icel0rd - thanks for the info. So basically a "stock" XP1800, running at default, using the onboard temp probe, right? In that case the temps you gave aren't surprising
Digital - Went back and looked at the pics on the empty block and see the "pockets" that allow the water flow to spread out over the top of the block. But what I see and mentioned in my previous post is if you look at the pics of the block under operation (and you can verify this by looking at the empty blocks) is that there is
not any flow around the side of the slug (you can see in the empty block pics that the acrylic actually goes right up against the side of the slug). So, the water flows
only across the top of the slug.
Yes, as Fixitt stated the pockets are a good idea
in so far as that it helps to spread the flow out before it hits the restrictions of the slug, but
some flow around the sides of the slug would improve things too
My
guess would be that they intentionally prevented side flow because of the flow restriction presented by the top of the slug. If there were channels around the sides of the block of any size, it would significantly reduce the flow over the top (least path of resistance).
Brad - not just the plexichannel depth/width, but more so the grooves in the top of the slug