My first attempt at this using used stuff just didn't pan out....so no more cheapy cheapy... here we go again.
Jan 12,2007 - bought AC unit and stripped it down, will need to buy the proper valves and bath casings tomorrow
Jan 13, 2007 - spent 4 hrs driving around the dam planet looking for a container to use...we don't have those nice
12 L Rubbermaid Coolers here that everyone in the USA uses...so i bought a dam acrylic fish tank !!
Also bought the TX Valve, Hot gas valve and new controls.
Got everything functional and down to -5 C
I think that about as cool as i need to go and its nice and safe on the Compressor based on the type of refrigerant
im using
Jan 14 - system has been running all night everything A-OK. Bypass kicks in at -5C System shuts off at -7C system restarts at 0C
Compressor hot gas bypass mode = 2.2 amps
Full cooling compressor mode = 2.7amps
Fan = 1.5 = amps
Full max usage = 3.5 amps
I currently have a 200GPH 4' MHH submersible pump in the bath running to see if it will freeze up or something silly like that.
Jan 15 - finished the wiring and built the cabinet ...thats it for me for the day !
Jan 16 - Cover the cabinet and added the hardware
Jan 30 - Finally i get to fire this puppy up !! what a pain... i had so many memory errors...motherboard kept giving me errors 1d and 29
I actually called EVGA support and worked with one of there techs...finnaly he said RMA the board cause the memory controller was shot...so i filled out the request.
Then i thought id give it one more try...tossed the CPU water block back on...litterly...didn't carfully align anything and boom...it fired up
Its running at 12C idle and 24C full load on all cores....not what i was hopping for...but maybe if i (carefully) mount the WB and the Arctic silver has time to do its thing it may drop...if not i guess i can turn the chiller down to -20C...its running at -5C now.
By the way The chiller is nice and quiet thanks to the enclosure. i may even add 2" of acoustic insulation to see if that helps dampen the fan noise even more.
