Strong magnets to prop up a reservoir/pump combo
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You should find with just the plate and magnet, they have hell of a lot stronger hold.You are right.. looking on Amazon pictures
But if you want to go magnet to magnet for extra strength you'll need to find a manufacture that makes them with opposite poles on the counsunk sides ie. a matching pair
yeah i was thinking of doing that but seems most dedicated retailers are priced in bulk and far expensive than what normal consumers would buy them for.
These for example were around £15 for 10 magnets
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Actually, it may be wise not to do magnet on magnet. They are so so brittle that if you let go a little to quickly they pull together so fast will just shatter.
I know theyre expensive, I bought 5 (15mm x 3mm) a couple of years ago, cost me a tenner delivered.
Used them to put under a bottle opener to catch the caps. I was playing around with them and one snapped back to the stack from 5-10 mm away shattered 2 of them and cracked the 3rd... lol
The 2 left though work great for the catching caps
I know theyre expensive, I bought 5 (15mm x 3mm) a couple of years ago, cost me a tenner delivered.
Used them to put under a bottle opener to catch the caps. I was playing around with them and one snapped back to the stack from 5-10 mm away shattered 2 of them and cracked the 3rd... lol
The 2 left though work great for the catching caps
unless i put some sort of thin padding between them.. may lose a slight bit of attraction but could be used as a soft bumper.
I'll play around and see what works best
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Yeah... the playing around part is the fun bit
I use velcro for all my SSDs. Not had any of them need to be stuck on a 2nd time but obviously they are not nearly as heavy at reservoir with water going through it.
velcro can be a possibility.. depends how its been looped..
It would be more resilient if you were hard lining compared to using soft tubing for example.. or if majority of the connections coming out of the res are rotaries and extenders.
Will be interested to see what method works best when i come to dismantle my gear following the upgrade
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An alternative is magnetic tape. I used it to hold a PSU to the side of an external radiator:
I was a little concerned at first with using magnets so close to the PSU but there were no issues. It's a surprisingly strong attachment and can be easily repositioned or removed.
I was a little concerned at first with using magnets so close to the PSU but there were no issues. It's a surprisingly strong attachment and can be easily repositioned or removed.
Oo another thing to try.. i was considering magnet tap as i have a roll, but seems mine is a dud as it can barly hold a set of nail clippers.. so originally decided against itAn alternative is magnetic tape. I used it to hold a PSU to the side of an external radiator:
I was a little concerned at first with using magnets so close to the PSU but there were no issues. It's a surprisingly strong attachment and can be easily repositioned or removed.
Can the OP describe again what the plan is turn pull the pump/res off clear of the case with the available slack on the incoming/outgoing tubes? That one photo suggests there isn't that much slack in the tubes? Or is it meant to pivot on rotatable fittings? Press studs may also be a option if a non magnetic removable fixing is required instead of velcro.
Pivoting is the best word to describe it.
At the moment the res is fixed/bolted down to the case.. but i am using a Vario D5 with the dial at the back.
Normally you wouldn't need to adjust the dial for normal operation, but it makes it easier when flushing/bleeding etc etc. Because the res is in a fixed position, there is no way for me to adjust the dial (unless i prop the res in a different orientation/location).
The idea was to have the res brackets still held down to the case, but have the res itself in a quick release type mode, where i can easily pull it off the bracket and adjust when needed.
These mods may not be needed if i were to use soft tubing, where i can give enough slack in order for me to adjust, but it makes things slightly more difficult if everything was hardlined
after a bit of pondering and deigning in my head, another no fuss way is to replace the EK FLT with the AC FLT since the pump is front mounted. As long as the brackets which ome with is retain the 120mm fan hole diameter, then i should be able to screw those into the existing holes i made for the current FLT.