Pump failure LED question

r00t · 09-04-2003, 02:41 AM

I've got a quick question that hopefully someone can help me out with. I've decided I want to install an LED in my case that will light up when my pump is NOT on. A warning light of sorts. I'm using the swiftech pump relay kit wired to my pump, and I was wondering if anyone knew of an easy way to wire this up. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks...

bigben2k · 09-04-2003, 08:14 AM

Click me! (page 2, bottom)

pHaestus · 09-04-2003, 08:35 AM

of course that LED really just shows that power is getting to the pump. For a real pump failure LED I guess you'd want to wire up something like LMandrake did at overclockers with a Hall sensor:

http://overclockers.com/tips642/

He posts here sometimes so if you go this route he might have some pointers or advice.

I would personally prefer something like a "pump's working fine" LED and a pump failure shutdown circuit. Wouldn't make me feel better to have fried hardware due to pump failure and know it when I came home immediately because the LED on front of case was red and not green

MMZ_TimeLord · 09-04-2003, 01:24 PM

pHaestus... Your overclockers link is broken...

Could be my firewall at work... because http://www.overclockers.com doesn't work either.

pHaestus · 09-04-2003, 01:27 PM

works fine from here. Can always try a www. in front:

http://www.overclockers.com/tips642/

Both ways point me to that article though

MMZ_TimeLord · 09-04-2003, 03:14 PM

Not quite that dumb...

thanks anyways...

I actually did that and the site was unavailable at the time of my post. Must have been down for some reason because now it's back.

Don't worry pHaestus... I still lub j00...

pHaestus · 09-04-2003, 03:19 PM

Overclockers is unavailable for me at home if I have IE set to "automatically detect settings" in the connection tab. I am guessing it is something funky with my ISP's proxy they use for caching content. Who knows with the stellar coding at overclockers (I found that link with google; I have given up trying to locate items using their menus).

MMZ_TimeLord · 09-04-2003, 03:19 PM

Good article though... I will have to capture that when I get home so I can keep it.

g.l.amour · 09-04-2003, 03:55 PM

i wouldn't see the problem with shutdownnow killing your machine once it passes a - let's say 50°C - treshold . temps creep up very slow in case of a pump failure.

09-04-2003, 02:41 AM	#1
r00t Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 16	Pump failure LED question I've got a quick question that hopefully someone can help me out with. I've decided I want to install an LED in my case that will light up when my pump is NOT on. A warning light of sorts. I'm using the swiftech pump relay kit wired to my pump, and I was wondering if anyone knew of an easy way to wire this up. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks...

09-04-2003, 08:14 AM	#2
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Click me! (page 2, bottom) __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

09-04-2003, 01:24 PM	#4
MMZ_TimeLord Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: San Mateo, CA, USA, Earth Posts: 433	pHaestus... Your overclockers link is broken... Could be my firewall at work... because http://www.overclockers.com doesn't work either. __________________ MMZ>TimeLord "Oooooooooh... that's gonna leave a mark!"

09-04-2003, 03:14 PM	#6
MMZ_TimeLord Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: San Mateo, CA, USA, Earth Posts: 433	Not quite that dumb... thanks anyways... I actually did that and the site was unavailable at the time of my post. Must have been down for some reason because now it's back. Don't worry pHaestus... I still lub j00... __________________ MMZ>TimeLord "Oooooooooh... that's gonna leave a mark!"

09-04-2003, 03:19 PM	#8
MMZ_TimeLord Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: San Mateo, CA, USA, Earth Posts: 433	Good article though... I will have to capture that when I get home so I can keep it. __________________ MMZ>TimeLord "Oooooooooh... that's gonna leave a mark!"

09-04-2003, 08:35 AM	#3
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	of course that LED really just shows that power is getting to the pump. For a real pump failure LED I guess you'd want to wire up something like LMandrake did at overclockers with a Hall sensor: http://overclockers.com/tips642/ He posts here sometimes so if you go this route he might have some pointers or advice. I would personally prefer something like a "pump's working fine" LED and a pump failure shutdown circuit. Wouldn't make me feel better to have fried hardware due to pump failure and know it when I came home immediately because the LED on front of case was red and not green

09-04-2003, 01:27 PM	#5
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	works fine from here. Can always try a www. in front: http://www.overclockers.com/tips642/ Both ways point me to that article though

09-04-2003, 03:55 PM	#9
g.l.amour Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: on da case Posts: 933	i wouldn't see the problem with shutdownnow killing your machine once it passes a - let's say 50°C - treshold . temps creep up very slow in case of a pump failure. __________________ yo soy un tiburón

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