Bitfenix recon temp sensors

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I just recently picked up the bitfenix recon fan controller and found it uses 5 temp sensors which I mostly mount in the same place as I want the fans all to react at the same time because of their layout.
I wanted to intergrate the temp sensors into the watercooling loop for faster temp reading and found a few places that sell temp sensors that screw into the loop.
However they are single sensors only and I realy hope I dont have to mount 5 or its going to get realy messy on the loop.
anyone else come across this or got around it another way.
any and all suggestions welcome please.
 
You don't necessary HAVE to use 5 sensors, but then you cant have 5 fans.

I have tried using a y splitter to feed one temp sensor data to two channels on the recon but seeing as its all measured by resistance this breaks things, one channel reads correctly and the other reads at like -20 or something.

On my two recons I am only using 4 channels of temp sensors and fans. Essentially, if no sensor is connected, the corresponding fan channel is inactive.

The only way around is to for example, have 1 sensor taking the temp of the water as it exits the res, then connect the pump to this channel, and then a second sensor measuring the temp as it exits the rad, and again plus this fan into the corresponding channel, you can use Y splitter on the fans fine so

Channel 1 -> Res temp -> W/C Pump Speed
Channel 2 -> Rad Exit Temp -> Fan Y Splitter -> 2x 120mm Rad Fans

That would work fine. Just be carefull as the recon has a max start-up voltage of 6 watts I believe and many WC pumps are over this, sometimes they fail to start. The way round it is to wire an inline power switch so you can manually toggle the power to the pump.
 
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I think, although mine stopped working via USB before I could try, that Phoebetria supports controlling all fans from a single temp sensor.

Phoebetria is a DIY bit of software for Recon. The writers post on here sometimes in the overclocking cooling section.
 
dunno if their is any solid info about but apparently bitfenix is doing a recon 2 very soon and it will have a lot more to it this time around.
 
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