- Joined
- Apr 11, 2008
- Location
- Spain (Getafe, Madrid)
Hi, it has been a long time, but here I am again...
I have finally built my first watercooling loop (it's not installed on the computer yet because while I was leak testing I've detected a problem that I want to solve before I install the blocks on the components).
My reservoir has a built in "flow meter" (somewhat rustic, a ball over the water intake of the reservoir that is pushed up the higher the more flow). When everything runs fine, the ball is pushed up about 6cm (~2.4") over the bottom of the reservoir. But whenever I power off the pump (or let the ball fall to the bottom by dropping the pump voltage to the minimum in the fan controller I have attached it to), when I give it some juice again the ball doesn't go up again (instead, it barely rises a miserable 1cm or half an inch). Indeed, the water in the reservoir looks like much less turbulent, so I suppose the pump is not working at its full potential.
It takes a completely arbitrary, random and extremely variable time to work as it should again (for example, some tests I did yesterday it recovered in a matter of seconds, sometimes it takes some minutes, today I have had to wait for more than half an hour when I tested it in the morning). I think it could be air trapped in the loop (but it has been running for more than 48 hours now! and I can see some bubbles in the reservoir, and one on the reservoir out hose, but they seem to be glued to the plastic and they don't go away), a defective pump, or even a not so useful reservoir flow meter! But I'm becoming more and more frustrated, and I don't know what to do next!
What do you think about it? What is your advise in this case?
I have finally built my first watercooling loop (it's not installed on the computer yet because while I was leak testing I've detected a problem that I want to solve before I install the blocks on the components).
My reservoir has a built in "flow meter" (somewhat rustic, a ball over the water intake of the reservoir that is pushed up the higher the more flow). When everything runs fine, the ball is pushed up about 6cm (~2.4") over the bottom of the reservoir. But whenever I power off the pump (or let the ball fall to the bottom by dropping the pump voltage to the minimum in the fan controller I have attached it to), when I give it some juice again the ball doesn't go up again (instead, it barely rises a miserable 1cm or half an inch). Indeed, the water in the reservoir looks like much less turbulent, so I suppose the pump is not working at its full potential.
It takes a completely arbitrary, random and extremely variable time to work as it should again (for example, some tests I did yesterday it recovered in a matter of seconds, sometimes it takes some minutes, today I have had to wait for more than half an hour when I tested it in the morning). I think it could be air trapped in the loop (but it has been running for more than 48 hours now! and I can see some bubbles in the reservoir, and one on the reservoir out hose, but they seem to be glued to the plastic and they don't go away), a defective pump, or even a not so useful reservoir flow meter! But I'm becoming more and more frustrated, and I don't know what to do next!
What do you think about it? What is your advise in this case?