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Powerhouse · 03-29-2002, 06:13 PM

Hmmm wonder if I should patent this or not (don't want to get screwed like Fixxit's Spiral), but I don't have the time or resources to do this.

Anyway on to the idea...

It occured to me that Radiators aren't very effective, the pipes they use are often too big and just snaked up and down a few times with air blowing over them. Wouldn't it be better to have the entrance tube (at say 3/8ID) split into several smaller tubes (that equal the same 3/8ID when added together) and have they snake through the radiator instead?

With this setup, the smaller pipes would expose more of the water to the cool air blowing against the tubes, which should keep the water at ambient temperature. Plus you could use smaller radiators that would be more effecient than the largest ones currently out today.

Anyone have an opinion on this?

03-29-2002, 06:13 PM	#1
Powerhouse Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 25	New Radiator Ideas... Hmmm wonder if I should patent this or not (don't want to get screwed like Fixxit's Spiral), but I don't have the time or resources to do this. Anyway on to the idea... It occured to me that Radiators aren't very effective, the pipes they use are often too big and just snaked up and down a few times with air blowing over them. Wouldn't it be better to have the entrance tube (at say 3/8ID) split into several smaller tubes (that equal the same 3/8ID when added together) and have they snake through the radiator instead? With this setup, the smaller pipes would expose more of the water to the cool air blowing against the tubes, which should keep the water at ambient temperature. Plus you could use smaller radiators that would be more effecient than the largest ones currently out today. Anyone have an opinion on this?