Whole Room Water Cooling Project Day 3 - Radiator Mounting and Panic...
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Day 3 of the Whole Room Water Cooling project documents a push to complete the radiator mounting and finalize the cooling loop despite significant on-site challenges. The team shifts from a planned near-window radiator layout to mounting radiators on a roof overhang, creating new power and weather protection concerns. They experiment with a wall power supply and eight-port fan splitters, while calculating the real power load required to run all the fans through the splitters, discovering that each fan draws about one amp. The build progresses from plumbing copper piping to mounting, soldering, and connecting the loop, with an emphasis on keeping the system compact and modular enough to detach in the future. They encounter a potential leak scenario, bug-proofing the radiator intake with mesh after realizing inventory constraints, and they work through an ambitious rooftop installation that requires careful ladder work and team coordination. The episode closes with a live test of the loop, a flood of bubbles and an apparent air lock, and a plan to top up fluids and resolve minor leaks, all while acknowledging the intense effort from the crew during a Christmas-week project sprint.
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Questions answered
- What power solution did the team consider for rooftop radiators and why did they adjust it?
- They initially planned to use a wall power supply fed through eight-port fan splitters, but realized the supply needed to deliver enough current for all fans. Each fan is about 1A, and with 20 fans across five radiators, they needed a supply capable of about 2A, which led to reworking the power plan.
- What major physical challenge did the crew face mounting the radiator on the roof?
- The radiator assembly was very heavy and had to be carried up a ladder to the roof, requiring careful balance and secure ladder support to avoid a dangerous momentum shift.