location of air trap

RickCain · 02-12-2002, 08:09 PM

Does the air trap have to be at the highest point in your loop? Take a look at the pic and let me know what you think.

I want to make sure that the airtrap will still function even if it's below the radiator. If it's cool to mount the airtrap were I reference in the image, what would you say the min height should be for the trap. I plan to use 2" PVC for the trap.

redleader · 02-12-2002, 09:46 PM

With good flow it doesn't really matter, all air eventually gets cycled through anyway.

I'd make the trap as high as I could so it would hold more water.

decodeddiesel · 02-12-2002, 10:49 PM

well ideally it would be above everything else in the system, however it should still work well with only the radiator above it. Turbokeu has his below the radiator in his PC70 and it seems to work well for him. BTW, is that a YY Cube? It looks pretty sweet.

kemical · 02-13-2002, 01:00 AM

I have mine at the bottom of my pc71, right at the pump intake... Just a modest sized pvc res. Doesnt hold a bunch of water, and with the flow of my eheim 1250 it doesnt even splash. Very simple... now getting the air trapped in my radiator to get down to my little air trap is a different story all together.

Brad · 02-13-2002, 05:00 AM

just make sure the outlet is at the bottom of your air trap, so that no air will go straight through your system

Dix Dogfight · 02-13-2002, 05:36 AM

Placing your airtrap and PSU at those locations sorta covers all your PCI/ISA/AGP-slots. I might be wrong though.

sloppycoder · 02-13-2002, 06:05 AM

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Placing your airtrap and PSU at those locations sorta covers all your PCI/ISA/AGP-slots. I might be wrong though.

i think what the pic shows is the "other" side in a yycube case, the backplate is infact the back of the mobo plate. all the important stuff goes over on that side and you can put additional drives on this side. plus loads of space for watercooling

well i dunno either but it looks that way to me.

slop

Brad · 02-13-2002, 01:06 PM

it isn't a YY case at all, it is a bit bigger. But it is the same sort of thing, that area is normally used for hdd's and psu's

RickCain · 02-13-2002, 09:24 PM

Yeah,,,,, It's a chenbro cube case. Very sweet box with lots of room. More pics coming over the next three days! I'm polishing the tops of the blocks now!

02-12-2002, 08:09 PM	#1
RickCain Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 110	location of air trap Does the air trap have to be at the highest point in your loop? Take a look at the pic and let me know what you think. I want to make sure that the airtrap will still function even if it's below the radiator. If it's cool to mount the airtrap were I reference in the image, what would you say the min height should be for the trap. I plan to use 2" PVC for the trap.

02-12-2002, 10:49 PM	#3
decodeddiesel Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: classified Posts: 534	well ideally it would be above everything else in the system, however it should still work well with only the radiator above it. Turbokeu has his below the radiator in his PC70 and it seems to work well for him. BTW, is that a YY Cube? It looks pretty sweet. __________________ ...i hurt... do me a favor, disconect me... they can re-work me but i'll never be top of the line again ...i'd rather be nothing...

02-13-2002, 01:00 AM	#4
kemical Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Nashville Posts: 26	I have mine at the bottom of my pc71, right at the pump intake... Just a modest sized pvc res. Doesnt hold a bunch of water, and with the flow of my eheim 1250 it doesnt even splash. Very simple... now getting the air trapped in my radiator to get down to my little air trap is a different story all together. __________________ -kem WinXP \| xp1500 @ 1.59ghz \| Iwill xp333-r rev2.1 \| 2X256 Kingston pc2700 \| Radeon 8500 retail \| 431W Enermax Whisper \| 2x 40gig Maxtor 133's in RAID 0 \| Cooling \| DD Maze2-1 \| DD Chipset Block \| 1/2" ID hose and fittings \| ehiem 1250 \| BIX shrouded to a 172mm 200+cfm Rotron Monster \| DD5 \| Custom inline Res \|

02-13-2002, 05:00 AM	#5
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	just make sure the outlet is at the bottom of your air trap, so that no air will go straight through your system __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

02-13-2002, 05:36 AM	#6
Dix Dogfight Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Stockholm Sweden Posts: 128	Placing your airtrap and PSU at those locations sorta covers all your PCI/ISA/AGP-slots. I might be wrong though. __________________ If it ain't broke, fix it. Setup: Dual Duron 1100 \| Voodoo 3 2000 \| Addtronics W8500(WTX) \| Eheim 1250 \| Car radiator \| 2 Innovatech WB \|

02-12-2002, 09:46 PM	#2
redleader Thermophile Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The deserts of Tucson, Az Posts: 1,264	With good flow it doesn't really matter, all air eventually gets cycled through anyway. I'd make the trap as high as I could so it would hold more water.

02-13-2002, 01:06 PM	#8
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	it isn't a YY case at all, it is a bit bigger. But it is the same sort of thing, that area is normally used for hdd's and psu's __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

02-13-2002, 09:24 PM	#9
RickCain Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 110	Yeah,,,,, It's a chenbro cube case. Very sweet box with lots of room. More pics coming over the next three days! I'm polishing the tops of the blocks now!

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