Shape of copper tubing radiator

[Frodo Baggins]

Anyways, I'm too cheap and too isolated to find a radiator (no junk yards where I live) so I thought the idea of mounting copper tubing on adown up down...

Any ideas?

I aheva 100-160 GPH pump. (Adjustable flow rate), so It can do prolly 130 GPH - 140 GPH average
I have only 6.5 feet of copper tubing though (3/8")
damn guys at Home hardware riped me off. I said I wanted 7.5 :(

fan would work

I have a 12 inch ocsillating fan...and so I think I'll mount het copper tubing there...

What shape should I do it? The one that wrote the articled just coiled his tubing up....but then I can't get the quickest airflow since it will be going up down up

[VashTheStampede]

"Need more power!" - Scotty

I hardly think a pump with that low of GPH could pump water through 6.5 feet of tubing, and then to the waterblock and back to the pump or resevoir.

Hell even the highest end Eheim pump can only deliver up to 10 feet and 2 inches, the next model down 6 feet and 7 inches. 200 GPH Rio only delivers to 4 feet of tubing.

Your going to need a more powerful pump if you want use 6.5 or 7.5 feet of copper tubing.

As for shape, do it like most any radiator I would say, where it goes up, arcs, goes down, arcs, goes up, etc.

~RT~

[train22]

It doesn't really make a difference in what shape you make it in, the only guideline you should go by is to cover as much of the fan's surface area as you can, simple, more air flowing= fastter/reliable cooling.

Only thing that I am not sure about is the pump, it's a little low on GPH which may be a bit bad if the radiator you are making is going to be superlong.

My homeade $0.02.

[train22]

~RT~...
I can hardly recognize you with the new avator, people can you stop changing the avators regularly? :p I can't remember people by names, if that makes any sense whatsoever, I'll shut up now:)

[Frodo Baggins]

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sorry, it's just that I spent 30 bucks on this pump and I can't return it at this specific store (kicks pump)

Are you nuts though? A pump higher then this? The next highest I saw was like 250 GPH for like 70 dollars a pump

[VashTheStampede]

http://www.aquadirect.com/pumps/pumps.html

Danner Supreme Mag Drive pump, 350 GPH, max delivery head 10.5 feet, $37 or you could get the 500 GPH model for $44.

Danner is a well known, well respected pump manufacturer.

As for the new avatar, got bored of the Earthworm Jim one heh.

~RT~

[Frodo Baggins]

Heh, man I'm assuming your US? I'm canadian...so 44 dollars is about 65 dollars

[Patchmaster]

Hell even the highest end Eheim pump can only deliver up to 10 feet and 2 inches, the next model down 6 feet and 7 inches. 200 GPH Rio only delivers to 4 feet of tubing. That's how high it can move water above the level of the pump. It has nothing to do with how far it can move the water. His pump should work fine through 6.5 feet of tubing.

[The Overclocker]

what i am doing is having 10 peices of pipes about 12cm high each in a row, so they bothe fill evenly with water and are cooled by a fan, this is good because it is 10x as slow asn is equil to 10x as much copper tubing