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Water Block

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This is my homemade water block that I milled out of solid aluminum, I created it for cooling a TEC.

15 comments

Feb 25, 2012. 6:30 AMjunits15 says:

I like it; very simple. Nice to see some people doing this stuff with household tools finally :) *****

Feb 26, 2012. 1:26 PMmr. clean (author) says:

thanks i some how managed to churn this out with a harbor fright drill press and a dremel.

Dec 30, 2011. 9:21 AMsnowluck2345 says:

have you had any corrosion problems with it? Brass and aluminum usualy corrode.

Dec 30, 2011. 11:02 AMmr. clean (author) says:

Nope nothings corroded yet as far as I can tell but it could be that the brass barbs are snotted in there with sealant and that's keeping them from corroding and my cooling tower has an aluminum radiator so i may not have made some smart choices for the metals i used but I just used what was on hand.

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Aug 6, 2011. 3:54 AM

Phil B says:

I have no idea what this does other than cool water for something. I "googled" TEC and have no idea what that is, either.

Dec 26, 2011. 5:40 PMsnowluck2345 says:

well your just not the sharpest tool in the shed then.

Aug 6, 2011. 11:01 PMabadfart says:

it is a radiator system for your computer so instead of air passing over fins to cool it it pumps water

Aug 6, 2011. 9:23 AMDavidFerAndersson says:

A TEC would be a thermo electric coupling device... such as this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectric_effect

The block would be used to cool the hot side of the device.

Good job on the water block!

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Aug 6, 2011. 10:19 AM

Phil B says:

Thank you.

Sep 30, 2011. 2:42 AMGnutella says:

Neatly done.i just wish i had powertools.

Aug 7, 2011. 12:16 AMabadfart says:

very nice, if you were to put the barbs in on the side you could use it as a gpu cooler

Aug 6, 2011. 6:26 PMReffner says:

If this is going to be used around anything electrical I strongly suggest milling a groove around the perimeter for some type of rubber/watertight gasket.

Aug 6, 2011. 11:03 PMmr. clean (author) says:

Thats a great idea, I hadn't even thought of that. But for now ill take my chances.