Okay, I found some plastic throttling valves. The question is what the heck I'm going to do with them. Would I be putting this in a form of bypass line going straight from the res to the pump while leaving the connection from the res->rad->pump alone? My understanding is that these put a resistance load on the line, so theoretically, could I limit the bypass line to 3GPM while directing all the rest of the flow through the rad? I think that would work quite well, and keep me on only one pump (saving the 45W of electricity for other nefarious purposes), assuming that is how they work. Does anybody have any ideas?
In the end, by looking at the charts at Lytron's page, it would be pointless to run more than 2GPM through the rad. The extra heat dissapated would be insignificant, and the resistance on the circuit would be increased exponentially. Since the extra flow will "do no good" for me in the radiator, I just want a way to ensure that it isn't killed by the radiator and allowed to run for the CPU blocks. If my understanding of the throttle valve is correct, this could be a very elegant solution for most everyone that uses a high power pump to ratchet up their block flow. By adding a restricted bypass, you don't lose as much flow in the rad.
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