Reservoar like Tank-O-Matic (work in progress)

[trodas]

LANjack - now I understand your need for 100 ports

Holst - I was not that surprised at all by the crack Remember, the Tank-O-Crap got 5mm thick tube and still cracked badly... DD res got only 4mm one, but seems the material is slightly better. At least mine works well now
I used plastic barb - I was aware that at high temps, differences in expansing rate could made a problems. I find that the tape did not help me at all, the NPT thread is self-locing and work w/o the tape as well. But I discover this in my res, the DD one I used with the tape, as it come.
And one more thing - "statical" test for leak did not prove a thing. You got to test the thermal cycles, eg. from 20C make your water 60C and then back and repeat 100x
(be prepared to buy new res then )

[trodas]

It's getting better, I fixed the flue-crack-looking thing, so by beta 1 res is visually pretty fine. (I keep my alpha 1 anyway, works fine, survived pressure test as well - and the cracks are virtually invisible from half meter up away) There remain only slight glue-maps but Im just a guy - not a automat. I can't made always 100% right amount of glue...

Anyway, nice, one, is not it?

http://ax2.old-cans.com/show.php?p=r...&d=1&id=45&c=8

...and testing by almost 5 atm:

[Entity_Razer]

talk about your everyday stresstesting!

wel I'm to in a hurry to get my 100 posts because by the looks of this that for sale section is pretty sweet

Nice work dude!

BTW with what did you stick it together?

chloroform?

[trodas]

Entity_Razer - hehe, no stres now 100 posts - that took some time, tough As glue I using UHU allplast - it was choosen after many experiments as the best way to glue acrylon plexi glass (there are many typed of plexi glasses and everyone is different... tough):
This is the glue:


And now some update









...rest is there:
http://ax2.old-cans.com/galerie.php?p=res&d=1&v=v2

...and Im kinda happy with the resulting temps. They are recorded at 12:30, and the machine was folding (100% CPU load) from 8:30 + music + surfing and so on...
Damn, I beat fanlessly most of the normal WC guys with fans!!!

[Torin]

Damn, I beat fanlessly most of the normal WC guys with fans!!!

People with kits...?

[trodas]

idleuser - dunno, just Tank-O-Crap Maybe this is already rev1.1, but I don't know. I definitively mnever ever believe anymore in res, witch combine metal and plexi glass in such critical case as the top/bottom seal is It cansed me nightmare, as everyone now well know...
As you can see the cracks, it just happen when I tightening it, when it leak and leak and leak...
Futhermore, as you can see, even the internal tubes get damaged, so - mixing highly expandable alluminium with plexi glass is definitively bad idea. Not talking about how much Tank-O-Crap restricting the flow


caLume - thanks I trying my best


Torin - well, not only these. What is your clock and temperature afeter 8h of 100% load? (fold, prime + work) ...?


And now a little update. I trying to manage trully working solution, so it means that I have to test the res before shiping it
I first tried the testing my long water culumn, however the resulting pressure is small, and in the end, into the res stay some dirt from the dry water So I come up with this:





At first, I did not used the clamps, because the used DangerDen tubing is IMPOSSIBLE to insert by hand on the barbs, so I tought it's not necessary to use clamps. At first, I want to test the pressure w/o res, of course. So I started pumping and pressure go up. At about 1.8 atm the hose with manometer just fly out of the brass
I still do not realized what Im up to.
So, I added clamps and pressure can go up and up... but WTF?! My pump hardly can manage anything over 4 atm! I was seriously disapointed.
But then I realized that average pressure in car tires are 2.1- 2.2atm, and I get a bit shocked about it...
It's the same pressure, as in normal radiators in room, for example.
No res on Earth could must manage this - this is a bit overkill

So i sink the res in basin, and try the pressure as much, as it can go. Sadly, at about 0.75 to 1.25atm the top cap start leaking boubles, so ïn most cases, the leak test of the res body is limited to a little over 2atm.
The top cap is not intended to be as hermetic, and considering the mentioned usage, it can work as pressure safe release
After all, I did not know about single WC loop where pressure can reach such values

http://ax2.old-cans.com/show.php?p=r...9&c=8&d=1&v=v2