Yellow 1 pin coming of pump ?

[paulstung]

So my Koolance PMP 500 arrived about an hour ago, and my god it is sexy. So much so as soon as I opened the box my mind was made up not to hide away under the mid plate, to be admired. Also it is great a little bit louder than a D5 but still nothing to moan about. I think once the case has it's panels on and the fans running it won't be noticeable at all.

A couple of questions though. firstly, it has the regular 2 pin molex, and a single pin with a yellow wire, is this the tacho signal cable, that goes to the motherboard ? And secondly, can I replace the molex with a fan connection to power it off a fan controller ? And thirdly, should the fluid be like soup, as soon as the pump starts up, it causes so much froth in my yellow coolant, regular clear with a full bottle of Mayems yellow dye. Only for now until I can buy some pastel yellow. Cheers guys.

 

[jamesriley94]

The froth is just bubbles. After running it for a few hours they'll start to disappear.

It's only air after all - bleeding the loop gets the air out, therefore bleeding will remove the froth.

You can change the molex to a fan cable, but I personally wouldn't. Your fan controller may not be able to provide it with enough power for a start. Rewire a molex extender if you want it a little quieter. I'll explain how if you want to do this.

The single cable is tacho - but tbh, there's not really any need for it IMO. I cut mine off the D5.

 

[paulstung]

Cheers mate, how would I go about the molex extender then ? My fan controller is an NZXT Sentry mix, rated at 50w. I have had it running for about 30 mins, and it is running like a dream. You can hear the power, the noise is a little whiny, a bit like my ex wife a constant neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

 

[alpenwasser]

Cheers mate, how would I go about the molex extender then ?

I know it's been two days, but I just saw this now

If I have understood correctly, you would need something similar to this,
but maybe with tach signal if you wanted that.
Alternatively, you could mod your cable from the 4 pin to the 3 pin with the
following: 3 pin female header. But for that option you'd also need a Crimper
and a 4 pin remover.

If you order from MDPC-X anyway, you could also buy the fan headers
directly from him. How to go about this is explained in the link to his English
page.

 

[paulstung]

Cheers mate. I'm sure I've got something like that knocking about.

I didn't have one, but I did knock one up, but it didn't work. Well it did and it didn't it was very stutery .