Thanks for your interest guys, plenty to update!
The Silverstone AP181 fans that I'm using for the radiator have a switch already wired to alternate the speed between two settings. I won't be using the switch so rather than remove it I'll hide this cable and switch in the rad box, but set to full and taped up. The Aquaero will take over the fan speed control duties.
Time to mount the fans to the radiator. One fan:
Four fans!
Fan grill in place:
It's a monster...
So, a little masking tape, marking up, centre punching, drilling etc, to mount a bracket. I drilled the fan grills because it was convienent and worked well. You need to be careful where you drill in a rad!
Aquacomputer Aqualis reservoir pump base and USB D5 pump mounted:
Reservoir borosilicate glass and auto-pressure relief installed. Very happy with how this turned out!
Time to bend some copper pipe! Rather than test and waste the good chromed tubing, I got some normal 10mm copper pipe to practise with first, always wise!
I was testing how to connect the reservoir/output of pump to the radiator. I'd appreciate your thoughts on the three options:
The complex bends:
The two 90 degree up-and-over bends:
Or the simple flexible tubing (10/13mm, ID/OD) with two 90 degree rotary fittings:
The last option is the easiest and greatest flow, but the copper pipes do look good. Need to perfect the bending tool as it did mash up the copper pipes a bit!
Progressing onwards...