The Hive Resurrecting! ⚗️
Yes, that's right... I have resurrected the Beast! - or rather let's say, continued the madness.
UPDATE 8/11/2017: DTube videos added.
The H1V3
(The Hive...)
- A +10L Water Cooling Passive/Active (pending) System!
- Scalable up to 2 x Pumps in parallel circuits.
- Visually Scary and prepared for External Harsh Environments.
- Compatible with most gardening tools for easy external applications.
Is becoming the promised dual passive water cooling system... With pending upgrade for active cooling!
The birth of its jaws!
It all started with one passive radiator...
Since then, I have done tons of experiments with the Hive! You can imagine the TON of Fun, involving pipes/hoses, lot's
of water and toilet paper (the spilling best friend). The Hive has been around for almost 2 years, full-time non-stop! For me, an Awesome Achievement!
Foundations!
The baseline for quiet (passive) cooling is an air convention system. So I started there, and... what do you need?
You need a support! (simple design)
Nothing fancy for now and trying to reuse "to be thrown" things!
Ready for a ride? Yes! Tested and it as a perfect fit. Alright! 🤠
Behind the Scenes - Featuring "Cleaning the Dragon Mouth!"
Like the first one, I had to clean the second unit before adding it to the loop of the first one.
Like the previous one, these had eventually to come out:
Look at it... waiting in the back there. Laying down... waiting for a good wash! 😈
Lay down those feet!
Time to give it a try... looks nice.
One down... another to go. These radiators are quite heavy... around 18 kilos each (empty).
Pre-filling
Before connecting to the main loop, I need to prefill this last one.
They drink around 5 litres of radioactive juice:
(green colour is due to the anti-corrosive additive)
After pre-filled I can now connect it to the circuit (this one was inline/serial) and turn on the pump to make the water flow and release the rest of the bubbles stranded inside the circuit:
Have you noticed the GARDENA material?
Yes... I use a mix of gardening material and PC water cooling components. Why? Simply because of one of the future applications I want for this system.
Put it OUTSIDE!
What's next?
I have been testing several configurations for the last days and determined the best one. Inline is actually better than parallel for the amount of pipe I have. So, next will be fabricating a cover (compressed wood possibly) to test the effect of air convention in this layout.
I already know it will make a difference. The question is, how much.
Some results...
The purpose is not to compare with other products because I do not have the same conditions (i.e. 10 litres of water and maybe 10 meters or more of pipe length). Also, bear in mind that this is passive cooling (NO FANS), and I am looping in parallel North Bridge and CPU with the GPU block. The experiment involves mining for more than 24 hours.
I temporarily overclock things to artificially accelerate the process (10 litres of water take time to heat up). But I still run for 24 hours to be really sure I am not dependent on external factors.
GPU temperatures using ONE Radiator:
- With no convection: 72ºC
- Using a pilot convection system: 64ºC
- Using the pilot convection and dual fans at lowest RPM: 63ºC
- Using the pilot convection and dual fans at highest RPM: 60ºC
GPU temperatures using TWO Radiators (no convection):
- In parallel: 66ºC
- In serial: 62ºC
Teasing videos!
This was me cleaning up the extra radiator.
I have done 3 passes to make sure it was as cleaned as possible. Below you can watch two videos of the first and second passes respectively. The third one did not bother filming because it's mostly the same as the second one).
This video was the first pass.
Not sure if you can check the colour of the water, but it's somehow leaning towards blackish ink (possibly, some oil)...
This video was the second pass.
In this one, the water is already very crystal clear, with some minor traces of oil.
Water from the first cleaning...
The difference compared with the second one...
Cheers to all and remember, have fun!
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Very cool. Series will always create a cooler end result than parallel. The only time it won't is if the ambient air is close to the temperature of the liquid.
Thanks for showing us everything, taking us on the experiment, and the @ocd nomination!
Yes indeed. I kind of knew already, but I was eager to see the difference when you operate with these quantities of liquid (not usual for PC water cooling). Anyway... if I have time, this weekend will try to build the cover to start testing it with air convection.
Cheers
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Let's give it a try, thank you.
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Post updated.
Added DTube videos.
very informative like it!!