that rant is a bit incoherent there webmedic, so I will take the liberty of paraphrasing your critique to try and identify the specific part(s) of my test procedure with which you find fault
is it "in a system with different pumps and different blocks the performace will vary widely depending on how the system is tuned" ?
it is not clear to me where you are headed with this comment
- a specific WCing system will have a single flow rate deriving from the pump and other components selected (and their installation)
? - how does one "tune" a WCing system ?
and no, unless one changes the air flow (or its temp) through the rad, that system will have but a single "C/W"
now "with different pumps and different blocks" the performance will change
- but then these are different systems, no ?
your question: "What iwould like to know if is you take a pump that any regular user will use and put a block on it how it will perform compared to another pump on the exact same setup."
is easily answered -> look at the fu*ken pumps' P-Q curves !
(a clue here to get you started: if pump B's curve is above and to the right of pump A's, the wb WILL perform better with pump B - the CPU will be cooler)
webmedic
this question has NOTHING AT ALL to do with my testing, and everything to do with users (including you) knowing how to use the pump mfgr's data sheets
- you seem to be under the impression that understanding wb performance requires testing each pump with each wb; this is completely wrong
(and if you follow that dead end to its conclusion you will have to test each pump, wb, rad, hose size, and fitting combination and permutation to 'understand' wb performance)
I am suspecting you are also confusing 'pump (discharge) pressure' with 'pressure drop'
- the pump pressure per se in the ranges we deal with is largely irrelevant to wb performance
- and the pressure drop across the wb is a function of the flow rate, nothing more
for my tests I use a large pump and 'drop' the excess pressure/flow capacity across a throttling valve and by so doing am able to replicate the performance of ALL pumps as I can vary the flow rate from low to high
webmedic,
your difficulty is that you do not understand how to read the graphs
each one portrays a continuum of results, but only one single point on a curve will be germane to a specific system
it is quite un-necessary that I 'prove' anything, the test results are in the public domain, and my equipment and procedures are rather fully described
and please, $2000 ? - oh my !
no, its now rather beyond $20,000 (and still outa control !)
I have no difficulty with criticism, its good because it forces me to re-assess my activities and conclusions
I would suggest that you spend some additional time reading some of the articles, and GOOGLE what you don't understand
-> in the future, try to be VERY SPECIFIC in describing what you do not agree with, for then I will limit my response to the points you raise
and yes webmedic, I understand that there are others who also have difficulty understanding what I present -- but to 'play technical' you have to (learn to) 'talk technical'
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