Well..
I am using the Danger Den TDX cpu block, but I noticed with the Eheim 1250 and 1/2" lines that my flow indicator wasn't moving as fast as I expected it to, well things were fine and temps were good.. Then I upgraded to the FX55..
Temps were definitely more volatile and I decided to pull the TDX and make sure it wasn't clogged. I soon found out that the TDX had a very restrictive plate inside with a small vertical cut through it which I'm assuming it acting as a diffuser to create some turbulence.
It was gummed up a bit so I pulled it cleaned the block which wasn't dirty but reassembled without the diffuser and it's using the copper fins as diffusion at this point. Woah.. the flow is SIGNIFICANTLY higher now and my temps almost have 0 variance under load..
So my question is since I have a high flow pump should I keep the diffuser out and use the diffuser at the base of the CPU block, or should I put it back in with the massive restriction of flow? At this point my CPU is sitting at a nice 25C, and doesn't really have much variance even under load.
I am using the Danger Den TDX cpu block, but I noticed with the Eheim 1250 and 1/2" lines that my flow indicator wasn't moving as fast as I expected it to, well things were fine and temps were good.. Then I upgraded to the FX55..
Temps were definitely more volatile and I decided to pull the TDX and make sure it wasn't clogged. I soon found out that the TDX had a very restrictive plate inside with a small vertical cut through it which I'm assuming it acting as a diffuser to create some turbulence.
It was gummed up a bit so I pulled it cleaned the block which wasn't dirty but reassembled without the diffuser and it's using the copper fins as diffusion at this point. Woah.. the flow is SIGNIFICANTLY higher now and my temps almost have 0 variance under load..
So my question is since I have a high flow pump should I keep the diffuser out and use the diffuser at the base of the CPU block, or should I put it back in with the massive restriction of flow? At this point my CPU is sitting at a nice 25C, and doesn't really have much variance even under load.