- Joined
- Jul 8, 2004
- Location
- Portland, OR
I'm considering going to WC for my quad and video. I've been thinking about putting the radiator outside to control heat and fan noise. Some questions:
1. Does anyone put their radiator outside? I live in an area that is cool/cold 8 months of the year. Putting a radiator outside would seem like a great way to get additional cooling. I've though of venting cold air into my PC, but it seems far easier to run two hoses outside than a big fat air duct.
2. Is it possible to have a radiator that cools completely passively? The reason is that I'd rather not have to worry about electric fans outside.
3. If I had an outside radiator, could I cool it with water when it's hot outside? This may sound odd, but if I set up some misters that pointed right at the the radiator it seems like I could get a lot of additional cooling when it was hot outside.
4. As an alternative to #2, could I immerse my radiator in cool water when it's hot out? I have access to irrigation water, and it seems like I would need only a very slow flow rate to keep the water around the radiator cool. (All the runoff would just go back to irrigation.)
1. Does anyone put their radiator outside? I live in an area that is cool/cold 8 months of the year. Putting a radiator outside would seem like a great way to get additional cooling. I've though of venting cold air into my PC, but it seems far easier to run two hoses outside than a big fat air duct.
2. Is it possible to have a radiator that cools completely passively? The reason is that I'd rather not have to worry about electric fans outside.
3. If I had an outside radiator, could I cool it with water when it's hot outside? This may sound odd, but if I set up some misters that pointed right at the the radiator it seems like I could get a lot of additional cooling when it was hot outside.
4. As an alternative to #2, could I immerse my radiator in cool water when it's hot out? I have access to irrigation water, and it seems like I would need only a very slow flow rate to keep the water around the radiator cool. (All the runoff would just go back to irrigation.)