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Originally posted by pHaestus
Interesting spot to put heatercore. A couple of comments:
The combination of those little blocks with socket clips to mount them and hose torquing the blocks in different directions gives me the fear. Be careful with that.
I would personally have run the blocks in series to try and clean up the hose and to get higher flow rates through them. If you are set on the Ys tho, at least try and find/make a y for the pump inlet that is 3/4" x2 1/2" and then use a little run of 3/4" hose to the pump. The bend plus the Y + 1/2" hose all at the intake is a hydraulic disaster. It looks like you are using a bleed tube to fill up top. You might be able to kill 2 birds with one stone by making a pump-res for the inlet that has 2 barbs for return from your split loop. That will fill a LOT easier too.
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Yeah, I like where I put the heatercore. I didn't want to rip apart my case so I thought it would work okay there. Time will tell. Here's a pic of the panel:
Actually, if you were to unclip the waterblocks they would stay exactly where they are. No small task, lemme tell ya. But I definitely was concerned about torque and made sure there wouldn't be any.
When I run the blocks in series the flow rate drops to a trickle. Everytime I've tried it the temperatures have gone up.
The pump has 3/8 " barbed output. After adding reducers, the 3/4" runs would be so small I don't think the benefit would be worth the extra effort. But it's something to consider if I ever switch to a pump with 3/4" fittings. Flow would certainly increase.
There's no bleed tube, just poor picture taking. I *would* like a res, I think they just make things easier. I'll have to try to make one.