Installed my Iwaki 20RZ, pics

[pelikan]

Here it is:

I made a redwood box for it:

My radiator, for those who havn't seen it yet (50' of 3/4" copper, burried in wet ground):

My temps have dropped 3C using this pump. Before I was using a Groundfos circulation pump with similar head but much higher GPH (1250 GPH) and higher wattage (185W). My overclock didn't increase. I switched to the Iwaki to lower my electric bill.

Here's the rest of the pics. I got rid of condensation by sealing up my case so no air goes in or out and pumping the cold water through a heatercore and fan inside the case which cools the air while recirculating it.

 

[Styyn]

Far and away one of the most ingenious (and quiet ) watercooling setups I've seen. Do have one question though: how's your flow with that much tubing? I know Iwakis have a lot of head, but that's really gotta be pushing that 20RZ

 

[Soja]

I think he had a eheim 1250 pushing through all of that if I'm not mistaken. If that pump worked than the 20RZ should be a worthy upgrade.

 

[greenman100]

funny to see something I once had now installed, far far away.


glad to see its working for you, nice setup

 

[pelikan]

Thanks for selling me the pump greenman100.
That's right, I used to have an eheim 1250 in there. The flow was, suprisingly, pretty good. Since the copper is 3/4", it is not very restrictive at all. I think I calculated a 2' pressure drop in the 50' of pipe.
Then I got a Grundfos pump for free. That thing has 25' of head and 1250 GPH. I was getting about 4 GPM with it. It worked great but it used 185W and I got sick of paying a higher power bill.
This Iwaki is perfect. I'm getting pretty close to the flow I got with the Grundfos, but with only 55W.

 

[Ri0]

What makes the ground wet? How deep is the copper tubing burried?

 

[pelikan]

Here's a pic from just before I trimmed the plastic and filled the dirt back in. It's burried about two feet deep. The plastic keeps water in.

 

[pelikan]

The heatercore in this pic isn't cooling the water. Its job is to keep the case cool using the cold water from the burried radiator outside. I covered all the holes in the case with duct tape and put the psu outside the case. So with the side panel on the case is comletely sealed. I did this to stop the occasional condensation problems I was having. It's a cool, dry little micro-environment in there.

 

[Aphex_Tom_9]

that's crazy! and by crazy i mean awesome!

 

[InvisGreenMan]

It looks like you are cooling your intake air with that rad in the front, right? If so that is a great idea. Looks like you have a sweet setup.

 

[pelikan]

It looks like you are cooling your intake air with that rad in the front, right? If so that is a great idea. Looks like you have a sweet setup.

Actually there is no intake or exhaust. The air inside the case stays inside and is re-circulated through that rad. This way it stays cool and dry inside the case regardless of what's happening outside. I used to get condensation whenever I'd cook things like soup which add a lot of humidity to the air, but this solved the problem.