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Originally posted by pHaestus
Sure. Basically you have a situation (for the majority of blocks and radiators) where:
1)Increasing flow increases waterblock performance (this is usually a big increase followed by a plateau or very slowly sloping increase after that).
2) Increasing flow decreases radiator heat dissipation
And so the trick is to find the flow rate where the two factors are both as close to optimal as possible. Looking at my data for Maze2 and Eheim 1250, that seems to be around 1.1-1.3 GPM. It therefore makes no sense to put a 1060 into that loop. I would end up just throttling the flow anyway (and only serving to increase the heat in my case from the pump).
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one question..how does the graph look AFTER 1.5gpm?
anyway, didn't I read somewhere that the beauty of inline pumps is that the heat produced is hardly gone into the water..instead its mostly conducted away by the air around it?