CharlieSheather

Hi guys, a short story for you;
 
Last week I took my desktop with me to do some on site web development in a town a few hours away. I've hauled my desktop around with me a lot in the last few years (having been at university) so I had no problems packing it or during the trip. After I got there I promptly set up my computer and screens and turned it on, then went into a meeting. (a note; my pump is a DDC with and EK x-res top)
 
About half an hour later (still in the meeting) we noticed an electrical / plastic burning smell. We search around for a few minutes and narrowed it down to near my computer. The smell seemed to be stronger down near my computer to I pulled off my side panel just in time to see a plume of smoke shoot out of the side of the pump!
 
I quickly ripped out the power cable and then everything else and grabbed my case, rushing to a table outside. With the side panel still off, more smoke was coming from the pump. Luckily I had a drain valve installed, so I opened it up and just let the water run out onto the table outside. I ran back inside looking for something to get the pump out of my system (now smoking even more furiously). I spotted a kitchen knife, grabbed it and ran back outside. The knife was surprisingly sharp so it didn't take much to cut through the tubing either side of the pump. The pump was secured to the case with double sided foam tape so I just grabbed onto the res, tore it out of the case and threw it into the back yard.
 
After another couple of minutes the pump had stopped smoking, so I went over to it to inspect;
 
The base of the pump case was melted a bit (you can also see some smoke in the top right of the photo below).

 
I then opened up the pump case.

 
Close up of the area that was burning.
Case;

 
Pump;

 
I needed to get back up and running asap and as there was no local pc shops, closest one was 5 hours drive away, I decided to head down to the hardware store and grab a pond pump and some more distilled water. I got both for $40 which was cheaper than I thought.
 
As pond pumps usually require being submerged, I filled a container outside the case with the water and attached the pump. Although there was not much flow it worked very well.

 
The bottles in the container are filled with tap water and are there to raise the level of the distilled water above the top of the pond pump.

 
Edit: I forgot to say that luckily everything else survived.
 
So has anyone else had something like this happen to them?
 
PS. New pump is here so the re-build log coming soon...
 
Cheers
Charlie

Hi guys, a short story for you;
 
Last week I took my desktop with me to do some on site web development in a town a few hours away. I've hauled my desktop around with me a lot in the last few years (having been at university) so I had no problems packing it or during the trip. After I got there I promptly set up my computer and screens and turned it on, then went into a meeting. (a note; my pump is a DDC with and EK x-res top)
 
About half an hour later (still in the meeting) we noticed an electrical / plastic burning smell. We search around for a few minutes and narrowed it down to near my computer. The smell seemed to be stronger down near my computer to I pulled off my side panel just in time to see a plume of smoke shoot out of the side of the pump!
 
I quickly ripped out the power cable and then everything else and grabbed my case, rushing to a table outside. With the side panel still off, more smoke was coming from the pump. Luckily I had a drain valve installed, so I opened it up and just let the water run out onto the table outside. I ran back inside looking for something to get the pump out of my system (now smoking even more furiously). I spotted a kitchen knife, grabbed it and ran back outside. The knife was surprisingly sharp so it didn't take much to cut through the tubing either side of the pump. The pump was secured to the case with double sided foam tape so I just grabbed onto the res, tore it out of the case and threw it into the back yard.
 
After another couple of minutes the pump had stopped smoking, so I went over to it to inspect;
 
The base of the pump case was melted a bit (you can also see some smoke in the top right of the photo below).

 
I then opened up the pump case.

 
Close up of the area that was burning.
Case;

 
Pump;

 
I needed to get back up and running asap and as there was no local pc shops, closest one was 5 hours drive away, I decided to head down to the hardware store and grab a pond pump and some more distilled water. I got both for $40 which was cheaper than I thought.
 
As pond pumps usually require being submerged, I filled a container outside the case with the water and attached the pump. Although there was not much flow it worked very well.

 
The bottles in the container are filled with tap water and are there to raise the level of the distilled water above the top of the pond pump.

 
Edit: I forgot to say that luckily everything else survived.
 
So has anyone else had something like this happen to them?
 
PS. New pump is here so the re-build log coming soon...
 
Cheers
Charlie

Hi guys, a short story for you;
 
Last week I took my desktop with me to do some on site web development in a town a few hours away. I've hauled my desktop around with me a lot in the last few years (having been at university) so I had no problems packing it or during the trip. After I got there I promptly set up my computer and screens and turned it on, then went into a meeting. (a note; my pump is a DDC with and EK x-res top)
 
About half an hour later (still in the meeting) we noticed an electrical / plastic burning smell. We search around for a few minutes and narrowed it down to near my computer. The smell seemed to be stronger down near my computer to I pulled off my side panel just in time to see a plume of smoke shoot out of the side of the pump!
 
I quickly ripped out the power cable and then everything else and grabbed my case, rushing to a table outside. With the side panel still off, more smoke was coming from the pump. Luckily I had a drain valve installed, so I opened it up and just let the water run out onto the table outside. I ran back inside looking for something to get the pump out of my system (now smoking even more furiously). I spotted a kitchen knife, grabbed it and ran back outside. The knife was surprisingly sharp so it didn't take much to cut through the tubing either side of the pump. The pump was secured to the case with double sided foam tape so I just grabbed onto the res, tore it out of the case and threw it into the back yard.
 
After another couple of minutes the pump had stopped smoking, so I went over to it to inspect;
 
The base of the pump case was melted a bit (you can also see some smoke in the top right of the photo below).

 
I then opened up the pump case.

 
Close up of the area that was burning.
Case;

 
Pump;

 
I needed to get back up and running asap and as there was no local pc shops, closest one was 5 hours drive away, I decided to head down to the hardware store and grab a pond pump and some more distilled water. I got both for $40 which was cheaper than I thought.
 
As pond pumps usually require being submerged, I filled a container outside the case with the water and attached the pump. Although there was not much flow it worked very well.

 
The bottles in the container are filled with tap water and are there to raise the level of the distilled water above the top of the pond pump.

 
Edit: I forgot to say that luckily everything else survived.
 
So has anyone else had something like this happen to them?
 
PS. New pump is here so the re-build log coming soon...
 
Cheers
Charlie

Hi guys, a short story for you;
 
Last week I took my desktop with me to do some on site web development in a town a few hours away. I've hauled my desktop around with me a lot in the last few years (having been at university) so I had no problems packing it or during the trip. After I got there I promptly set up my computer and screens and turned it on, then went into a meeting. (a note; my pump is a DDC with and EK x-res top)
 
About half an hour later (still in the meeting) we noticed an electrical / plastic burning smell. We search around for a few minutes and narrowed it down to near my computer. The smell seemed to be stronger down near my computer to I pulled off my side panel just in time to see a plume of smoke shoot out of the side of the pump!
 
I quickly ripped out the power cable and then everything else and grabbed my case, rushing to a table outside. With the side panel still off, more smoke was coming from the pump. Luckily I had a drain valve installed, so I opened it up and just let the water run out onto the table outside. I ran back inside looking for something to get the pump out of my system (now smoking even more furiously). I spotted a kitchen knife, grabbed it and ran back outside. The knife was surprisingly sharp so it didn't take much to cut through the tubing either side of the pump. The pump was secured to the case with double sided foam tape so I just grabbed onto the res, tore it out of the case and threw it into the back yard.
 
After another couple of minutes the pump had stopped smoking, so I went over to it to inspect;
 
The base of the pump case was melted a bit (you can also see some smoke in the top right of the photo below).

 
I then opened up the pump case.

 
Close up of the area that was burning.
Case;

 
Pump;

 
I needed to get back up and running asap and as there was no local pc shops, closest one was 5 hours drive away, I decided to head down to the hardware store and grab a pond pump and some more distilled water. I got both for $40 which was cheaper than I thought.
 
As pond pumps usually require being submerged, I filled a container outside the case with the water and attached the pump. Although there was not much flow it worked very well.

 
The bottles in the container are filled with tap water and are there to raise the level of the distilled water above the top of the pond pump.

 
Edit: I forgot to say that luckily everything else survived.
 
So has anyone else had something like this happen to them?
 
PS. New pump is here so the re-build log coming soon...
 
Cheers
Charlie

I've seen something like that before but never though about using it myself. Looks like I should have...
 

My new pump is a d5 (xspc d5 photon 170 pmup/res combo). I'm glad to get away form the ddc as it was loud too... I'm installing the new pump right now actually

Hi guys, a short story for you;
 
Last week I took my desktop with me to do some on site web development in a town a few hours away. I've hauled my desktop around with me a lot in the last few years (having been at university) so I had no problems packing it or during the trip. After I got there I promptly set up my computer and screens and turned it on, then went into a meeting. (a note; my pump is a DDC with and EK x-res top)
 
About half an hour later (still in the meeting) we noticed an electrical / plastic burning smell. We search around for a few minutes and narrowed it down to near my computer. The smell seemed to be stronger down near my computer to I pulled off my side panel just in time to see a plume of smoke shoot out of the side of the pump!
 
I quickly ripped out the power cable and then everything else and grabbed my case, rushing to a table outside. With the side panel still off, more smoke was coming from the pump. Luckily I had a drain valve installed, so I opened it up and just let the water run out onto the table outside. I ran back inside looking for something to get the pump out of my system (now smoking even more furiously). I spotted a kitchen knife, grabbed it and ran back outside. The knife was surprisingly sharp so it didn't take much to cut through the tubing either side of the pump. The pump was secured to the case with double sided foam tape so I just grabbed onto the res, tore it out of the case and threw it into the back yard.
 
After another couple of minutes the pump had stopped smoking, so I went over to it to inspect;
 
The base of the pump case was melted a bit (you can also see some smoke in the top right of the photo below).

 
I then opened up the pump case.

 
Close up of the area that was burning.
Case;

 
Pump;

 
I needed to get back up and running asap and as there was no local pc shops, closest one was 5 hours drive away, I decided to head down to the hardware store and grab a pond pump and some more distilled water. I got both for $40 which was cheaper than I thought.
 
As pond pumps usually require being submerged, I filled a container outside the case with the water and attached the pump. Although there was not much flow it worked very well.

 
The bottles in the container are filled with tap water and are there to raise the level of the distilled water above the top of the pond pump.

 
Edit: I forgot to say that luckily everything else survived.
 
So has anyone else had something like this happen to them?
 
PS. New pump is here so the re-build log coming soon...
 
Cheers
Charlie

Hi guys, a short story for you;
 
Last week I took my desktop with me to do some on site web development in a town a few hours away. I've hauled my desktop around with me a lot in the last few years (having been at university) so I had no problems packing it or during the trip. After I got there I promptly set up my computer and screens and turned it on, then went into a meeting. (a note; my pump is a DDC with and EK x-res top)
 
About half an hour later (still in the meeting) we noticed an electrical / plastic burning smell. We search around for a few minutes and narrowed it down to near my computer. The smell seemed to be stronger down near my computer to I pulled off my side panel just in time to see a plume of smoke shoot out of the side of the pump!
 
I quickly ripped out the power cable and then everything else and grabbed my case, rushing to a table outside. With the side panel still off, more smoke was coming from the pump. Luckily I had a drain valve installed, so I opened it up and just let the water run out onto the table outside. I ran back inside looking for something to get the pump out of my system (now smoking even more furiously). I spotted a kitchen knife, grabbed it and ran back outside. The knife was surprisingly sharp so it didn't take much to cut through the tubing either side of the pump. The pump was secured to the case with double sided foam tape so I just grabbed onto the res, tore it out of the case and threw it into the back yard.
 
After another couple of minutes the pump had stopped smoking, so I went over to it to inspect;
 
The base of the pump case was melted a bit (you can also see some smoke in the top right of the photo below).

 
I then opened up the pump case.

 
Close up of the area that was burning.
Case;

 
Pump;

 
I needed to get back up and running asap and as there was no local pc shops, closest one was 5 hours drive away, I decided to head down to the hardware store and grab a pond pump and some more distilled water. I got both for $40 which was cheaper than I thought.
 
As pond pumps usually require being submerged, I filled a container outside the case with the water and attached the pump. Although there was not much flow it worked very well.

 
The bottles in the container are filled with tap water and are there to raise the level of the distilled water above the top of the pond pump.

 
Edit: I forgot to say that luckily everything else survived.
 
So has anyone else had something like this happen to them?
 
PS. New pump is here so the re-build log coming soon...
 
Cheers
Charlie

Yes, everything else survived, luckily

Hi guys, a short story for you;
 
Last week I took my desktop with me to do some on site web development in a town a few hours away. I've hauled my desktop around with me a lot in the last few years (having been at university) so I had no problems packing it or during the trip. After I got there I promptly set up my computer and screens and turned it on, then went into a meeting. (a note; my pump is a DDC with and EK x-res top)
 
About half an hour later (still in the meeting) we noticed an electrical / plastic burning smell. We search around for a few minutes and narrowed it down to near my computer. The smell seemed to be stronger down near my computer to I pulled off my side panel just in time to see a plume of smoke shoot out of the side of the pump!
 
I quickly ripped out the power cable and then everything else and grabbed my case, rushing to a table outside. With the side panel still off, more smoke was coming from the pump. Luckily I had a drain valve installed, so I opened it up and just let the water run out onto the table outside. I ran back inside looking for something to get the pump out of my system (now smoking even more furiously). I spotted a kitchen knife, grabbed it and ran back outside. The knife was surprisingly sharp so it didn't take much to cut through the tubing either side of the pump. The pump was secured to the case with double sided foam tape so I just grabbed onto the res, tore it out of the case and threw it into the back yard.
 
After another couple of minutes the pump had stopped smoking, so I went over to it to inspect;
 
The base of the pump case was melted a bit (you can also see some smoke in the top right of the photo below).

 
I then opened up the pump case.

 
Close up of the area that was burning.
Case;

 
Pump;

 
I needed to get back up and running asap and as there was no local pc shops, closest one was 5 hours drive away, I decided to head down to the hardware store and grab a pond pump and some more distilled water. I got both for $40 which was cheaper than I thought.
 
As pond pumps usually require being submerged, I filled a container outside the case with the water and attached the pump. Although there was not much flow it worked very well.

 
The bottles in the container are filled with tap water and are there to raise the level of the distilled water above the top of the pond pump.

 
Edit: I forgot to say that luckily everything else survived.
 
So has anyone else had something like this happen to them?
 
PS. New pump is here so the re-build log coming soon...
 
Cheers
Charlie

Hi guys, a short story for you;
 
Last week I took my desktop with me to do some on site web development in a town a few hours away. I've hauled my desktop around with me a lot in the last few years (having been at university) so I had no problems packing it or during the trip. After I got there I promptly set up my computer and screens and turned it on, then went into a meeting. (a note; my pump is a DDC with and EK x-res top)
 
About half an hour later (still in the meeting) we noticed an electrical / plastic burning smell. We search around for a few minutes and narrowed it down to near my computer. The smell seemed to be stronger down near my computer to I pulled off my side panel just in time to see a plume of smoke shoot out of the side of the pump!
 
I quickly ripped out the power cable and then everything else and grabbed my case, rushing to a table outside. With the side panel still off, more smoke was coming from the pump. Luckily I had a drain valve installed, so I opened it up and just let the water run out onto the table outside. I ran back inside looking for something to get the pump out of my system (now smoking even more furiously). I spotted a kitchen knife, grabbed it and ran back outside. The knife was surprisingly sharp so it didn't take much to cut through the tubing either side of the pump. The pump was secured to the case with double sided foam tape so I just grabbed onto the res, tore it out of the case and threw it into the back yard.
 
After another couple of minutes the pump had stopped smoking, so I went over to it to inspect;
 
The base of the pump case was melted a bit (you can also see some smoke in the top right of the photo below).

 
I then opened up the pump case.

 
Close up of the area that was burning.
Case;

 
Pump;

 
I needed to get back up and running asap and as there was no local pc shops, closest one was 5 hours drive away, I decided to head down to the hardware store and grab a pond pump and some more distilled water. I got both for $40 which was cheaper than I thought.
 
As pond pumps usually require being submerged, I filled a container outside the case with the water and attached the pump. Although there was not much flow it worked very well.

 
The bottles in the container are filled with tap water and are there to raise the level of the distilled water above the top of the pond pump.

 
Edit: I forgot to say that luckily everything else survived.
 
So has anyone else had something like this happen to them?
 
PS. New pump is here so the re-build log coming soon...
 
Cheers
Charlie

Hi guys, a short story for you;
 
Last week I took my desktop with me to do some on site web development in a town a few hours away. I've hauled my desktop around with me a lot in the last few years (having been at university) so I had no problems packing it or during the trip. After I got there I promptly set up my computer and screens and turned it on, then went into a meeting. (a note; my pump is a DDC with and EK x-res top)
 
About half an hour later (still in the meeting) we noticed an electrical / plastic burning smell. We search around for a few minutes and narrowed it down to near my computer. The smell seemed to be stronger down near my computer to I pulled off my side panel just in time to see a plume of smoke shoot out of the side of the pump!
 
I quickly ripped out the power cable and then everything else and grabbed my case, rushing to a table outside. With the side panel still off, more smoke was coming from the pump. Luckily I had a drain valve installed, so I opened it up and just let the water run out onto the table outside. I ran back inside looking for something to get the pump out of my system (now smoking even more furiously). I spotted a kitchen knife, grabbed it and ran back outside. The knife was surprisingly sharp so it didn't take much to cut through the tubing either side of the pump. The pump was secured to the case with double sided foam tape so I just grabbed onto the res, tore it out of the case and threw it into the back yard.
 
After another couple of minutes the pump had stopped smoking, so I went over to it to inspect;
 
The base of the pump case was melted a bit (you can also see some smoke in the top right of the photo below).

 
I then opened up the pump case.

 
Close up of the area that was burning.
Case;

 
Pump;

 
I needed to get back up and running asap and as there was no local pc shops, closest one was 5 hours drive away, I decided to head down to the hardware store and grab a pond pump and some more distilled water. I got both for $40 which was cheaper than I thought.
 
As pond pumps usually require being submerged, I filled a container outside the case with the water and attached the pump. Although there was not much flow it worked very well.

 
The bottles in the container are filled with tap water and are there to raise the level of the distilled water above the top of the pond pump.

 
Edit: I forgot to say that luckily everything else survived.
 
So has anyone else had something like this happen to them?
 
PS. New pump is here so the re-build log coming soon...
 
Cheers
Charlie

What he said.tho if posable do a trial run for a week or 2 and see how it turns out.