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Yes, I am familiar with "case gymnastics"Usually air bubbles take care of themselves.
Most coolants use some sort of surfactant that breaks down the surface tension in the water, making bubbles a much smaller problem than they would otherwise be. It also helps to have your pump intake further away from your return in your reservoir, so air bubbles don't immediately get sucked into the pump as they return from the loop.
Bubbles almost always get caught in a loop somewhere, but over time, usually in the first several hours, they work their way out through normal use, and move to the top of the reservoir, and then you can just top it off.
If you have a particularly stubborn air bubble, "case gymnastics" should take care of it. You know, running the pump and leaning the case from side to side and front to back several times until you no longer hear air rushing through the system.
A system like this should not be necessary.
That said, this is part of the fun with water loops. Coming up with unique and custom solutions is fun! You can do things YOUR way, and if you want to, try it
Hehehe, yeah, that's my problem!
do you have pics?
Not handy but I'll check for some later.
Case gymnastics are not fun when the system is HUGE and weights over 100lb XD. But yea generally they work themselves out after a while. I watch the water level in my res and crack it open when I see it dropped some. after a couple weeks I don't get the little hiss of air coming out when I crack it open. I then too it off and done with it.Usually air bubbles take care of themselves.
Most coolants use some sort of surfactant that breaks down the surface tension in the water, making bubbles a much smaller problem than they would otherwise be. It also helps to have your pump intake further away from your return in your reservoir, so air bubbles don't immediately get sucked into the pump as they return from the loop.
Bubbles almost always get caught in a loop somewhere, but over time, usually in the first several hours, they work their way out through normal use, and move to the top of the reservoir, and then you can just top it off.
If you have a particularly stubborn air bubble, "case gymnastics" should take care of it. You know, running the pump and leaning the case from side to side and front to back several times until you no longer hear air rushing through the system.
A system like this should not be necessary.
That said, this is part of the fun with water loops. Coming up with unique and custom solutions is fun! You can do things YOUR way, and if you want to, try it
There is no way I could have just waited. The water had absolutely no flow at all. I'm pretty sure that was stressing the pump out? It was anxiety inducing lol. I went to the length of flipping it upside-down. Case gymnastics is very appropriate of a description. I've never needed to flip it completely on it's head =/
Cryofuel clear premix. Big white bottle.
Interesting. Difficult routing maybe?
You mean flow rate? I don't have any meters or sensors but the flow is good. I see a vortex created in the red when I go full speed on the d5. It does go through 3 rads and 2 blocks so maybe? I feel like the bubble gets caught in the upright rad against the front of the case? Only the bottom quarter of the rad is lower than the pump but the inlet outlet ports are on the top which may not matter. When I had the loop with only 2 rads one on the roof and one on the back I never had this issue. But adding an additional 360mm is too nice. I gain a lot of additional cooling since all the rads are exhausted and none of the rad air is ever reintroduced into another rad they just all exhaust straight out in an negative pressure setup (which is what is recommended by Corsair for these types of WC setups.)
