how to make a bong?

m3_arun · 01-01-2003, 03:50 PM

how do you make a bong?
where do you get supplies?
how do you keep the dust out?
is it better than traditionanl heatercores?
thanks for helping out a newb.

airspirit · 01-24-2003, 10:55 AM

You take a two liter bottle, right? Poke a hole in the side. Then you take a length of copper pipe going in from the side and down into the bottom of the bottle. Then you seal the hole with duct tape. Make a bowl out of pipe fittings and put it at the top of the pipe. Then you cut a hole in the other side of the bottle about halfway up so it's about 1" in diameter. Fill the bottle up to about 2" below the second hole, but so that the bottom of the pipe is submerged, and put your favorite combustible in the bowl. Light it, cover the 1" hole, and suck like crazy until the area above the water is full of smoke, then clear your lungs, uncover the 1" hole, and suck like crazy. I hope you were sitting down.

Well, you asked ... hehehehe.

bigben2k · 01-24-2003, 11:49 AM

ROFL! It's better than a heatercore!

Volenti · 01-24-2003, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by m3_arun
how do you make a bong?
where do you get supplies?
how do you keep the dust out?
is it better than traditionanl heatercores?
thanks for helping out a newb.

http://www.wc101.com/guides/bongs/

local hardware/plumbing stores

use an air filter on the intake

craps over heatercores if done right

golovko · 01-24-2003, 07:11 PM

my first watercooling setup used a bong. the reason i switched to a heatercore was mainly the fact that i had to refill it all the time. has anyone come with a good way to refill them? ive seen ideas that are kinda like how those cat food dispensers work where you attach a bottle to the side that will let water in when the water level goes below the entry point. has anyone here come up with something better? im thinking about going back to a bong cause it works better than my bix pos and i busted the inlet to my mag drive 3 so its pretty much only good as a submersible now.

jtroutma · 01-25-2003, 01:41 PM

How often did you have to fill that thing golovko?
And how much?

Volenti · 01-25-2003, 04:56 PM

Water usage in a bong depends on a few factors, but my bong can use up to 5L (1.3us GAL) a day if left on 24/7, and my bong is very water efficient (only water loss is through evaporation) some of my earlier designs used a lot more.

airspirit · 01-30-2003, 11:33 PM

If you tried the bong I described, you wouldn't care how efficient it is ... hehe. It's amazing what those alternative school kids can show you when everyone is bored (save your stepdaughter while there's still time!!!).

Gulp35 · 02-17-2003, 10:40 AM

Bongs work best in dry conditions right?
Do you think it would still be able to work well in a Georgia Summer (90% Humidity, 39C)?

bikr · 02-17-2003, 02:30 PM

toilet mechanism <--spelling , would work rather well , in theory..

airspirit · 02-24-2003, 09:54 AM

With that high of humidity, it wouldn't work nearly as well. Since the ambient humidity is already near saturation, the air passing through it won't absorb as much water and therefore will cool much less.

bikr · 02-24-2003, 12:01 PM

Curious , what is the best type of shower head to use? Would one of those powered alternating ergo heads work? or is just a standard pass through head the best.. Also , What about custom fab'ing one. Are there any problems with shower heads that making your own head could fix? Ideas wanted!! --Josh

airspirit · 02-25-2003, 05:19 PM

high flow
high spread

An alternating head won't help (unless you want a massaging bong ... ).

Think black market elephant shower ....

deeppow · 03-05-2003, 07:00 PM

Make lots of small drops or use a wick-like pad like evaporative coolers use. What you are trying to do is make a lot of surface area for the liquid to evaporate.

Gilhooley · 03-07-2003, 06:01 AM

Take an empty plastic bottle/container. One with a 'squirt' cap, so you can easily connect your hose. Then you make many small holes with a needle. When it is full of water, it should barley leak, just 1 or 2 drops - if any. The trick is that just a little pressure gives you very fine jets. Moreover, it is easy to fine tune just by blowing little air in the bottle with your mouth.

msv · 03-07-2003, 07:56 AM

What about gunk?
OK, the water is flowing, so it should keep itself fairly clean because of that.
Salmons thrive in flowing water, but they don´t make it through the pump, but there are other nasty lifeforms in the air, bacteries, yeast fungi etc. Does the open concept of a bong mean a lot of yucky things in the waterloop? How can I kill whatever gets into the waterloop before it kills the waterblock?
regards
Mikael S.

Volenti · 03-07-2003, 08:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by msv
What about gunk?
OK, the water is flowing, so it should keep itself fairly clean because of that.
Salmons thrive in flowing water, but they don´t make it through the pump, but there are other nasty lifeforms in the air, bacteries, yeast fungi etc. Does the open concept of a bong mean a lot of yucky things in the waterloop? How can I kill whatever gets into the waterloop before it kills the waterblock?
regards
Mikael S.

There are treatments that you can get that are specifically designed for use in cooling towers, however I've been using evaporative cooling for over a year and now I simply use straight tap water, I use an inline seive to keep larger water borne dust particles out of my block (and pump) and I replace the water completly every month or so, I do get a very thin slime in the res(can't see it, only feel it) but it doesn't affect anything.

01-01-2003, 03:50 PM	#1
m3_arun Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: san jose, ca Posts: 91	how to make a bong? how do you make a bong? where do you get supplies? how do you keep the dust out? is it better than traditionanl heatercores? thanks for helping out a newb.

01-24-2003, 10:55 AM	#2
airspirit Been /.'d... have you? Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Moscow, ID Posts: 1,986	You take a two liter bottle, right? Poke a hole in the side. Then you take a length of copper pipe going in from the side and down into the bottom of the bottle. Then you seal the hole with duct tape. Make a bowl out of pipe fittings and put it at the top of the pipe. Then you cut a hole in the other side of the bottle about halfway up so it's about 1" in diameter. Fill the bottle up to about 2" below the second hole, but so that the bottom of the pipe is submerged, and put your favorite combustible in the bowl. Light it, cover the 1" hole, and suck like crazy until the area above the water is full of smoke, then clear your lungs, uncover the 1" hole, and suck like crazy. I hope you were sitting down. Well, you asked ... hehehehe. __________________ #!/bin/sh {who;} {last;} {pause;} {grep;} {touch;} {unzip;} mount /dev/girl -t {wet;} {fsck;} {fsck;} {fsck;} {fsck;} echo yes yes yes {yes;} umount {/dev/girl;zip;} rm -rf {wet.spot;} {sleep;} finger: permission denied

01-24-2003, 11:49 AM	#3
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	ROFL! It's better than a heatercore! __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

01-25-2003, 01:41 PM	#6
jtroutma Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 837	How often did you have to fill that thing golovko? And how much? __________________ Athlon64 X2 4200+ @ 2.5Ghz (250FSB x 10) OCZ VX 1GB 4000 @ 250FSB (6-2-2-2 timmings) DFI LANParty nForce4 Ultra-D SCSI Raid 5 x (3) Cheetah 15K HDDs LSI Express 500 (128MB cache) OCZ PowerStream 520W PSU ATI X850XT PE (Stock) DTEK WhiteWater + DTEK Custom Radiator Eheim 1250

01-25-2003, 04:56 PM	#7
Volenti Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: in a nice cool spot Posts: 427	Water usage in a bong depends on a few factors, but my bong can use up to 5L (1.3us GAL) a day if left on 24/7, and my bong is very water efficient (only water loss is through evaporation) some of my earlier designs used a lot more. __________________ feel free to icq/msn me, I'm always willing to toss around ideas.

01-24-2003, 07:11 PM	#5
golovko Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Purdue University, USA Posts: 141	my first watercooling setup used a bong. the reason i switched to a heatercore was mainly the fact that i had to refill it all the time. has anyone come with a good way to refill them? ive seen ideas that are kinda like how those cat food dispensers work where you attach a bottle to the side that will let water in when the water level goes below the entry point. has anyone here come up with something better? im thinking about going back to a bong cause it works better than my bix pos and i busted the inlet to my mag drive 3 so its pretty much only good as a submersible now.

01-30-2003, 11:33 PM	#8
airspirit Been /.'d... have you? Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Moscow, ID Posts: 1,986	If you tried the bong I described, you wouldn't care how efficient it is ... hehe. It's amazing what those alternative school kids can show you when everyone is bored (save your stepdaughter while there's still time!!!). __________________ #!/bin/sh {who;} {last;} {pause;} {grep;} {touch;} {unzip;} mount /dev/girl -t {wet;} {fsck;} {fsck;} {fsck;} {fsck;} echo yes yes yes {yes;} umount {/dev/girl;zip;} rm -rf {wet.spot;} {sleep;} finger: permission denied

02-17-2003, 10:40 AM	#9
Gulp35 Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 135	Bongs work best in dry conditions right? Do you think it would still be able to work well in a Georgia Summer (90% Humidity, 39C)? __________________ Epox 8RDA+ v1.1----------Tyan K8SDPro 1700+ JUIHB 0310XPMW (12.5x200Mhz@1.792v)--------2xOpteron246 (2Ghz 1MB L2) 2x256MB Kingston PC3000 (BH5?) 2-2-2-8 2.7v---2x512MB Corsair Reg.&ECC PC3200 ATi Radeon 9800Pro (stock, too hot)-----ATI RageXL WD800JB+WD2500JB-------WD1600JD Sony DVD/CDRW-------NEC 3520A Black Forton350W--------Antec TruePower2.0 550W EPS12v

02-17-2003, 02:30 PM	#10
bikr Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: West Palm Beach Posts: 230	toilet mechanism <--spelling , would work rather well , in theory.. __________________ http://www.modasylum.com

02-24-2003, 09:54 AM	#11
airspirit Been /.'d... have you? Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Moscow, ID Posts: 1,986	With that high of humidity, it wouldn't work nearly as well. Since the ambient humidity is already near saturation, the air passing through it won't absorb as much water and therefore will cool much less. __________________ #!/bin/sh {who;} {last;} {pause;} {grep;} {touch;} {unzip;} mount /dev/girl -t {wet;} {fsck;} {fsck;} {fsck;} {fsck;} echo yes yes yes {yes;} umount {/dev/girl;zip;} rm -rf {wet.spot;} {sleep;} finger: permission denied

02-24-2003, 12:01 PM	#12
bikr Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: West Palm Beach Posts: 230	Curious , what is the best type of shower head to use? Would one of those powered alternating ergo heads work? or is just a standard pass through head the best.. Also , What about custom fab'ing one. Are there any problems with shower heads that making your own head could fix? Ideas wanted!! --Josh __________________ http://www.modasylum.com

02-25-2003, 05:19 PM	#13
airspirit Been /.'d... have you? Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Moscow, ID Posts: 1,986	high flow high spread An alternating head won't help (unless you want a massaging bong ... ). Think black market elephant shower .... __________________ #!/bin/sh {who;} {last;} {pause;} {grep;} {touch;} {unzip;} mount /dev/girl -t {wet;} {fsck;} {fsck;} {fsck;} {fsck;} echo yes yes yes {yes;} umount {/dev/girl;zip;} rm -rf {wet.spot;} {sleep;} finger: permission denied

03-05-2003, 07:00 PM	#14
deeppow Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Los Alamos Posts: 30	Make lots of small drops or use a wick-like pad like evaporative coolers use. What you are trying to do is make a lot of surface area for the liquid to evaporate. __________________ DFI nF4 SLI-DR @266Mhz, AMD64 3700+ SD (2.4Ghz@1.58V), OCZ PC4200 (2*512Mb) 2.5-3-3-8@3V ----- SB Audigy2ZS + Klipsch Promedia 4.1, eVGA7800GT, RAID0, 2 80G SATA HDDs ----- Iwaki MD-20RLZT -> Storm -> Chiller -> Resev, PC_Power P&C Tubo-Cool 510Express/SLI in Lian-Li PC-V1200

03-07-2003, 06:01 AM	#15
Gilhooley Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 16	plastic bottle Take an empty plastic bottle/container. One with a 'squirt' cap, so you can easily connect your hose. Then you make many small holes with a needle. When it is full of water, it should barley leak, just 1 or 2 drops - if any. The trick is that just a little pressure gives you very fine jets. Moreover, it is easy to fine tune just by blowing little air in the bottle with your mouth.

03-07-2003, 07:56 AM	#16
msv Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 336	What about gunk? OK, the water is flowing, so it should keep itself fairly clean because of that. Salmons thrive in flowing water, but they don´t make it through the pump, but there are other nasty lifeforms in the air, bacteries, yeast fungi etc. Does the open concept of a bong mean a lot of yucky things in the waterloop? How can I kill whatever gets into the waterloop before it kills the waterblock? regards Mikael S.

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