[Kal-EL]

Originally Posted by ny_driver

Check it out....I'm on the team

This thing doesn't cool down quite as fast as I was hoping, but it stays cold.

to the Team buddy, hunker down and get to know your peeps.


Pull down on these chillers can take up to an hour and a half in my experience before you reach the best temps possible.

[ny_driver]

Thanks Kal-El and OCA for allowing me to join the team so soon.

-32c after ~an hour...not too shabby eh?

[FACE]

Welcome to the team buddy.... can you smell the hardware we're cooking?

[ny_driver]

Thanks again. And yes I can.

So I managed to get the chiller tidied up a bit today....got everything level and the evap lines installed. Just need to cut to size some of my support blocks and screw them down....and that's about it. I'm going to be drilling 2 holes in the lid later(where the grommets are) to add my feed and return hoses. I think 1 on each side of the evap will work well, with the return pouring down the side for better dissipation, and the feed at the bottom with a strainer/filter from a Wagner paint gun on it.

Probably insulate the board next weekend somehow. Here is a couple more pics....sorry the one is so blurry, must be I moved, but you can still see.
Do you realize the exposed part of the evap still had snow all over it when I got up this morning...and the lid was ajar. Pretty good cooler I guess.

I wonder how fast it would get beer cold. I'll have to try a cold activated Coors light can in there sometime.

EDIT: I had to add 1 more because I got it looking a little better yet. Nice and quiet like a good air conditioner with those bricks on top..........I just cannot believe how long that coolant stays cold?

[Neuromancer]

w00t!!!!

Welcome to the team man!!

[Kal-EL]

Oh yah, the coolant stays cold like a mofo in there. I had to wait 2 days once because the frost around the evap was so thick. Once you have enough fluid in the reservoir, recirculating a loop thru it helps thaw out faster.

I'm guessing your anit-freeze mix wasn't strong enough and froze up?

Also, make sure your feed line tube/copper/whatever reaches down to the bottom of the reservoir to pick up the coldest coolant and that your return flows over the fins of the evap if at all possible.

[ny_driver]

The only thing that froze up was the frost that fell in the coolant. -25F windshield washer fluid seems to work well. I'll change it up if it becomes necessary.

[ny_driver]

Ohh I must add another picture as I dream about how cold the old 1055T is going to be. I rearranged and made a nice home for the chiller right next to my rig.

Now there is no need for my res anymore correct? Just go chiller>cpu>pump>chiller now? It's gonna be a nice short loop if so.

[Hondacity]

as long as the pump is sucking fluid you'd be ok...and alcohol will crack that swiftechy reservoir

[Kal-EL]

Yah, theres not need for a res cuz you got a big fatty res right there, just get the coolant flowing thru the pump and you'll be o.k.. What pump?