ahhhhhhhh magnets in my case

hmorgoth · 08-15-2001, 05:15 PM

Hi guys this may be my last post as a water cooler as i am going into my final year and i dont have enough time to piss around with my crap watercooling setup

The question how much of a mess of my pc have i just made by placing a huge pumpo right in my pc case and will it be alive later when i dare to turn it on in a day or two

I took out the pump but will my pc be screwed when i come back

please help a desperat person guys as i darnt turn it on and find out myself

thanks for all the help from this forum and its members espicialy Joe and Una!!and many others.. I hope i gave some ideas for to think on with my useless spiral water block and mini bong cooler plans but see you guys.
I will be back after my GCSE's in summer next year

redleader · 08-16-2001, 12:19 AM

What do you mean by huge? Even large MagDrive pumps should be fine. There was a lengthy thread about this on HardOCP a while back. IIRC damage from magnetic feilds was unheard of.

Here one way to find out though. Plug in your pump with coolant just looping through it (intake connected to exhaust). Turn on TV. Hold up to the TV. If you see distortion thats a bad thing.

In my case my Eheim 1250 (30watt pump, so yes thats big) had no effect whatsoever on the picture. Even now its mounted just inches from my HD with no trouble.

mkosem · 08-16-2001, 02:13 AM

these things must be magneticaly shielded by FCC regulation!! No one is listening to me, I've said this twice already this week!!

--MAtt

hmorgoth · 08-16-2001, 04:28 AM

ok then what about the fact that it affects my moniter from a foot away through a 2mm thick sheet of steal. could this be due to the fact it is an outdor pump and maybe it isnt suppresed. Rc car motors have suppresion capicitors on the terminals! but does this have anything to do with my pump?
I also tryed the compass trick and found that it pointed at my pump from as far a one foot away again.
What did i brake if this is the case as i am using my brothers PC

redleader · 08-17-2001, 12:54 AM

Steel doesn't block magnetic fields very well but thats still too strong for my tastes. From the sound of it, that thing is huge. Could you set it in your closet or something and run the tubes from your PC?

sunblade · 08-17-2001, 02:24 AM

Heh, can you ruin a monitor/TV by having the magnetic field too close? I don't want to have a purple monitor.

hmorgoth · 08-17-2001, 06:28 AM

its a pond pump and it isn't shielded at all all it is is normal mag drive pump in a huge block of eboxy! Oh and it draws 65W just to do 600 l/h so i will be aquiring a eheim pump soon!!! thanks for all the help guys and will soon be back on my pc!!
I would like to dedicate this to the modem that sacrificed it's self to defend the rest of my ps by acting as a magnetic shield ( i don't know how!!!)

dantheman · 08-17-2001, 12:45 PM

Another easy test to see if houseing the mag pump inside of your case is to leave a floppy with data on it leaning next to the pump while the pump is running. See if you can read from the floppy after leaveing it like so for a day or so.

maddogg2.0 · 08-24-2001, 11:23 PM

BE FREAKIN CAREFUL with pumps in your case, My monitor blew out, and ,my hd got currupted, so i had to backup and re-format all thanks to my pump I think, if your worried about it, surround the res with some aluminum or steel, and connect the shielding to the case via a wire.

08-15-2001, 05:15 PM	#1
hmorgoth Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Posts: 55	ahhhhhhhh magnets in my case Hi guys this may be my last post as a water cooler as i am going into my final year and i dont have enough time to piss around with my crap watercooling setup The question how much of a mess of my pc have i just made by placing a huge pumpo right in my pc case and will it be alive later when i dare to turn it on in a day or two I took out the pump but will my pc be screwed when i come back please help a desperat person guys as i darnt turn it on and find out myself thanks for all the help from this forum and its members espicialy Joe and Una!!and many others.. I hope i gave some ideas for to think on with my useless spiral water block and mini bong cooler plans but see you guys. I will be back after my GCSE's in summer next year __________________ Time to make my own case. Its cheaper

08-16-2001, 02:13 AM	#3
mkosem Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2001 Location: here Posts: 494	these things must be magneticaly shielded by FCC regulation!! No one is listening to me, I've said this twice already this week!! --MAtt __________________ If you can't cool it, blow it up!! http://www.mattkosem.com

08-16-2001, 04:28 AM	#4
hmorgoth Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Posts: 55	ok then what about the fact that it affects my moniter from a foot away through a 2mm thick sheet of steal. could this be due to the fact it is an outdor pump and maybe it isnt suppresed. Rc car motors have suppresion capicitors on the terminals! but does this have anything to do with my pump? I also tryed the compass trick and found that it pointed at my pump from as far a one foot away again. What did i brake if this is the case as i am using my brothers PC __________________ Time to make my own case. Its cheaper

08-17-2001, 06:28 AM	#7
hmorgoth Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Posts: 55	its a pond pump and it isn't shielded at all all it is is normal mag drive pump in a huge block of eboxy! Oh and it draws 65W just to do 600 l/h so i will be aquiring a eheim pump soon!!! thanks for all the help guys and will soon be back on my pc!! I would like to dedicate this to the modem that sacrificed it's self to defend the rest of my ps by acting as a magnetic shield ( i don't know how!!!) __________________ Time to make my own case. Its cheaper

08-24-2001, 11:23 PM	#9
maddogg2.0 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Alta Loma, California Posts: 3	BE FREAKIN CAREFUL with pumps in your case, My monitor blew out, and ,my hd got currupted, so i had to backup and re-format all thanks to my pump I think, if your worried about it, surround the res with some aluminum or steel, and connect the shielding to the case via a wire. __________________ --------REMEMBER, ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT COMPUTER FIRES!!!------- AMD Athlon 600 SLOT-A @750 @1.75 volts. Shuttle AI61 Motherboard, 128 Megs PC-133, Voodoo 3 3000 AGP @200 mhz. WD 30 Gig 7200 RPM HD, Sound Blaster LIVE!, Custom made Baybus, custom watercooling system, and a bunch of other crap. Also, I build a phase change system, for cooling, if ya have a question, about it, feel free to ask. Also, Im A Watercooling, and phase change system Expert From [HARD OCP. IF you have a question about something feel free to ask me and ill help ya out.

08-16-2001, 12:19 AM	#2
redleader Thermophile Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The deserts of Tucson, Az Posts: 1,264	What do you mean by huge? Even large MagDrive pumps should be fine. There was a lengthy thread about this on HardOCP a while back. IIRC damage from magnetic feilds was unheard of. Here one way to find out though. Plug in your pump with coolant just looping through it (intake connected to exhaust). Turn on TV. Hold up to the TV. If you see distortion thats a bad thing. In my case my Eheim 1250 (30watt pump, so yes thats big) had no effect whatsoever on the picture. Even now its mounted just inches from my HD with no trouble.

08-17-2001, 12:54 AM	#5
redleader Thermophile Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The deserts of Tucson, Az Posts: 1,264	Steel doesn't block magnetic fields very well but thats still too strong for my tastes. From the sound of it, that thing is huge. Could you set it in your closet or something and run the tubes from your PC?

08-17-2001, 02:24 AM	#6
sunblade Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: USA Posts: 156	Heh, can you ruin a monitor/TV by having the magnetic field too close? I don't want to have a purple monitor.

08-17-2001, 12:45 PM	#8
dantheman Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 152	Another easy test to see if houseing the mag pump inside of your case is to leave a floppy with data on it leaning next to the pump while the pump is running. See if you can read from the floppy after leaveing it like so for a day or so.

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