reservoirs and their placement in the loop

[Toiletduck]

Just out of interest - I've always read and been told that your reservoir has to be directly before your pump, and with a short route from res -> pump. Can someone give me an explanation of why this is, and why you cant plonk your res between your CPU and GPU blocks, or whatever?

Cheers

Dave

[JWFokker]

I don't know whether that's exactly accurate, it's just a good idea to minimize the amount of tubing in your system, which will affect flow rates. But if you have a reservoir you could potentially improve flow rates by using a large ID tubing from your reservoir to your pump if you can. You might have to drill a larger hole in your reservoir to get this to work however, since most don't go any larger than 1/2" ID barbs. The absolute best you could do would be to have the pump inlet inside the reservoir (I'm going to try it with my Mag3), but I'm sure it would be rather noisy.

[killernoodle]

I found that having the pump's inlet connected to the resevrior prevents tons of bubbles when filling the system and keeps the pump from dry running when filling. Also, the filling process is easier and the bubbles tend to gather in the resevior better when in that position. This way, the pump doesnt have the chance to keep making bubbles in the loop and make noise.