ttystikk
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It goes outside, just like an AC condenser. Tell the ol lady it heats your trailer with the same heat your shedding from the grow room.
Heatsinks for DIY LED lamps
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That's a heater core from a car with a server fan that is ac not dc......if u want to super chill the coolant simply use a window unit air conditioner up against ur radiator instead of a fan.
U Can plumb the heat to anywhere u want like outside ur house in the summer and inside your house or grow room during winter
U Can plumb the heat to anywhere u want like outside ur house in the summer and inside your house or grow room during winter
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ttystikk
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This effect is minimized if supply and return lines are equal height; the water coming back down will help the draw.
ttystikk
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Putting the radiator against an AC unit will not 'super cool' the water, but it will clog up airflow for the AC unit, which will then lose performance.
If you want cold water, you need a chiller. There's really no way around it unless you have a year round source of unlimited cooling such as a river or deep well.
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HolyGhost23
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just treat a COB like a cpu.. i love using cpu coolers for my chips. maybe someone might even think of putting one onto a water block
ttystikk
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It's been done. CPU cooler just does the same job as an air to air heat sink. If you want to remove the heat from the space, you need something bigger.
Uberknot
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That was my idea for the 4 I had.....60-70 a pop for some nice cpu blocks...lol!
I was going to go all out as I have the pumps radiator hoses clamps everything except 3 more blocks..Basically my back up stuff for my Computer which is custom water cooled. The radiator covers the entire top of that Corsair case and those are 200mm fans.
Glad I changed my mind.
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Im going to use CPU water blocks on my next project, but theyll be hooked up to an actual cooling setup not the tiny little cooling setup that youd use inside a computer. Just eliminating the need to make a block out of aluminum tubing.
Going with copper based ones off ebay for like ~15 a pop, wont need a ton of em.
Uberknot
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meh I would use better than junk.
I have a dual pump as a spare that would have no problems pumping water for 4 cobs.
The biggest thing is the radiator....which I already know which one id get
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Airwalker16
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Can anyone tell me if 140 watts total from the wall can passively be cooled on a 30" x 6.080" HeatsinkUSA profile?
Im not spending 80+ on "good" water blocks when Ill be actively cooling them with a AC converted into a chiller. ~3.5KwH cooling capacity for ~$200 or so.meh I would use the better than junk.
I have a dual pump as a spare that would have no problems pumping water for 4 cobs.
The biggest thing is the radiator....which I already know which one id get
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You might want to look into a simple car radiator though, cheaper and more cooling than any PC radiators youll find. The one you pictured looks like its just 3 standard 360mm PC radiators attached together, which will run you probably $90+...
I used one 360mm pc radiator for a build project and Id say it dissipated roughly ~200w of heat, maybe a little less. Food for thought.
Uberknot
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I wouldn't care As I would be going all out......esp with water cooling.
I would make something I could do overkill so I could add a few more of them later.
I don't know about a car radiator as you still have to have the fans....those will make more difference.
The radiator is only as cool as the air flow you can push through it.
If I was going to do anything on a larger scale like 20 cobs....I would get a chiller.
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ttystikk
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That's more like it.
ttystikk
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Here's a guy who gets it.
I'm running my chips, 96 of them, at 55F with this chiller;
This same chiller also cools my grow spaces, and the heat rejected is put into a hot water circuit. This hot water circuit completes the dehuey cycle and provides nighttime heating in my growroom- and heats my home and domestic hot water.
Same electric apple, two bites; COB LED drastically improves lighting efficiency and integrated dual circuit HVAC system does the same thing for climate management in various independently managed spaces throughout my home.
Uberknot
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it's almost big as my bedrooms 