An outdoors radiator??

I have a distilled water maker that can make 4 litres every couple of hours....got about 4 gallons in a drum in the loft currently as standby for my loop. well worth the cash those distillers.
 
Skorpion said:
I have a distilled water maker that can make 4 litres every couple of hours....got about 4 gallons in a drum in the loft currently as standby for my loop. well worth the cash those distillers.
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Nice! How much power does it use? I use the output of my dehumidifier but it's something like £1/day or more, and only makes 5L a time over about 2 days. Luckily I don't pay my own electric! It's just slow.
 
You used to be able to buy these as a kit. The radiator was a sort of tall, fluted cylinder. It was large enough to double as the reservoir. You put the pipes through the case and wall, and then ran the system from the pump in the case. The water reservoir/radiator was large enough that you could run it passively. I imagine though, that if it got enough sun/heat, it could act like one of those solar hot water heaters where the surface area is such that it can heat up the water it contains. Conversely, you'll also need anti-freeze for the winter.

Also, existing thread.
 
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Dempsey22 said:
@String done a great external radiator setup. He might weigh in here and link you to his setup.
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Just seen this post. :)

@KFG256 have a look at this thread, but please read on here as things are updated since I went through that process.

Note: see how I did a complete over think on everything, it's a lot simpler than you'd expect. Post #3 is where I should have left it... But I just went into over think mode. See my last post on that thread were I basically realised freezing and condensation were never going to be an issue.

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/project-external-cooling.18799743/

You will not need massive radiator space, just allow 120mm for every component and then add 120mm on top (so probably 480mm rad will be enough).

You will definitely need fans, even if you leave the PC idle your fluid will reach around 40c. You simply cannot passive cool, it won't work.

You will need good control over the speed of your fans in relation to water temperature. I use an Aquaero for this; the curve goes 1% to 100% at 15c to 25c. In simple terms the fans will idle if the fluid is below 16c and in the winter that will prevent freezing. They will run 100% under full load gaming and that's what you want, my GPU sits at 29c full pelt.

It was -10c last winter and with my fans at 20% my fluid never went below 16c.

It was 26c the other day and my GPU was 39c full load. :cool: My gaming cave was cool as a cucumber and silent, and I'd been gaming for hours! I would hate to go back to "conventional" water cooling.

I'll post some photos of my current setup tomorrow (I'm away on business just now), and if you have any questions just ask. :)

Edit to add photos of current setup.

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String said:
Note: see how I did a complete over think on everything, it's a lot simpler than you'd expect. Post #3 is where I should have left it... But I just went into over think mode. See my last post on that thread were I basically realised freezing and condensation were never going to be an issue.
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I many times thought about doing this but then the fear of condensation put me off. Just wondering what was your room ambient when -10C outside. Between very nice build.
 
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