Alright, y'all, I have a few ideas. I figured I might as well go ahead and type them out. Kind of just thinking out loud and sharing what I'm about to do. In my bedroom I have a home theater setup. Only large speakers (Floorstanding JBL's and Klipsch, Paradigm, Bose, and some others). Well needless to say, its loud. The amp runs pretty darn warm and because I have all my A/V and multimedia equipment in my closet, there is a relatively high amount of heat generated. I currently have all fan driven cooling. I'm about to make the leap to a fully water cooled setup. I'm not going to buy buy a pre-made water cooling system and modify it to suit my needs. I'll go ahead a jump into the details.
So, I'll start with the reservoir. I'm most likely going to purchase a plastic 5 gallon fish tank and modify it with fittings for the intakes and outputs. For the pumps I'm going to use 150+ gallon per hour submersible fish tank or fountain pumps. As far as the actual act of removing the heat from the equipment, I'm going to take the cover off of my AVR and drill 1/4" inch holes through the heatsink and run 3 or 4 copper pipes though them. From the pump it will be reach the heatsink, split into however many lines, run though the heatsink, then collect in a 1/2" pipe and run out of the AVR, and to a 1/2" tube. I'll do the same with the CPU heatsink in the computer and any other equipment that requires cooling. From equipment, I'll run the lines out and have them merge into a 1 to 2" line running into a radiator of some type with fans blowing air over it. from there the line will be carried back to reservoir. There will be thermostats controlling the pumps. By having a central radiator and multiple pumps, I'm likely to save on room.
This is far from necessary, but its a project to occupy my spare time until I start working on my trucks. I understand that it isn't completely reasonable. Just thought that I'd throw out my basic idea. I'm certain to change the idea around a decent bit. The plan is to spend under $200 for it all.
Y'all feel free to leave your input (and the expected criticism)
Thanks,
Michael
So, I'll start with the reservoir. I'm most likely going to purchase a plastic 5 gallon fish tank and modify it with fittings for the intakes and outputs. For the pumps I'm going to use 150+ gallon per hour submersible fish tank or fountain pumps. As far as the actual act of removing the heat from the equipment, I'm going to take the cover off of my AVR and drill 1/4" inch holes through the heatsink and run 3 or 4 copper pipes though them. From the pump it will be reach the heatsink, split into however many lines, run though the heatsink, then collect in a 1/2" pipe and run out of the AVR, and to a 1/2" tube. I'll do the same with the CPU heatsink in the computer and any other equipment that requires cooling. From equipment, I'll run the lines out and have them merge into a 1 to 2" line running into a radiator of some type with fans blowing air over it. from there the line will be carried back to reservoir. There will be thermostats controlling the pumps. By having a central radiator and multiple pumps, I'm likely to save on room.
This is far from necessary, but its a project to occupy my spare time until I start working on my trucks. I understand that it isn't completely reasonable. Just thought that I'd throw out my basic idea. I'm certain to change the idea around a decent bit. The plan is to spend under $200 for it all.
Y'all feel free to leave your input (and the expected criticism)
Thanks,
Michael