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pippin88 · 12-26-2002, 01:29 AM

I'll be trying to line up the pump so it lines up better, hopefully only one elbow on the Outlet side, and a straght run to the 3 taps.

Im going to grab a PVC or Copper elbow (Probably PVE due to cost of copper) and goop it onto the pump intake. I'll cap off the other end and glue a barb/spigot into it. This is if I cant get the fiddling with the pump right.

Would it be better to use a short lenght of PVC on the pump, so that the Inlet is not resticted by anything?

Also I popped down to the truck shop down the road. They wanted $10 ($5 US) for a little 45° male - female adaptor. (Was going to put on GPU block

bigben2k · 12-26-2002, 12:34 PM

I'd use a socket-to-thread adaptor (PVC), then screw in a reducer to whatever size hose you use.

That's what I did with my airtrap, and it worked great! It was a cinch to convert from 1/2 to 3/4.

pippin88 · 12-26-2002, 07:01 PM

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Originally posted by bigben2k
I'd use a socket-to-thread adaptor (PVC), then screw in a reducer to whatever size hose you use.

That's what I did with my airtrap, and it worked great! It was a cinch to convert from 1/2 to 3/4.

Alright, Hope its not hard to get that size stuff.

Another Option I just thought of for this sort of stuff is those electrical boxes that are often used for underground or on fences. Little white things designed to accept conduit and have a screw on lid.

Come in T shapes as well as straight through for joins etc. You join the pump to the screw on lid/access thing.

pippin88 · 12-29-2002, 03:39 AM

I did a test today.

Undid everything, and setup the whole system using no elbows. The pipe length might be double approx.

No change in temp.

I think my Rad airflow is seriously hapering performance, as even 1.8V (Tbred) with a C5 is pushing my cooling ability. So Im going to redo the shroud and also test with two fans in a push pull config.

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bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	I'd use a socket-to-thread adaptor (PVC), then screw in a reducer to whatever size hose you use. That's what I did with my airtrap, and it worked great! It was a cinch to convert from 1/2 to 3/4. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

12-26-2002, 01:29 AM	#26
pippin88 Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 285	I'll be trying to line up the pump so it lines up better, hopefully only one elbow on the Outlet side, and a straght run to the 3 taps. Im going to grab a PVC or Copper elbow (Probably PVE due to cost of copper) and goop it onto the pump intake. I'll cap off the other end and glue a barb/spigot into it. This is if I cant get the fiddling with the pump right. Would it be better to use a short lenght of PVC on the pump, so that the Inlet is not resticted by anything? Also I popped down to the truck shop down the road. They wanted $10 ($5 US) for a little 45° male - female adaptor. (Was going to put on GPU block

12-29-2002, 03:39 AM	#29
pippin88 Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 285	I did a test today. Undid everything, and setup the whole system using no elbows. The pipe length might be double approx. No change in temp. I think my Rad airflow is seriously hapering performance, as even 1.8V (Tbred) with a C5 is pushing my cooling ability. So Im going to redo the shroud and also test with two fans in a push pull config.

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