BubbaJoeLouis
10-23-01, 09:49 PM
Here is a quick and dirty way to determine the lowest possible water cooling temperature you can hope to achive in your environment with a bong-type water cooler. By your environment I mean the temperature, humidity, air density, etc. where your computer resides which all go into the evaparative water cooling tower equations.
Take a thermometer and apply a constant film of water to its bulb. You can achive this in any number of ways; try a cotton ball soaked with water, or any number of other creative ideas I am sure you can come up with. But most importantly, maintain a constant film of water on the bulb of the thermometer.
Blow a fan with the equivalent amount of air you would put through your water tower onto the thermometer. Any old brushless will do.
Wait for the lowest possible temperature reading on the thermometer, and that will be the best possible cooling you can expect from your water cooling "bong" tower. This will of course vary throughout the year.
What you have built is called a sling psychrometer, which designers for large water cooling towers use to determine site conditions for a new installation.
Good Luck,
BJL;)
Take a thermometer and apply a constant film of water to its bulb. You can achive this in any number of ways; try a cotton ball soaked with water, or any number of other creative ideas I am sure you can come up with. But most importantly, maintain a constant film of water on the bulb of the thermometer.
Blow a fan with the equivalent amount of air you would put through your water tower onto the thermometer. Any old brushless will do.
Wait for the lowest possible temperature reading on the thermometer, and that will be the best possible cooling you can expect from your water cooling "bong" tower. This will of course vary throughout the year.
What you have built is called a sling psychrometer, which designers for large water cooling towers use to determine site conditions for a new installation.
Good Luck,
BJL;)