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Originally posted by Tweety
Hello all... I'm gonna poke my nose rigth into the fun... Although I'm new to this site, I'm not entirely new to making blocks...
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Welcome! And thanks for the vote of confidence!
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Originally posted by Tweety
I think you will get better and more universally comparable results with the heater core and the better pump. But after reading the discussion I'm only more curious... What results would grooves give???
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I'm almost tempted to go buy an Eheim 1048 and hook up my new heater core, just to give out some comparable numbers. I have a Velocity T1 on the way, but that's not good either because few, if any, have such a pump.
We are going to find out about the grooves. I'm going to make a couple of blocks with groove and with different base thicknesses. Then we can see what factors will make a difference. The grooves will be very shallow lines; not deep enough to trap water. I actually did think about the cross pattern. I decided against it because the grooves are so shallow. I think more turbulence is better at this stage. I probably will create a block with a diamond pattern at some point, just to see how it works.