Repaired and modified Spiral W/B pics

racecar12 · 01-27-2002, 02:53 PM

Well, I had a mishap using the 220watt tec and the Spiral W/B by fixitt. I forgot to turn on the waterpump before powering the pelt. Real stupid, I know

. But I realized I had forgoten to plug the waterpump in only 20seconds after I turned on the pelt and imediatly turned off the power to the pelt and reached to plug in the water pump when I heard the crack of the acrylic top.

Yesterday I finally got around to making a new top. I want to contiue using the Spiral but knew the acrylic was not a good idea with such a strong pelt. So I made a two piece top out of aluminum, and used epoxy to bond the pieces to create the design.

You can see the pics HERE

All I have left is tap the in and outlets for fittings and reseal the top.

Brad · 01-27-2002, 04:02 PM

I know there shouldn't be any change, but have you found any differance in temps with the all metal body?

and it does look damned cool btw, awesome job

racecar12 · 01-27-2002, 04:44 PM

I am not finished with it yet. I need to get a 1/4" NPT pipe tap to finish the job. I know I have one but can't find it anywhere. I am also tring to find a place that can anodize it for me before final assembly.

Kind of interested myself to see if it will be cooler or not. My guess is that it would be too little difference to tell along with the variables with peltier cooling.

01-27-2002, 02:53 PM	#1
racecar12 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 20	Repaired and modified Spiral W/B pics Well, I had a mishap using the 220watt tec and the Spiral W/B by fixitt. I forgot to turn on the waterpump before powering the pelt. Real stupid, I know . But I realized I had forgoten to plug the waterpump in only 20seconds after I turned on the pelt and imediatly turned off the power to the pelt and reached to plug in the water pump when I heard the crack of the acrylic top. Yesterday I finally got around to making a new top. I want to contiue using the Spiral but knew the acrylic was not a good idea with such a strong pelt. So I made a two piece top out of aluminum, and used epoxy to bond the pieces to create the design. You can see the pics HERE All I have left is tap the in and outlets for fittings and reseal the top.

01-27-2002, 04:02 PM	#2
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	I know there shouldn't be any change, but have you found any differance in temps with the all metal body? and it does look damned cool btw, awesome job __________________ 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

01-27-2002, 04:44 PM	#3
racecar12 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 20	I am not finished with it yet. I need to get a 1/4" NPT pipe tap to finish the job. I know I have one but can't find it anywhere. I am also tring to find a place that can anodize it for me before final assembly. Kind of interested myself to see if it will be cooler or not. My guess is that it would be too little difference to tell along with the variables with peltier cooling.

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