very interesting article/thread.
that kinda makes me think that this isn't going too well. so, i'm going to scope out the hardware stores around here and see what i can find for cheap, suitable parts. thinking about temporarily using a plastic reservoir. not sure that the plastic can withstand the temp variations, however from that article there may not be much of any severe variations anyways.
alright, not entirely sure if i'm going to do this yet or not, but depends on what's available, i just might. here's what i'm thinking of setting up.
basically just use a plastic reservoir, and cut a hole in the side for the internal hs, and drill it for a a mounting system. then basically build the internal heatsink, still using the tiny pipe for the "fins" (i'll get to this in a second). then, basically do the rest like i displayed, just not as fancy. then, just set a fan by it for now, and use a cpu heatsink to cool the pelt (for now). probably use a 120 pelt or so.
now the reason for the tube-style heat exchanger is kinda 2-fold. first, although tedious, i think it would be easier to construct from scratch than a fin-style exchanger.
and secondly, this is a longshot, but i thought it might improve the exchange. because the water flow would come down over the pipes, the water inside the pipes would not be directly affected by the water flow. thus hopefully 2 things would happen. first, hopefully the water inside the tubes would stay longer and have more contact with the heat exchanger, thus removing more heat from the water. with this you'd get kindof a convection current through the setup, and probably also get suction from the passing water to draw the water out of the tubes. however, if it's too fast, it will just pull the water out of the tubes too quickly, without the heat exchanger doing it's job. so, this could be good, could be bad. not sure yet.
anyways, that's what i was thinking, probably make a trip out to menard's today, see what i can find.
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