fans)
2 x Bitspower power boards for power distribution

AE5 config so far
Fan CH 1 - Koolance FM17 flow meter
Flow CH 1 - Koolance FM17 flow meter
Fan CH 3 - D5 vario with RPM sense
Fan CH 5 - CM R4 2000RPM Fan 370mA (27 of these in the system)
Temp 1 - Temp sensor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUDe2u4hbZs