First watercooled SS by piotres

[piotres]

Hello

It's mine first liquidcooled SS . Very simple unit, medium size rotary compressor and plate HX (20 plates) . R507 freon .

Member of this forum ordered it because he got already in house chiller made from AC unit producing around +5C liquid . So can get a nice boost .

Specs :
Compressor:TECO KETC176ELBC-A
Evap: Steeper 40mm tall/42 mm diam., enclosure for all newest CPUs, 80 cm braided DN10 suction line (with stainless steel mesh)
XV: captube 0.9 mm
Condensor: plate HX (20 plates)
Refrigerant : R507
Case : Wooden baseplate, painted on red color
Safety : Johnson Controls hermetic cut-off (can be useful when coolant flow will be suddenly cut off)
Others: Two handles to comfortable move of unit, "quick" nipples for 12/16mm hoses



























I decided to mount quite nice working and looking "quick" nipples .







I always test it in +16C water (direct flow from instalation in house), owner told that he plan to use it with +5C water so that should give small temperature boost also .



First try.







Final unloaded (using +16*C coolant).



That was on 260W dummyload using +16*C coolant. Finally I've added bit more R507 for "safety" and temperature is like -44*C@260W after 1 hour test.













Best Regards
Peter