Problem getting air out of lines ...
 

I was having a problem get the air out of my cooling lines. The res and pump are at the bottom of the case. When the pump was shut off the air in the res would go back up the lines to the highest point in the system. So to fix this I add a stem to the return line in the res so that when the pump is turned off the line would be under water. This is my first watercooler and I did research for 2 month before building and installing. I would like to share this with other people starting up was watercooling as I have not see anyone talk about this before. Here is a before and after pic to give y'all an ideal what I'm talking about.




http://home.houston.rr.com/haroldnte...ing/before.bmp

http://home.houston.rr.com/haroldnte...ling/after.bmp

yep, that should have fixed it. It is actually quite surprising just how many people will construct a res like that with the inlet and outlet on the top, when the outlet should be as low as possible

I have had no problems with inlets and outlets on the top. As long ad you have a fill tube at the highest pint, or a small bleed tank. There is no worries.

but yest that should have fixed it, good work.

Pretty nice drawings as well, [sarcasm] I am taking it, it is not to scale [/sarcasm] Just messin wit cha!

There is a pic and explanation of my PUMP/RES in this thread

http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/sho...8274#post18274

Yeah! Your pump was sucking air, those pumps don't like that!

Excellent drawing BTW. What software would I need to be able to do that?

Jim

lol, microsoft paint maybe? really, any imaging software could do that...it just takes a little time.

http://brad.procooling.com/cryo.gif

I did that in m$paint, even the 3d part

wow, how long did that take???

an hour or so

The pump is a DC livewell pump that has a stem. Note the black tube going to the bottom of the res. in the ms paint drawing.The problem was with the return line not the pump inlet. Here is a picture of the real thing. http://home.houston.rr.com/haroldnte...ling/pump1.jpg

to prevent the water from flowing back down into the reservoir, you can try using a backflow valve. Lowe's and Home Depots carries them as does mcmastercarr.com . They operate very simply, when pressure one way stops, the valve closes so that fluid can't flow back through.

brad and his l33t m$ paint skillz....guess thats all they got down there in nz

what's l33t?

Not you, obviously.




Sorry, i was tempted :D

I have downloaded several copies of photoshop, corel draw, and 4 or so differant cad programs. I just prefer m$paint

"l33t" is a corruption of "elite", with the 3's substituting for 'e' (giving you "leet"). Basically, it was heavily used by social misfits with a limited vocabulary to make themselves sound cool. Kinda like me in high school. :p

Backflow valves restrict flow a bit. He's better off with the liquid seal that he has. No flow restriction.

How noisy is that pump? It looks big enough to sump pump a basement!