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krp · 12-27-2001, 10:14 PM

Chip's testing method's missed the obvious problems in each of the two radiators I received from Overclock-Watercool.com just before Christmas:

(1) Blackice eXtreme - with an obvious HOLE in the back corner of one of the hose-barb header tanks. Anyone could have found that in a second by simply blowing into one hose barb while holding a thumb over the other barb... it whistles!

and

(1) Blackice-II - which appears to be partially obstructed with lots of backpressure and very low flow rate. A flow rate test with an Eheim 1250 pump took 158 seconds to fill a measured gallon container... something less than 0.4 gallons per minute through the unit I received. The flow rate I observed with this unit was so much less than my older (original) Blackice, (see the system in my signature), that I am convinced it is blocked somehow. Again, simply blowing air through the unit would have detected that something was amiss.

Both units are on their way back to Chip for replacement, hopefully the replacements will be in better shape. I will update this thread when I can.

12-27-2001, 10:14 PM	#11
krp Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Gainesville, FL, USA Posts: 32	Chip's "testing" must have missed the HOLE in mine! Chip's testing method's missed the obvious problems in each of the two radiators I received from Overclock-Watercool.com just before Christmas: (1) Blackice eXtreme - with an obvious HOLE in the back corner of one of the hose-barb header tanks. Anyone could have found that in a second by simply blowing into one hose barb while holding a thumb over the other barb... it whistles! and (1) Blackice-II - which appears to be partially obstructed with lots of backpressure and very low flow rate. A flow rate test with an Eheim 1250 pump took 158 seconds to fill a measured gallon container... something less than 0.4 gallons per minute through the unit I received. The flow rate I observed with this unit was so much less than my older (original) Blackice, (see the system in my signature), that I am convinced it is blocked somehow. Again, simply blowing air through the unit would have detected that something was amiss. Both units are on their way back to Chip for replacement, hopefully the replacements will be in better shape. I will update this thread when I can. __________________ chilling out in the swamp... (#1) Athlon XP@1.667gHz, watercooled: (DD Maze2 new revision, Eheim 1250, BlackiceXtreme), in modded Supermicro SC750 fulltower case. (#2) Athlon TB@1.4gHz, watercooled: (DD Maze2 orig revison, CaseEtc resepump, Blackice), in modded LiteOn FS020 midtower case.