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ViaAqua need to be fully submersed?

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Patrick_

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I'm reading for the ViaAqua pumps on drsfostersmith.com:

Must be submersed at all times.

So does this mean that I need to have it in a bucket of water or something?
 
They say they have to be submersed because they usually don't have an inline intake. The intake from the factory is just a grate with a hole going to the impeller behind it. If you have a version of the pump with an intake on it that will accept a hose, it will work fine. The motor of the pump is a design that uses the fluid the pump is pumping to cool it. It will dump a little heat into the loop, but the pump will work fine. Because the pump heats the water a bit, it is better to use this loop:

Pump -> radiator -> CPU -> Pump

A T-line before the pump works well too.

My Via Aqua 1300 was quite loud when I first turned it on, but became nearly silent after a couple minutes. If your pump is really loud when you start it, just give it a couple minutes, it should get quieter. (This noise drove me nuts when I first got the pump, because I thought it was broken and didn't wait for it to get quiet, just took it appart for no reason only to see it was fine)
 
I would suggest this:

-Find a hose connecotor made for connecting a 1/2" pipe or similar to a garden hose. This will provide a good ribbed surface to clamp your hose to and a bigger (1"?) surface to attach to the pump.
-CAREFULLY drill or cut a hole in the front of the intake grill slightly smaller than the hose connector
-Put a very small amount of epoxy on the hose connector and stick it to the hole on the pump, then put a bit of epoxy along all the openings on the intake grate to close them off a bit.
-Keep adding layers of epoxy until all the holes in the intake grate are filled.
-put a 1/8" thick layer of construction adheasive overtop of the entire pump intake and around the hose addapter. Construction adhesive is crazy stuff. There are actualy 3 things that will survive a nuclear blast. Cochroaches, Twinkies, and construction adhesive.
 
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