rust-proofing the evap head and hose bending

[K404]

Hey again. I`ve been thinking again (Oh..Dear God, NO!)

Can the vapo evap head be water-proofed? and if so, whats likely to be best, if the evap will be submerged in moving water?

Also... How can the evap hose be bent, and what are the limits on it? From the manual, I know not to bend the hose above the level of the compressor, but apart from that there aint much. It states that the hose should be bent parallel to the mobo, but that was for the benefit of the PSU in the Asetek case, but what else can it do? Can I make nice snaky shapes with it?

Thanks a lot

Kenny

 

[Master_G]

If the vapochill has gas in it and that isnt escaping from the evap, then it is certainly airtight, and hence watertight

Just need to make sure that you have protection in the water against possible corrosion of the copper, and check that the spring isnt in the water, as i think that is made from steel or something (pretty sure it's not copper and you never want to mix metals in watercooling)

I think only the last section of the vapochill hose is flexible, there is a chance you could break it and get a leak if you bend it too much in the wrong place.

You could always remove the insulation and then you could see how much you could bend it much better.

G

 

[K404]

Hey G! Sorry...when I meant the evap head to be waterproofed, I meant the outside of the evap head, so if it was submerged, it wouldnt rust. Thats my crap description, I should`ve said corrosion-proofing Actually...the thread title is wrong, I should`ve said corrosion-proofing as only Iron rusts, but anyway...

Will take off the insulation later and see whats what.

I take it the CC DOES somehow suspend powr to the mobo at startup, then? I was hoping there would be a way round that, but keep the CC, despite the 4-pin 12V cable that goes PSU->CC->mobo.

Ah well, cant win em all

Thanks for getting back to me (once again, G to the rescue!)

Kenny

 

[Master_G]

The CC holds the motherboard in reset whilst it gets down to temp, so essentially the power is still going to it, but it is as if someone is holding down the reset button until the vapochill gets down to temp.

I'm sure there is a way around it (im sure ive seen people on the vapochill forums have their system booting up too soon due to incorrect wiring so you could just deliberately do that), but I'm not sure what it is.

G

 

[K404]

I dont connect the reset cables... and it still holds, the only connection between the CC and the mobo is the 20/24pin cable from the PSU. Maybe it holds a logic 0 between 2 pins via the MCU and changes the output when it sees the pressure as high enough? (Sorry, done a lot of that kind of thing at uni this year)

I wanna find a way Preferably using 1 PSU.

Thanks for getting back to me, I need to figure this out before my ideas goin any further

Kenny