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Unread 10-25-2001, 12:53 PM   #12
StarFox
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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The valves are all buyable at McMaster or even at Swiftech also. Or send me 10 bucks and I will sell you my unused set. 6 months ago I purchased complete Swiftech LiteOn FS020 Server Tower WaterCooled BareBones. However these "bleed and fill valves SUCK. Its a long process to fill then bleed the system. And the system is never 100% bleed out no matter how long you bleed. You can hear the air pockets in the system. After a month operating this Swiftech system I came up with something better. I have completely elminated the bleed and fill swiftech system and replaced it with a "homemade" PVC fill and self bleed reservoir. In doing so has eliminated a 1 1/2 feet of unneeded piping and really cleaned up the insides of my case. Anyone that knows anything about watercooling knows the less amount of piping the better. The shorter your system's piping is the higher the waterflow and the less chance of a failure or a waterleak.

As you can see in the first picture of my tower. The returning water enters half way into the reservoir and the pumps intake at the bottom of the pvc reservoir is always pulling pure water, any bubbles in the system rise to the top of the reservoir. Isn't gravity great? When you first fill it up and turn it on. You have to top it off a couple times because how much air the reservoir bleeds out over the first couple days. This system in use is constantly self bleeding. The 1/2" Brass plug on the top of the reservoir greatly simplfies filling the system up. No more attaching two hoses to two inlets, sticking them both into a gallon jug, making sure the gallon jug is on top of the tower. Then plugging the pump in to turn it on adjusting the two valves to fill setting... I think your getting the idea on how much of a mess Swiftech's bleed and fill system is. This reservoir is like a car, take the cap off and fill her up. You can't hear the pump running, and this inline pump/ reservoir smaller then most other watercooled systems. System lookes a lot better then having all that extra bleed and fill piping in the system too.

Last but not least. I give props to Paul Glosser for he is the original inventor of this pvc reservoir that works so well with Eheim Pumps. Here is his website and directions on how to build it. I think it cost me like 10 bucks total to build.
Thanks Paul.

heres the current specs on my system:

Asus A7V133Raid Bios 1006/FXD
WaterCooled AMD 1333C @ 1506
SwiftTech MCW462 WaterBlock
Corsair 512MB XMS150 CAS2 Ram
GeForce 2 Ultra 64 MB DDR Video Card
Unofficial 12.90 Detonator
Via 4.05 AGP 4x 133 in Turbo Mode Fast Write
3- 60 gig IBM 7200 rpm GXP HD's (180 gig)
1 is primary boot (c) / 2 - Raid-O (D)
Kenwood 72X (7 beam) cdrom (top)
TDK 16/10/40 CDRW (middle)
Digital-Doctor 5 fan/temp controller (Bottom)
LiteOn FS020 Server Tower (modified)
(6) Black Rounded Cables
Enermax 431Watt Dual Fan Pwr Supply
Klipsch 4.1 400W ThX 5 Speaker
SoundBlaster Audigy X-Gamer 5.1
5 x 11 inch radiator/ Eheim 1048 WaterPump
3-120 mm fans (2- Exh on Radiator /1 intake)
ViewSonic 21" Graphic Series G810 monitor
Razer BoomSlang 2000dpi Mouse w/ 3M Precise
Logitech WingMan Extreme USB joystick
Gravis Xterminator GamePad
RealTek 10/100 Lan Card / RoadRunner Cable Modem

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