3D printed water cooling tower with exhaust to the window

[eddyrockbell]

Hey guys this is my first time posting on LTT forum. 

Today I wanted to share a pet project of mine. that I had for quite a while. A couple of friends told me that I should post this. As it might be helpful for anyone else looking for an external water cooling system and you also happen to have a 3D printer.

 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

As much as i bash pc rads i gotta admit that looks pretty sick

 

But are you sure that 1 noctua fan is enough?

[Needfuldoer]

That looks very nice!

 

The only problem I see is that you're blowing conditioned indoor air out the window. That negative pressure is going to draw outside air in through any crack or crevice it can find. Can you duct outside air to the 'intake' side of the radiator assembly, so basically the whole unit is "outside"?

[eddyrockbell]

56 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

As much as i bash pc rads i gotta admit that looks pretty sick

 

But are you sure that 1 noctua fan is enough?

Surprisingly yes. its a Noctua NF-A20 PWM, Premium Quiet Fan, 4-Pin (200x30mm, Brown)

[eddyrockbell]

4 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

That looks very nice!

 

The only problem I see is that you're blowing conditioned indoor air out the window. That negative pressure is going to draw outside air in through any crack or crevice it can find. Can you duct outside air to the 'intake' side of the radiator assembly, so basically the whole unit is "outside"?

I had the same thought. it would have turned out way bigger than it's currently and sure it does draw air from the outside but I'm so far away from the cooling unit that it draws cold air into my room.

[NorKris]

On 5/2/2023 at 2:15 AM, eddyrockbell said:

Surprisingly yes. its a Noctua NF-A20 PWM, Premium Quiet Fan, 4-Pin (200x30mm, Brown)

very cool stuff, much cooler than ur tubing runs tsk tsk  but at this point u have soo much surface area that fans are no longer rly needed   but its lacking ARGB