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pretty nifty Air Conditioner Filter ~ cheap, too, a couple bucks (plastic
scissors not included) ~ at Wally World. There's enough for the intake
at least four times over. Looks like it might be good for regular intakes,
too. Wally World has a lot of the things I end up using for some reason.
Could be that it's the only store in the town that's 25 miles from where
I live, and necessity breeds...no, wait, that's not how that starts. Let's
just say, the available selection of supplies around here lends to thinking
outside the box when it comes to projects like this.
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I
got a hair and found some partial cans of Flat Black spray paint, and
this is the result. Couldn't leave it Ivory, not with spare paint lying
around, and nothing to do but wait for UPS.
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More
busy work; I scrounged a lid to an old psu, and bent it to form a tray
to support the reservoir I plan to use. Couple of screws, and it's snug.
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Here's
sort of what I envision, we'll see how close I come. *as
you'll see in the end, not even close.
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The
next step is to acquire the Eheim 1048 Pump, the 3/8th" ID Silicon
Tubing, the Bleeding Device, and the Water Block. I'm thinking a simple
Socket Hold Down one, like a small InnovaFlat Flow, or MCW372-2 Swiftech,
or 1/4" Gemini. Anybody got something they'd like to test this
with? [no?] So, that's just a matter of getting
a bit over $140 together to finish this up. Good timing, summer's coming
on, and the Distributed Client I run, United Devices, raises my CPU
temps by about 5° C. I've also been toying with the idea of a Very
Remote Location [CCBox VRL]... perhaps in my walk-in closet, where the
dust level and temperature is lower. That would call for some creative
tube layouts and routing, however, but I don't think I'm limited to
a close proximity. My place would start looking more like the Matrix
movie set, too. At least I can move it that one time a year to vacuum
around it, whether it needs it or not, you know.
| Monday
4/22/02:
Ordered the following Kit from Danger
Den: |
| Maze3
Block and Clamp |
| Eheim
1048 Pump |
| 10
Hose Clamps and T fitting |
| 10'
3/8th ID Silicon Tubing |
| 4
oz. Water Wetter |
I
decided to go with the Danger
Den Custom Configure Deal, for a few reasons. One, the prices are
a bit better purchasing a custom configured 'kit' than purchasing components
separately; two, I haven't seen any reviews on the Maze3 Block yet,
so I'll at least give my own results. Also, the Maze3 is pressure tested
to 85psi, whereas the Swiftech units are only tested to 65psi, not that
probably has any bearing on anything, unless the Eheim decides to go
nuclear and pump out a thousand gallons an hour, or something. And finally,
to make things simpler, I thought I'd stay with 3/8th silicon tubing
throughout, rather than the 1/4" reducers I'd need for a Gemini
small block. According to Gemini, the 1/4" block they have is tuned
for 240 gal pump or less, ..Eheim 1048. I'm only cooling one chip, although
from the sheer size of the cooler box so far, it looks like a network
cooler. Anyone done that yet?
Waiting for parts. Gotta find something to do to make me forget about
this for a few days, so, until
then.....
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I
seem to have forgotten to take the pictures of making the relay. doh.
Sorry. It's rather simple, and cheap. I used a Radio Shack 12vdc / 120vac
10amp SPDT Mini PC Relay cube [#275-248A]
and soldered it to a piece of pre-punched pcb, added the 12v leads and
the 120v leads, stuck it in a small plastic box, ran the leads out a hole
in the side, wrapped it up with sealing tape, then electrical tape, then
Hot Glued the whole mess of spaghetti coming out of the hole for stifness
and waterproofing...Silicon takes too long to set, is too messy, and stinks,
so I seem to use hot glue quite a bit, and what the hey, it's cheap, too.
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Unplanned
Vacancy
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drawing of the relay
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View
of Reservoir and Planned Bleed/Fill Valve
The reservoir
is a 2"x4"x6" plastic project box I found at Radio Shack
that should be easy enough to seal. I think JB Weld will handle it when
I figure out where to put the brass intake and outlets. The valve sitting
on the top is a 1/4" evaporatative cooling fitting that should work
to fill and bleed the box, and then simply turn it off. You
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inner view of the relay and power cord socket. I used heatshrink tubing around
all connections, electrical tape, then Hot Glued it all for a water seal....hopefully,
if I ever need it.
{OMG,
Martha, I've been SLIMED}
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Relay
and backplate test mounted on case
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Final
attached backplate and relay
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The
back covers I made out of leftover materials. I installed a PSU style
power connector for coolness and simplicity. The two blue circles are
approximately where the hoses will run. I found the perfect grommets,
I think, gladhand seals from semi-trailers. *Too
small I found out
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The
first test run without the pump [because it's not here yet], seeing if
my electrical engineering theory works. Looks like it. Light's on, fan's
on, nobody home. Waiting on pump....
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