Well after drooling at al the Cascades an SS units you guys an girls are sportin. I decided
to do another A/C mod. Ill use it on my cpu for a bit but will be most likely use for my VGA's cause funds for a cascade are almost available.
So to start its a 10,000 btu windo A/C unit. Bought for $20. Its 2 yrs old. A bit dirty but Im not complaining yet.
Lets open this thing up. Well once I opened it al my ideas of a clean build or running it in tandem with my other one in a single reservoir went out the window. The suction line an capillary tube are on the bottom of the evap. Not what I wanted to see since I need them at the top to make a clean drop. Now Im complaining.
Those lines are behind all those wires
I pulled the 2 thermostat wires off an connected them together. Lets see how she cools an if its worth me turning the evap around. Its been on for 4 min an Im suprised how cold it got in a short time compared to my old chiller.
I like the temps it has givin me. So no I have to turn twist an bend the evap around so them lines are at the top of the resi. I had to settle for vertical. The evap is 22 inches tall yikes.
So next issue what can I use for a resi... Well after a searching a few stores for coolers I didnt find one. Besides one of those igloo spigot coolers for $50 but wasnt deep enough. So searching threw junk at my house I come accross a 7 gallon bucket I used for Ice fishing. Just deep enough. So I bought some great stuff foam. Got some trim metal at work to make a mold an walla I got a resi.
sorry for lack of pics.
Now to get the evap in the bucket after I modded the bucket for lines.
all sealed up an I rebuilt the lip of the bucket.
Now for hose configuration. Last time I had problems getting junk caught in my block because the A/C was used an junk in the evap dust sand ect. I used a coffee filter before an it worked good on winshield washer fluid, but when I started using Denatured alchohol it ate it an ended up in the block.b So this time Im using a fuel line an filter out of a fuel cell from a drag car, thanks to my neighbor. This should keep it all clean.
Im going to have 4 leads so that way I can add another loop for a northbridge ect. It will be easier to fill an top off to. Cause this one will be 100% airtight this time unlike my other one an breathing slight alcohol fumes is not good.
This is were Im at now. Im waithing for the caulk to dry before I go any further may take a day or two but Im in no hurry.
I plan on using 4-6 gallons of fluid. Alchohol cut with some antifreeze to stop corrosion an the flammable point. Ill post up more when I resume working on it.
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V2 A/C Chiller
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