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Unread 08-29-2002, 10:17 PM   #1
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Default TEC powered liquid chiller project!

Building the case and installing the chiller from conception to finish took a scant 12 days. My bud Nate (mr spec) and I were sitting around with nothing to do. I mensioned the idea of making an Acrylic case and sticking my chiller inside for cooling. Nate agreed that it would be one tight rig if we actually decided to build it. Since we were being altogether to lazy that day we decided to make a few measurements, go up to the local Home Depot and buy some acrylic to get the project underway. Well Home Depot 1 had the acrylic but they had no way of cutting it. Thankfully the native lurking around the corner knew that another nearby Home Depot would cut acrylic to any sizes I would like. Off to Home Depot Nater and I went. This one indeed had the cutting tools so I purchased the Acrylic there. The very helpful employee was able to cut me all the panels I would need using 2 sheets of 24x24” .25 wall acrylic. Once the acrylic was cut we flew home as fast as possible to begin gluing the rig together.

This is the beginning of construction. The motherboard is a mATX Asus P4S333-m so it looks a little dwarfed in comparison to the case. If you look to the left of the pic you see the core part of the chiller.




Here is the case with most of the panels glued in place. Construction went slowly since I had work full time. In this pic you see 2 172mm Comair Rotron Major fans which I didn’t end up using for this case. They are being saved for yet another project.



Roughly 1 week into the project I had finally finished the basic case design. I wasn’t completely set on the location of a few things like the HD and the chiller circuit boards. After test fitting the raw chiller with its components I decided I could probably squeeze everything into the front section of the case. I stuck the HD in the bottom of the case for convenience. If I change to a normal ATX board I’ll have to put it elsewhere. This entire week I spend modding the case and readying the chiller components to be placed inside. Wiring was fun. I ended up wiring the chiller and Maxi-Jet pump so they both turn on with the PC’s power. Installing the chiller went smoothly accept for the fact that I forgot to plug in the front LCD. I had to remove the chiller just for that. Lastly I put all the PC components into the case. Unfortunately during the process I dropped my Sanyo 24x burner. I think its toasted but I’ll have to take a look under the hood. After countless trips to Ace, Home Depot, Lows, and Radio shack I have a working PC cooled by a Solid State chiller inside an Acrylic case!









With water temp set to 20c my P4 @ 2.75 GHz is 32c FULL LOAD! I can go all the way down to 4c water temp but I still need insulation for the waterblock area. I’ll have to order neoprene from Dangerden since no place local stocks the stuff. CPU temps with 4c water temp should be 20ish. The chiller specs say it can handle 225 watts at 0c Delta T or 100 watts at -20c Delta T so this could even cool a dualie quite nicely. Looks alone would have sold me on this project but it has performance to boot!
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Unread 08-29-2002, 11:23 PM   #2
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That is some MAJOR ownage right there... good job... dissaaayomm!!!
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Unread 08-30-2002, 02:17 AM   #3
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Bender;

where can i get a chiller like that and what should it set me back?
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Unread 08-30-2002, 10:30 AM   #4
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Check on ebay because a chiller like this will cost you 2 grand new. They are called solid state chillers. You might be better off using a small fridge modded to fit your case.
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Unread 09-03-2002, 01:18 PM   #5
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Go to #ROTO's web site to get a Chiller
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Unread 09-04-2002, 12:22 PM   #6
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How come they cost so much?
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Unread 09-04-2002, 01:03 PM   #7
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Now THAT rig's got some serious ownage goin' on there, dude!
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Well done! Very nice setup overall. Quite impressive.
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Unread 10-01-2002, 09:18 AM   #9
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Exceptionally sweet..... What are you using to cover the tubing, just regular foam like on an outdoor pipe? I found one of these on Ebay, and I think I am going to snag it and make an attempt to fit it into an Antec 1040Soho, but only time shall tell if I am successful or not. Again, simply sweet.

edit: would you please give me some info on how you wired it up? you can email me at Atombomb21@tconl.com
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Unread 10-03-2002, 01:00 AM   #10
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Default wow that is so amazing

i looked for solid state chillers all over all i could find was this http://www.coollaser.com/products.html
and that would set me back over 4500 dollars and i don't think that is the one you have were did you get your do you have a model number or something and did you get that screen somewere else
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Unread 10-03-2002, 01:42 AM   #11
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That chiller seriously rocks

Good score, and nice job building the case!!
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Unread 10-03-2002, 05:52 AM   #12
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it is a thermotek, i just got one off ebay....
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Unread 10-03-2002, 06:20 PM   #13
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that is the case i would use to pick up da chix with
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Unread 10-03-2002, 06:21 PM   #14
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btw, is every thing in there grounded?? and what are you doing about EMI???
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Unread 10-05-2002, 07:59 PM   #15
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Sorry not to get back sooner guys. I'm very very buisy at school these days.

Vector everything is grounded including the motherboard posts. EMI doesnt seem to be a problem.

The Model # is a Thermotek 252. It has the same cooling mechanism as the 251 but a different pump. Keep looking on ebay or you'll be paying out the nose for one.

David let us know how your project turns out. All I did for insulation was use cheepo $1 pipe insulation and neoprene insulation for the CPU area.
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Unread 10-05-2002, 08:26 PM   #16
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oh trust me, there shall be pics galore when i get to it . i'd still like to know how you powered it. that is, if you care to share.....
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