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Originally Posted by Terry B
This exactly what happens. I use a sbig pump with a 20l drum of water. The tubing drapes from the camera over the finder scope mount( to stop any tension on the camera) back to the drum at the pier base.
I connect it up and turn it on. I have to lift the drum to establish flow but can then leave it on the ground and it will flow with no problems.
It works very well and gives me much better cooling than no water. I change the water about once a year.
I don't find it difficult to use at all.
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+1 Terry,
The siphon effect works as you and Peter describe. I bough a small 12volt impeller pump off eBay for $~20 and a $~10 variable power controller to turn down the pump speed to a trickle. I needed a 12v setup to run out a Leyburn.
I started using water cooling this summer. I can get -15 degrees with my QSI from ~+25 ambient, with the cooler operating ~90%. I use 1/4" tubing and just drag the two lines up and over the mount. There's enough other data and power cables hanging off the mount it already, so why worry about a couple more.
The flow rates are so low, you could probably get away with finer tubing if you're worried about the weight of tubing hanging on the mount.
DT