RC Al wrote:Just to reiterate, that advice was for virge's unit, NOT A REGULAR T500, virge's is a bit easier to mod and there's no plastic bit to contend with. I dont recommend hacking too far into a t500, just sell and upgrade...
RC Al wrote:With the hose kinking issues at either end, a 90 degree bend or two would solve most of the issues, irrigation plastic ones are working well for me for this sort of thing but ensure the id of any connectors are bigger than the id of the outlet on the unit. You can jump the plastic tubing up a size on the barbs by leaving a sleeve of the original plastic tube on there, hose clamps are wonderful things. Keep the runs between fittings as short and straight as possible, a support might be optional but probably not needed.
Double tubing and springs can also work
With the valve on the outlet, there is a few camps on that, but I believe that having the full pressure of the pump on the cooling jacket is beneficial for reduction of air pockets and gives the incoming water a long continuous body of water that acts as a heat pipe of sorts. Having it under pressure in theory raises the boiling pont of the coolant, but i am unsure if this increases the actual heat handling properties of the water or not. All that really is my thinking only.
On both my stills I've tried the valves both ends, the valve on the output enabled a higher stripping speed before huffing and more stable running on both, the control was better overall
Tesla101 wrote:Hi virge,
It might be the camera angle but that looks like 94% to me. Reading from the bottom of the meniscus...
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