What Passive Rad's/Heat Exchanger's Are These?

[Cutless009]

http://www.million-dollar-pc.com/gallery-2008/lian-li/a01/lian-li-a01-04.jpg

And are they aluminum core or copper core? Any info appreciated, thank you ^_^

[RedRaider]

IIRC, they are from MagiCool...

I know for a fact they are aluminum...:puke:

[Cutless009]

I wonder if I could run a 2" copper pipe through them with a copper cap and tap a G1/4" thread in the cap and call it a day so I got the look and my water only ever touched copper.

[RedRaider]

I wonder if I could run a 2" copper pipe through them with a copper cap and tap a G1/4" thread in the cap and call it a day so I got the look and my water only ever touched copper.

Send the Krauts an e-mail and see....

Post up your answer...:up:

[Cutless009]

Whats a kraut D:

[bigslappy]

unless you can provide a liquid like oil as a heat tranfer between the metal pipes & not have any leaks of said liquid yer wasting yer time

IMFO

[RedRaider]

They are not reservoir's.... They are passive radiators/heat exchangers....:fact:

[RedRaider]

Whats a kraut D:

GERMAN....

[Cutless009]

GERMAN....

lol ah..... sorry Im a little... slow o.o

[bigslappy]

They are not reservoir's.... They are passive radiators/heat exchangers....:fact:
YA still have to have contact between the alu fin & the copper pipe RIGHT ! can't weld/solder copper to ALU & water will not work as a contact medium

SOO what would ??? tell me ! I want to Know !


I think a nice modded rad box looks better than that piece o'Crap look at McOffey's Build that come's to a quick mind
NOW that is Class ass Modding ................. Ya still have to pump water thru that bitch to make be worth anything at all


the above is ..... I M H O

[Eddie3dfx]

No No No..
Naekuh knows.. Some are Alum and some are Copper.

[Langer]

If you had a lathe and a really long reamer you could ream the inside of the aluminum rad, and lathe down the copper pipe surface to be a perfect fit. Add some thermal grease to the outside of the copper pipe before sliding it in place.

from there "Robert's your Father's brother"... but that's a lot of work.



Either that, or just get the alum rads copper plated then retap the threads.

[bigslappy]

If you had a lathe and a really long reamer you could ream the inside of the aluminum rad, and lathe down the copper pipe surface to be a perfect fit. Add some thermal grease to the outside of the copper pipe before sliding it in place.

from there "Robert's your Father's brother"... but that's a lot of work.



Either that, or just get the alum rads copper plated then retap the threads.

the reamer you talk is more than the cost of the PC is it not ? not crapping on Ya but years ago them reamers were way high in price & i'm talking many Years ago ... as for plating .. seems we've Seen lots of failure on that part as thee are always micro holes in any plate job that let the cancer start .. ..

[RedRaider]

Or you could just stay the HELL away from Aluminum...:igotit:

Aluminum makes me :puke:

[Langer]

Slappy, your right about the reamer it would likely cost close to a grand... but a machine shop would likely have an appropriate reamer and would do the deed for you.

I didn't know that about the plating having micro holes... good to know thanks.

[Cutless009]

Yah Im really not interested in aluminum at all, I like the look of those a lot though, cheap bastards making it out of aluminum and not copper.

(Im planning out my next build, and it MAY just be a lian li build :wasntme:)

[RedRaider]

Yah Im really not interested in aluminum at all, I like the look of those a lot though, cheap bastards making it out of aluminum and not copper.

(Im planning out my next build, and it MAY just be a lian li build :wasntme:)

Sounds to me like HANK designed these bad boys...:ROTF:

[Eddie3dfx]

I guess nobody saw my post that stated that these are also made in copper..............................

[bigslappy]

link ?.........

[Eddie3dfx]

link ?.........

Let me get back to you on that lol..

[Sniper]

Either way it would be easy like Langer said to have a machine shop ream the alum out to within milimicrons so the copper pipe coult be heated & slid in then swell as it cooled for the tightest snug fit ever & there wouldn't be need to worry about the fluid even touching the water. That would work quite easily.

[Cutless009]

Um, metal EXPANDS when it gets hot, doesnt it?

[zlojack]

Those rads are interesting-looking, but I wonder how they perform.

[Cutless009]

My guess would be poorly in comparison to a traditional rad.

[zlojack]

My guess would be poorly in comparison to a traditional rad.
That's my feeling as well.

I'm all for bling, but not at the price of performance.

[Cutless009]

agreed, this was going to go into a silent water-cooled HTPC rig :up:, so it woulda hit the spot perfectly.

[Sniper]

Um, metal EXPANDS when it gets hot, doesnt it?

Let me think about this a sec. I sleeved a couple cylinders before on my engines & a few other parts for my trucks like bearing races ect.

Heat it up & cool it down quick so it shrinks then it'll slide in place & expand as it gets warmer again. then it's a snug fit that won't slide back out on you if the clearances are right.

[Cutless009]

But if you heat it up and then cool it down quickly like that you're tempering it, and making it more fragile :eek:

[Sniper]

But if you heat it up and then cool it down quickly like that you're tempering it, and making it more fragile :eek:

Yeah I know but were talking already hardened high temp steel for what I was using so it wasn't an issue right. Not sure how the copper would react as it's a soft malleable metal hmm

[Xilikon]

Yeah I know but were talking already hardened high temp steel for what I was using so it wasn't an issue right. Not sure how the copper would react as it's a soft malleable metal hmm

To make it hard, it need a certain quantity of carbon in the alliage. Copper have no carbon so it won't harden at all.