Possible waterchiller idea?..

eXtenz · 07-30-2003, 07:21 PM

okay, first i know i should of probably put it in a more specific forum, but i wasnt sure which to put it in, and the phase cooling specific isnt very active... so here goes

Parents are getting me a AC window unit for my room, since it reaches upwards of 105+ in here, house ac unit doesnt blow enough air to cool my room enough...

i was thinkin bout getting some soft copper tubing, decaseing hte ac unit, wraping the tubing around the evaporator, and running it to the outside of hte ac unit, where i would plug nylon tubing into it and run it down a 5gal air tank as a resivoir...... that way i could cool my room, and the water maybe? yes...no?

bigben2k · 07-30-2003, 07:52 PM

Yeah, welcome to Texas...

The tubing idea really isn't worth all the trouble. Your best bet, would be to run a bit of that cold air through your rad, and you can do that with a bit of ducting.

eXtenz · 07-30-2003, 10:00 PM

though about it..... but i really dont wanna have any ugly ducting..least the tubing would be small and unnoticable, tank could be put under desk... =\ dunno

bigben2k · 07-30-2003, 10:25 PM

Yeah, it would be quite a sight.

Maybe you could slip a heatercore in there, and run water tubing to the PC.

CoolROD · 07-30-2003, 10:27 PM

Sure...when I was in college I had an old dorm room with no A/C, but I had a sink. Window units were not allowed. I had an A/C repackaged as a coffee table and ran two small thermoplastic hoses to the sink....ran it two years.

If I were you I would try to hide a small Rad. inside the A/C and run two water lines to your rig.

CoolROD · 07-30-2003, 11:20 PM

and if you could get the thermostat sensor to respond to the heat of this added res. -you should be able to run. Else your temps are going to rollercoaster.

07-30-2003, 07:21 PM	#1
eXtenz Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 26	Possible waterchiller idea?.. okay, first i know i should of probably put it in a more specific forum, but i wasnt sure which to put it in, and the phase cooling specific isnt very active... so here goes Parents are getting me a AC window unit for my room, since it reaches upwards of 105+ in here, house ac unit doesnt blow enough air to cool my room enough... i was thinkin bout getting some soft copper tubing, decaseing hte ac unit, wraping the tubing around the evaporator, and running it to the outside of hte ac unit, where i would plug nylon tubing into it and run it down a 5gal air tank as a resivoir...... that way i could cool my room, and the water maybe? yes...no?

07-30-2003, 07:52 PM	#2
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Yeah, welcome to Texas... The tubing idea really isn't worth all the trouble. Your best bet, would be to run a bit of that cold air through your rad, and you can do that with a bit of ducting. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

07-30-2003, 10:25 PM	#4
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Yeah, it would be quite a sight. Maybe you could slip a heatercore in there, and run water tubing to the PC. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

07-30-2003, 10:27 PM	#5
CoolROD Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: North Carolina, USA Posts: 225	Sure...when I was in college I had an old dorm room with no A/C, but I had a sink. Window units were not allowed. I had an A/C repackaged as a coffee table and ran two small thermoplastic hoses to the sink....ran it two years. If I were you I would try to hide a small Rad. inside the A/C and run two water lines to your rig. __________________ Jack of all Trades, Master of None.

07-30-2003, 11:20 PM	#6
CoolROD Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: North Carolina, USA Posts: 225	and if you could get the thermostat sensor to respond to the heat of this added res. -you should be able to run. Else your temps are going to rollercoaster. __________________ Jack of all Trades, Master of None.

07-30-2003, 10:00 PM	#3
eXtenz Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 26	though about it..... but i really dont wanna have any ugly ducting..least the tubing would be small and unnoticable, tank could be put under desk... =\ dunno

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