Watercooling with All Copper Piping?

[Zephik]

lol I feel like such an idiot sometimes. I was thinking of flux, not solder. I really don't know why I thought solder was flux, even right now I still want to say solder and flux are the same thing. lol oh well, we can't all be smart. ^_^

[Crimson Sky]

Flux is the acid that is used when soldering pipes or electronics. It's an acid that etches and cleans the metal parts creating a rough surface on a microscopic level that the solder material can stick to.

On copper tubing for watercooling:

-Pipes should be insulated if you plan on doing any sort of evap cooling. They will sweat and cause shorts.
-Solid pipes also make it VERY difficult to manuever parts into place. Some sort of combination of solid pipe and flexible hose would be ideal.

[intergalacticman]

i remember posting something similar to this
just skip the radiator altogether
weld/solder copper fins or spines around the piping, making a heatsink built into the tubing

[Slug Toy]

all this talk about soldering. i have an idea.

instead of using regular old lead solder, use silver solder. you can buy it from jewelry stores. it would be much more thermally conductive, and it holds better too. the only trick is that silver solder melts at a much higher temperature than lead. the copper almost gets red hot. its a big plus for heat conducting though in my mind, especially if you go with an idea like putting fins right on the pipes themselves.

[Spawn-Inc]

all this talk about soldering. i have an idea.

instead of using regular old lead solder, use silver solder. you can buy it from jewelry stores. it would be much more thermally conductive, and it holds better too. the only trick is that silver solder melts at a much higher temperature than lead. the copper almost gets red hot. its a big plus for heat conducting though in my mind, especially if you go with an idea like putting fins right on the pipes themselves.

thats what i would do since i have access to that stuff for free, but you would need acetylene gas. propane doesn't burn hot enough. you can melt a stick of silver solder but there just isn't enough heat for the pipe and solder at once.

[Bopher]

I saw a case mod on a site while looking for information on changing a bus to a camper. here's the link on how he did it. Looks pretty sound. But i haven't actually been back to the site in a group.

http://www.vonslatt.com/proj-cc.shtml

[Eclecticos]

here is apicture of how it works.

I would suggest a separate enclosure for the water and collection area with a pump with a fill lever indicator ie. a Return pump that turns on with a Styrofoam bobber. You would have to keep it submersed obviously. Then you can have a sealed reservoir off to the side I would make a tank add some pressure then there would never be a air bubble.

A bleeder valve would also help alot of you get the air out.

[Maz]

one of my favs. there should be a worklog that goes along with it too.