Power supply to water cooling

[Stranger]

Forgive my naivity here but is water cooling equipment powered from the standard PSU or does it need its own power supply?

 

[FarFarAway]

It can be powered by both mate. My pump is 12v from the PSU - but you can get more powerful ones powered by 240v on the mains

 

[WC Annihilus]

Or there's always DC pumps, but that's mainly only worth it for Iwaki pumps. It's quickly becoming entirely unneccesary due to Iwaki's new RD series DC pumps. But those have to have their own PSU since they're 24v <shrugs> But I doubt that really matters to you since they cost quite a bit more than a standard 12v pump (apparantly the flow is worth it though)

Anyways, the top 3 favorite 12v DC pumps seem to be the D5/MCP655, AquaXtreme 50Z, and the DDC-Pro/Ultra (well, something like that, has plexi top and top inlet, made by Alphacool or you can mod a normal DDC, Pro is 10W, Ultra is 18W). Make sure if you go this way that your current PSU is up to the task of the added load

 

[JN]

Yep i'd go with WC's list of pumps there.

Just remember they draw between 1-2a so u need to make sure that you're not already maxing your PSU out before you put one in.

 

[Raven]

their is one easy way to use 230v waterpumps too.

seen cable splitters where the computer is connected to a main outlet on the splitter.

when the computer is off and doesnt draw any power all other outlets(4-5) is shut down to save power.

when the computer is turned on the splitter feels it and activates all other outlets meaning a waterpump would turn on and off itself with the computer.

but on the other hand, a 230v pump doesnt use much power even if its on 24/7

a 3700L/H i looked at uses 48w only.

an eheim 1250 only uses 28w and pumps 1200L/H

 

[Stranger]

Cheers folks