a couple of watercooling questions

[twist3d0n3]

hi peeps,

i've decided i want to add a draining valve to my w/c loop, can anyone recommend a decent brand???

also, with my current loop, i've got uv purple liquid, with uv orange coils, but i want to add a second loop soon, but with the inverse of colours, i.e. uv purple coils with uv orange liquid.

i've looked around for uv purple coils but to no avail... anyone know if they are available at all? all i've found is purple (non-uv)

cheers in advance!

 

[Bubo]

I've perused many water cooling sites and I've only ever seen one "brand" of valve offered, the same one as on OCUK. Its just a valve, nothing clever about it, just go for the cheapest place you can get it. Or if you want to be different just make a stopper out of a fill port, or any household thing which looks like it could bung up a tube, without contaminating your fluid. Never seen purple UV coils anywhere. Sometimes though bog standard coils can still light up in UV light, my blue ones do to a degree.

 

[JonJ678]

Not much to add to the above. The drain valve is threaded at both ends, so I screw a G1/4" cap into one end when not in use. Not a chance of that leaking. Obviously you need a T junction to put somewhere in your loop, taking the drain line off the middle.

 

[twist3d0n3]

thanks for the replies guys. i'll look into these bits and bobs and hopefully get something sorted soon - i've been dying to put in the second loop for ages!

oh, one other question, i've got a d5 vario running off a xspc dual bay res, and was thinking of instead of having a second seperate loop (if the purple coils don't look great with the rest of it), instead adding a couple of Y-splitters on the inlet and outlet of the res; then having a second d5 vario for the second loop with both loops feeding/dumping off the same res. Would this cause any weird pressure problems at all?

 

[Monkey Puzzle]

hi peeps,

i've decided i want to add a draining valve to my w/c loop, can anyone recommend a decent brand???

also, with my current loop, i've got uv purple liquid, with uv orange coils, but i want to add a second loop soon, but with the inverse of colours, i.e. uv purple coils with uv orange liquid.

i've looked around for uv purple coils but to no avail... anyone know if they are available at all? all i've found is purple (non-uv)

cheers in advance!

As Bubo said - I 've also only seen the valv OcUK sell - would be interested to know if the do it as a male-threaded version.

 

[Bubo]

oh, one other question, i've got a d5 vario running off a xspc dual bay res, and was thinking of instead of having a second seperate loop (if the purple coils don't look great with the rest of it), instead adding a couple of Y-splitters on the inlet and outlet of the res; then having a second d5 vario for the second loop with both loops feeding/dumping off the same res. Would this cause any weird pressure problems at all?

This idea has been suggested several times of late and in theory it sounds like it will work, but the more I think about it the less sense it makes if you are using the same spec pump in both loops. You may as well put both pumps in one loop in series along with the extra rad, as mixing the water in the res will defeat one of the the main pruposes of having separate loops, i.e. independant temperatures. I also think using Y splitters instead of taking the feeds at independant points on the res will create a backpressure in one of the loops. It will reach a point of equilibrium but it may compromise the flow in one loop compared to what it could run at if separated and left to its own devices. Think of it as an electrical circuit, with the pumps replaced by a dc battery and each block/rad etc replaced by a resistor. It is possible to work out the currents in each loop, where current is equivalent to flow, voltage (potential) equivalent to pressure. One of the possible current loops will bypass the res and lead to a back current.

 

[twist3d0n3]

sorry for the delay, have been away.

thanks for the replies guys.

i think i'll go for a second loop instead of the Y-splitter option. at the end of the day, i don't want any fans directly on compontents as it tends to be noisy. the only fan i will have on a component when this is finished will be the ram, which leads me to yet another question:- can anyone recommend a decent ram cooler?

once i've got this full w/c setup finished, i'll post some pics as it's already coming together quite nicely and looks sweet

cheers for the input guys!