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Temp probes for H20 lines

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OPUS1

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Is there a way to setup temp probes on the in lines and out?
I'd like to know the temp change before the water goes into the radiator and as it goes out.
Tahnks
 
Wow "inline temp probe" great name ISAJ

The only thing is that it's made off copper, would that have a bad effect on aluminum?
 
i don't really know ?

the [H]ard pro's would !!!

i've seen these in copper / aluminum and plastic but i don't remember where sorry :(

look around !

you will find them :)
 
Hey thanks
Those are .375 or .5 dia.
I would think That shouldn't affect my .25 dia. EXOS no?
 
i don't know ask the [H] pros

i hope it helped !

i need a few of them myself but i couldn't remember where the site was
that had cheap ones :p
 
RealMentalCase said:
i don't know ask the [H] pros

i hope it helped !

i need a few of them myself but i couldn't remember where the site was
that had cheap ones :p
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Glad I could Help :D

Hey thewhiteguy wats a rez.are.vare? :eek:
I'd like to know the temp change before the water goes into the radiator and as it goes out.
Taht way I can see how well my pre cooling cooler on the radiator is working
 
If your using an EXOS you only got a couple of options as you are using 6mm tubing correct? The Innovatek sensors are setup for I believe 8mm so it is somewhat difficult to get the 6mm tubing on them. But if you run very hot water over them or use a heat shrink gun you can soften them up temporarily to get them on. Another option is to use the sensors made by Aqua Computer via one of their Plug & Cool T's that I understand works as well.

BTW, what display setup are you planning on using? Do you want just the readout or do you want to have some response by the controller if a temp reaches "X" ?
 
you can make your own temperature probe with a t-line and some hot glue or something, although you want to be careful cause you can short out some probes if you actually stick them in the water.
 
Erasmus354 said:
you can make your own temperature probe with a t-line and some hot glue or something, although you want to be careful cause you can short out some probes if you actually stick them in the water.
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A quick dip in epoxy will fix that.

Is this going to be a permanent installation, or just a test to see how well the radiator is performing? If it's not going to be permanent, there are cheaper ways to do it.
 
I coated the leads of one of my probes in silicone before I put it inside my res. I feel much better about these readings than when the probe was on one of the end tanks of my res, right beside my psu.
 
zer0signal667 said:
A quick dip in epoxy will fix that.

Is this going to be a permanent installation, or just a test to see how well the radiator is performing? If it's not going to be permanent, there are cheaper ways to do it.
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Well I always like cheep so temporary. ;)
 
zer0signal667 said:
Do you already own a temp probe or thermometer?
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I think I see where your going with this. So I just need to ghetto something, no?
 
OPUS1 said:
I think I see where your going with this. So I just need to ghetto something, no?
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Pretty much, there's no need to buy expensive equipment that you're only going to use once or a few times. If you buy a couple of those probes, that's $30-50 already, and then you need equipment to hook them up to in order to get a reading.

If you have a reservoir, use that as one of your check points. You can splice a T-fitting into the tubing on the other side of the radiator for that reading.
 
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think in a water cooled loop the delta T across the radiator will probably only be 2 to 3 degree F. And unless you know someone else that has delta T reading the information you gather might not be that helpful. I think someone already suggested this but why dont you install a probe in your reservoir and one for case ambient. That would be a more useful piece of info if you ask me. But maybe I'm missing what you are tring to do.
And just so you know all I did was went to the pet store and bought the little temperature tape that you see on fish tanks. I put one on my reservoir and one on the frame on the computer. I use the ones that read from 75 degrees to 95 degrees F. Ambeint is usually 80 to 82 and water is usually 90 to 92. Meaning my water is usually 10 degrees hotter. That is with a poor to average water cooling set up.
 
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