Little question on bongs.. collers that is

[TOMATOMAN]

Would it be better if i made a bong out of metal pipe? Or is PVC the best for them?


EDIT: also would putinn some air chilers help out at all?

[Soja]

yeah but it would be heavy as hell and might be expensive. pvc cost a couple bucks...

[William]

might also cause electrolysis if it say aluminum. Just use pvc, its easier to work with, cheaper, and doesn't put ions into your water.

[TOMATOMAN]

im ions in the water eh........ What that do??

[The Overclocker]

i recon aluminum will make a lowder noise as well, plastic absorbs some of the noise because it is softer, the whole cooling idea of a bong cooler is that it uses evaporation to cool. not conduction

[IFMU]

Actually if you were to make a special rig for the bong cooler setup.. make it with fins on the inside or something... maybe to cool the water a little better? Doing it with metal would work better that way.. Hhmm... gives me some ideas... But sorry Im rambling... I am presently building a bong cooler just need to get the pump at this point and its done... gawd I cant wait till pay day!!!

[Crash893]

why not use sheet metal like the ones that they use to do you ac ducts thats not heavy or expensive.

[nihili]

Fins on the inside will hurt not help. The idea is to maximise the surface area of water exposed to airflow. The best way to do this is by choosing a shower head with a high flow rate and a fine spray (yes these are competing desiderata). If you use fins, more of the water will run along a fin, so the surface area exposed to airflow will be reduced.

I've wondered about using multiple water saver showerheads. You know, those $#!&&^ little one like they use in motel 6 that it take 10 minutes just to rinse your hair? The put out a fine spray, almost a mist. If you got half a dozen of those pointed down your bong you ought to get very good evaporation.

Of corse the better your bong cooler works, the more humidity you add to the ambient air. If you want to do something cool and unique with your cooler, try designing a condensation apparatus to regain the lost H2O. In theory you should be able to operate a cooler with only minimal water loss if you can figure out the condensation angle. BTW, to maximize cooling you'll want to the condensed water to return to the system prior to the shower head. I haven't a clue how to do that with a single pump though. :)

nihili

[IFMU]

Obviouslly didnt understand what I was saying... My apologies... forget it...